The Venezuelans are coming!

Next week we host the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela – not just for concerts in Royal Festival Hall, but for open rehearsals, chamber music and more. If you’ve not got tickets, come down anyway as we’ve got ScreenPlay set up in The Clore Ballroom: you can watch the concerts and rehearsals in a [...]

Interview with iconic British composer Harrison Birtwistle

Iconic British composer Harrison Birtwistle talks to Southbank Centre’s Gillian Moore about his admiration of Olivier Messiaen.