Kyan Quartet
“…the Kyan Quartet brought a classical poise to this music and rarely, if ever, went for the big romantic gesture or meatily expressive tone. All was focused, poised and fine grained.” – Planet Hugill, on the Kyan Quartet’s 2024 performance at Conway Hall The award-winning Kyan Quartet brings together four exceptional musicians from the UK, […]
NOVO Quartet
“I’ve heard this quartet dozens of times, in many different interpretations. NOVO Quartet’s performance was by far the best.” – Kulturen.nu, Denmark NOVO Quartet’s achievements include top prizes at the Geneva, Heidelberg, Carl Nielsen, and Trondheim competitions. Most recently, they were selected as BBC New Generation Artists 2025–27 – a major milestone that will strengthen […]
We Are Not Machines
Change, we are told, is sweeping the economy as robots and AI threaten to take over tasks done by humans. But while we worry that we’re robotizing our work, what if the real risk is that we’re robotizing ourselves? When journalist Sarah O’Connor set out to investigate what was happening on the front lines of […]
Gay Players: LGBTQ+ Gaming
What do videogames mean to their LGBTQ+ players? Join LGBTQ+ historian Sacha Coward and journalist Mahin Kesore in conversation about all things gay and gaming. Videogames can be a safe space and a place to find community but, as with the IRL world, homophobia and transphobia is still lurking in many corners. A study by […]
Zoffany Ensemble
“‘…fine playing from violinist Manon Derome and cellist Anthony Pleeth… it had the feeling of music-making among friends” – The Strad Long-standing friends of our Sunday Concerts, the Zoffany Ensemble performances are always inspirational! Join us to enjoy two classics of the string repertoire, performed by musicians of the highest calibre. PROGRAMME: 6.30pm Mozart | […]
Polymaths and Pioneers: the Women of WC1
The streets and squares of Bloomsbury have been home to a myriad of ‘firsts’, its remarkable residents breaking new ground in everything from law and health to print and design. Beginning at the historic Conway Hall, join humanist heritage expert Madeleine Goodall on a walk around the homes and haunts of some of WC1’s trailblazing […]
Quartet Concrète
We bring our summer season to a close with Quartet Concrète, who many of you will remember from their sublime performance at our 2025 Fundraising Concert. Schubert’s glorious C major quintet was on the menu at that special performance, and for their Conway Hall return they present another of his masterpieces: the ‘Death and the […]
Ensemble Échappée
Ensemble Échappée’s debut Conway Hall programme explores the theme of “sweet dissonance”, something we experience in life as well as music. Framing the programme are Webern’s fleeting Bagatelles, which were described by his teacher Arnold Schoenberg as “a novel in a single gesture, joy in a single breath”. Heard in this context, the sunny melodies […]
An Undiagnosed Autistic Adolescence
“You just need to stay calm. You should be able to manage. You should have grown out of that by now. You could try harder.” Author and illustrator Eliza Fricker spent her adolescence being told all of these things, until her autism diagnosis as an adult revealed why she may not have met the expectations […]