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Gamelan Room
Family Gamelan Taster Sessions
Saturday 7 January 2012 - Saturday 18 February 2012
Come and experience the beautiful Javanese gamelan percussion orchestra at Southbank Centre.
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Purcell Room
Tuesday 7 February 2012
This concert by the Baltic Guitar Quartet is an attempt to inspire you with the music connected to the folklore and classical traditions of several countries including France, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Belgium, Lithuania and the Caribbean region.
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Purcell Room
Salomé: 1923 movie and Charlie Barber's music live
Thursday 9 February 2012
A rare screening of the classic 1923 silent movie Salomé complete with a live score by Charlie Barber.
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The Clore Ballroom
Sunday 12 February 2012
Explore traditional Indian mythology with your voice, feet and imagination.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Sunday 12 February 2012
Often referred to as 'the Hendrix of the Sahara', Vieux Farka Toure is the son of legendary Malian guitar player Ali Farka Toure.
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Gamelan Room
Tuesday 21 February 2012
Explore the beautiful music of Indonesia on our Javanese percussion orchestra, the gamelan.
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Purcell Room
Gerry Diver - The Speech Project
Friday 2 March 2012
Born in Manchester to Irish parents, Gerry Diver feel in love with Irish traditional music at an early age.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Blanca Li Workshop - An introduction to Electro
Saturday 3 March 2012
This workshop supports the UK dance curriculum by providing students with the opportunity to explore the craft and process of choreography, learn repertoire and make their own work.
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Purcell Room
Sunday 4 March 2012
Birmingham Alabama's AA Bondy blends American folk with alternative and garage rock influences to produce a sound that is wholly his own.
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Royal Festival Hall
Friday 16 March 2012 - Saturday 17 March 2012
Since she began her legendary residency at Boston's famed Club 47 and made her debut at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez remains a musical force of nature whose influence is incalculable.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Saturday 17 March 2012
The Future of Indian music and dance is here!<br/><br/>Aagaami, meaning 'future', features Britain's young maestros in the making.
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Royal Festival Hall
Wandsworth Schools' Music presents A Brighter Sound 2012
Wednesday 21 March 2012
Wandsworth Schools' Music Service presents an evening of pure entertainment, with instrumental, choral and world music performed by over 800 enthusiastic, talented children from Wandsworth schools.
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Royal Festival Hall
Wednesday 4 April 2012 - Thursday 5 April 2012
Following sell-out performances in 2009 and 2010, the legendary Irish singer-songwriter Christy Moore returns to Royal Festival Hall.
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Purcell Room
Wednesday 4 April 2012
Post-jazz, post-punk and chamber dub sextet SOLUS3, featuring harpist Julia Thornton and members of both Transglobal Underground & Krautrock improvisers Lunar Dunes, spotlight music from their sophmore album, Corner of the World, in an audio-visual collaboration with award-winning pinhole photographer Jan Dunning.
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Royal Festival Hall
Thursday 12 April 2012
Asian Dub Foundation have always been at the forefront of musical resistance and politicisation and this unique event packs a potent agit-prop punch.
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Purcell Room
Thursday 12 April 2012
Franz Osten's lavish 1928 silent film Shiraz is accompanied by a live score by internationally renowned tabla player and composer Sarvar Sabri and the Sabri Ensemble.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Dr. L. Subramaniam, Kavita Krishnamoorthy & Ambi Subramaniam
Thursday 12 April 2012
This is a rare opportunity to see a family of acclaimed Indian musicians, including an award-winning singer and a renowned composer, perform together.
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Royal Festival Hall
National Youth Orchestra and Members of Bellowhead
Saturday 14 April 2012
The 170-strong National Youth Orchestra invites you to explore the exciting frontier between classical music and folk music.
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The Front Room at QEH
DJ Nihal Presents The Burban Mela
Saturday 14 April 2012
A mixed-bill show curated by BBC Radio 1's Nihal, featuring the best of the emerging Burban scene in the UK - black music with a distinctly Asian vibe.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Confluence with SAMYO, the National South Asian Youth Orchestra
Saturday 14 April 2012
Confluence brings together some of the country's most inspirational young musicians for a showcase of incredible talent across a range of musical genres.
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