Past events
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MANTIS Festival Fall Event (Concert 3)
14:00 - 15:30 1 November 2026
Join us this Fall for the MANTIS Festival, showcasing innovative audio-visual and electroacoustic works by postgraduate composers at the University of Manchester.
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MANTIS Festival Fall Event (Concert 1)
18:00 - 19:00 31 October 2026
Join us this Fall for the MANTIS Festival, featuring electroacoustic works and a programme by special guest composer and guitarist Marc Estibeiro, whose innovative work explores the intersection of acoustic instruments and electronics
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MANTIS Festival Fall Event (Concert 2)
19:30 - 21:00 31 October 2026
Join us this fall for the MANTIS Festival, showcasing innovative audio-visual and electroacoustic works by postgraduate composers at the University of Manchester
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WCLC: BAILE/home
13:10 - 13:50 29 October 2026
Renowned harpsichordist Yonit Kosovske, viola da gamba virtuoso Lucia Capellaro and boundary-exploring pianist Xenia Pestova Bennett join forces in music for contemporary and historical instruments, drawing listeners into sounds both old and new, humorous and serious, reflective and progressive. “Bennett...
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MUMS Symphony Orchestra
13:00 - 15:00 24 October 2026
The MUMS Symphony Orchestra, one of our premier ensembles, will be performing the world premiere of PhD student, Perinpanathan’s, composition for orchestra, alongside Casken’s Madonna of Silence for Trombone and Orchestra. Finally, the Symphony Orchestra performs Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra,...
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WCLC: Listen Up! Postgraduate Performance
12:10 - 12:50 23 October 2026
Informal, mixed programme of chamber music featuring music by composers Chopin, Pete Furniss and more.
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WCLC: Bringing Silent Cinema to Life
12:10 - 12:50 22 October 2026
Using clips from three groundbreaking silent films, renowned composer, writer and broadcaster Neil Brand demonstrates the art of improvised piano accompaniment to picture for today’s audiences, discussing, in the course of the performance, how music influences our response to film. The Thursday lunchtime...
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WCLC: Tom Hicks
12:10 - 12:50 15 October 2026
Guernsey-born pianist Tom Hicks, hailed for his magnificent pianism and engaging personality, is a Yamaha Artist with an international profile. He has performed as a recitalist across Europe and the United States. As a concerto soloist, he has appeared on more than 60 occasions, including complete cycles...
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WCLC: Duo Folclore (violins)
12:10 - 12:50 8 October 2026
Presented by the Department of Music and the Cervantes Institute Duo Folclore Folk–classical violin duo Alice Barron and Fuensanta Zambrana Ruiz explore a rich palette of traditional music, folk-inspired classical duets and improvisation. In collaboration with Instituto Cervantes Manchester, they...
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Quatuor Danel Evening Concert – Shostakovich 120 years with Adam MacKenzie (bassoon)
2 October - 5 November 2026
**Please note, due to unforeseen circumstances, there has been a change to the advertised programme for this event** Quatuor Danel mark the 120th anniversary of Shostakovich’s birth. Programme to include Beethoven and Roxanna Panufnik’s Cantator & Amanda. Beethoven Opus 18...
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