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After Dark: Club Cyborg – Zubin Kanga

Sat 17 Oct 2026, 9.30pm

Zubin Kanga performs the world premiere of PARTITA by Alex Groves, a fusion of Baroque forms and electronic music, at a classical club night.

Part of Classical Season - Autumn/Winter 2026/27 Alternative Experiences

More details for Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer

Tickets from £14 + £4 booking fee View more time and price information

Run time 45 minutes (approx)

Dates & tickets

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Combining the piano with multiple keyboards, a ROLI Seaboard and electronics, the piece brings together classical virtuosity, queer culture and novel technologies.

With live lighting, the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer is turned into a classical music nightclub for this set of Baroque dances for the 21st century.

PARTITA was commissioned by Zubin Kanga as part of his international music-technology research project Cyborg Soloists, supported by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and Royal Holloway, University of London.

‘Cyborg Pianist’ Zubin Kanga is at the forefront of creating, co-creating and performing groundbreaking interdisciplinary works that explore and redefine how musicians can interact with new technologies.

Alex Groves is an Ivor Novello Award-nominated composer and curator working across contemporary classical and electronic music. Described as ‘hypnotic’, ‘grungy’ and ‘energising’, his music engages the mind and the body, sometimes with expansive sonic landscapes and other times with driving rhythms and infectious hooks.

Performers

Zubin Kanga piano, keyboards, electronics, interactive technologies

Repertoire

Alex Groves: PARTITA (World premiere)

Need to know

Age guidance

For ages 7+. Under-12s must be accompanied by an adult on our site.

Event information

You can also access this event by purchasing a ticket to the Double Bill, which includes Zubin Kanga: Ghost in the Machine + After Dark in the Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall at 8pm.

This is a standing/roaming performance, where audiences are invited to move throughout the space. A limited number of seats are available for those with access requirements. Please contact us for more information on [email protected]

Times & tickets

Dates, times and prices

Dates & times

17 Oct 2026, 9.30pm

Run time

45 minutes (approx)

All timings are approximate and subject to change

Standard entry

from £14 + £4 booking fee

Ticket prices may be adjusted without notice to reflect demand.

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Multi-buy Autumn/Winter 26/27 discount

As part of our classical music multi-buy offer, book multiple Autumn/Winter 2026/27 concerts in the same transaction to receive a discount:

3 – 4 events: 10% discount
5 – 7 events: 15% discount
8 – 10 events: 20% discount
11 – 14 events: 25% discount
15+ events: 30% discount

Discounts apply to selected events, September 2026 – January 2027 inclusive. Offer can’t be combined with the Spring/Summer 2026 multi-buy.

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