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2023-11-06 09:28:00
From the venue that we didn't know we needed to vibrant arts hub, Kings Place celebrates 15 years
Kings Place from the Regents Canal (Photo: Nick White)Kings Place is 15! The venue opened in 2008, the brainchild of Peter Millican who conceived the idea of office building founded on an arts centre, a hub for a multitude of arts charities, where business events supported the artistic programme, with spaces and galleries open and free to the public. It was a space that we didn't know we needed and became a cultural beacon in the development of the Kings Cross area.Over 500 world and UK premieres have been performed at Kings Place since 2008, and the programming each year continues to prioritise new music and the support of contemporary composers. Kings Place has commissioned and co-commissioned 19 works, including pieces by Nico Muhly, Space Afrika/Jack Sheen, Hauschka, Cassie Kinoshi, Tansy Davies, Thomas Adès, Oliver Leith and Judith Weir. Looking ahead to 2024, the venue will see a diverse range of premieres […]
2023-10-20 09:15:10
On Philanthropy, the artist's 14th studio album, Volker Bertelmann, also known as Hauschka, returns to his signature prepared piano sound in music he hopes will strengthen connections between people.
2020-03-10 08:00:00
Rating: 0 Martyn Heyne: Carry Martyn Heyne is a Berlin-based guitarist and composer who builds echoing layers of sound upon each other. This track is a good warm-up, because it has a steady rhythm but it's also quite sparse. It’s a reverberating, immersive track to set your mind on the task ahead. Robin Richards: Gefail Yr Ynys Robin Richards is a Manchester-based composer, whose new album Castel was written during an artist residency in the Welsh town Caernarfon. The beats in this track were fashioned out of field recordings made […]
2019-02-20 10:00:00
Rating: 0 Defining ‘contemporary classical’ music is fraught with complications: should we include film music, for example, and what about music that uses amplification? From Adès to Zimmer, the canon is thrillingly diverse, and features various nooks and crannies within which exciting sounds emerge. It’s a soundworld that listeners are just as likely to encounter via curated streaming platforms as in major venues, on the small and silver screen, and in clubs as well as concert halls. Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons (2012) is […]
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