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Choose from our selection of performances that showcase the wealth of boundary-pushing, eye-opening new music that Southbank Centre has to offer.

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More info for Time Entwined: Birtwistle, Gerber & Mason
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Classical music

Time Entwined: Birtwistle, Gerber & Mason

The London Sinfonietta shines a light on new voices and pioneering music – and you can be part of it
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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More info for Manchester Collective: Patterns in Repeat
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Classical music

Manchester Collective: Patterns in Repeat

Embrace a bold and colourful sound-world in works by outstanding contemporary women composers
Queen Elizabeth Hall
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More info for Mozart’s Jupiter by Heart
Conductor wearing a dark suit standing in the middle of a seated audience with a spotlight shining on him
Classical music

Mozart’s Jupiter by Heart

Step inside Mozart’s mighty Jupiter Symphony at Aurora Orchestra’s immersive, memorised performance
Royal Festival Hall
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More info for Julia Wolfe's Fire in My Mouth with Marin Alsop
A choir of women in blue dresses holds open scissors above their heads
Classical music

Julia Wolfe's Fire in My Mouth with Marin Alsop

The Philharmonia performs Julia Wolfe’s searing work of remembrance and protest
Royal Festival Hall
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More info for Steve Reich at 90: Triple Quartet + After Dark
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Classical music

Steve Reich at 90: Triple Quartet + After Dark

Driving rhythms meet powerful stories in a double bill of landmark works by Reich
Purcell Room
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More info for Steve Reich at 90: London Sinfonietta & Jonny Greenwood
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Classical music

Steve Reich at 90: London Sinfonietta & Jonny Greenwood

Step into the shimmering sound-world of the architect of minimalism with the London Sinfonietta
Royal Festival Hall
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More info for Manchester Collective & Sidiki Dembélé
A woman in a green silk blouse stands behind a seated man in a light blue embroidered robe against a smoky dark blue backdrop.
Classical music

Manchester Collective & Sidiki Dembélé

A joyful musical journey through folksong and storytelling from Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Multi-buy
More info for Sean Shibe & Aidan O'Rourke: Lùban
Aidan O'Rourke (pink raincoat, holding fiddle) and Sean Shibe (yellow coat, holding lute) sit together
Classical music

Sean Shibe & Aidan O'Rourke: Lùban

Two acclaimed artists from two musical cultures delve together into the roots of classical and folk
Purcell Room
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While you're with us

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
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Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms

A summer favourite returns to our site with water fountains to splash around and cool down in

Shopping
Wooden displays in the Southbank centre shop, featuring books, plushies, and colourful merchandise

Shopping

A vibrant range of inspiring books, homeware, prints, accessories and more.

Klaus Weber: Thinking Fountains
Two statues; a green human body with water spouting from its neck and another of human legs with water pouring down from above displayed outdoors

Thinking
Fountains

Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.

Modified Social Benches
Two children eating ice cream on a red cirrcular bench

Modified Social Benches

Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.

William Pye's Zemran
A photograph showing Riverside Terrace at Southbank Centre, with the metal sculpture Zemran in the foreground, next to Queen Elizabeth Hall

William Pye's Zemran

Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.

Natura Nostra Forest
Bright sunlight bursts through green leaves with a lens flare, set against a blue sky and a textured concrete building.

Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.