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New York Philharmonic perform at the Barbican - © Chris Lee
The Barbican Centre, a vast concrete estate of 2,000 flats and a leading arts complex, is a prime example of brutalist architecture, softened a little by time and rectangular ponds of friendly resident ducks. The lakeside terrace and adjoining café are good spots to take a rest from visiting the art gallery, cinema, theatre, concert hall or library within the complex. The art gallery on the third floor stages exhibitions on design, architecture and pop culture, while on the ground floor, the Curve is a free exhibition space for specially commissioned works and contemporary art. At the core of the music roster, performing 90 concerts a year, is the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO). The annual BITE season (Barbican International Theatre Events) continues to cherry-pick exciting and eclectic theatre companies from around the globe. The Barbican regularly attracts and nurtures experimental dance, and the Pit Theatre is a perfectly intimate space.
Yukio Ninagawa brings his acclaimed Ninagawa Company back to the Barbican for a production of Shakespeare's romance. ...
Imagine going to an art school where the godfather of abstraction, Wassily Kandinsky, is teaching a class in wall pai...
This 10,000-object strong result of the five-decade hoarding habit of Song Dong's late mother, Zhao Xiangyuan, fills ...
A major season of works by pioneering choreographer Pina Bausch. Part of the Cultural Olympiad, the Tanztheater Wupp...
A major season of works by pioneering choreographer Pina Bausch. Part of the Cultural Olympiad, the Tanztheater Wup...
Jazz-edged post-rock nine-piece from Norway who combine svelte but fizzy electronica with Coltrane/Mingus-like jazz f...
A major season of works by pioneering choreographer Pina Bausch. Part of the Cultural Olympiad, the Tanztheater Wu...
Jason Swinscoe's Ninja Tunes project mixes up jazz improvisation, sampled soundtrack music, film images and dance mus...
Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the James Bond film franchise this exhibition, curated in association with fashio...
The Kansas City guitar hero returns to the Barbican with a brand new line up featuring leading post-Brecker sax tyro ...
The great American trumpeter and defender/keeper of the 'swinging' jazz flame presents this symphonic examination of ...
The great American trumpeter and defender/keeper of the 'swinging' jazz flame presents this symphonic examination of ...
It's another big Rodgers and Hammerstein musical for the Barbican this summer, as Opera North descend upon London wit...
The '80s ska-pop troupe of 'Gino' and 'Come on Eileen' (now operating under a shortened moniker) perform in light of ...
French actress Juliette Binoche stars in August Strindberg's scandalous 1888 classic as part of Barbican's impressive...
The Institute of Ideas' annual weekend of debates about contemporary issues is a war of words waged by hundreds of sp...
The spectacular vocal-led opening night jazz extravaganza opens this year's LJF with its usual mix of unique collabor...
Sultry Universal-signed chanteuse Gardot performs her dusky, folksy, blues-soaked songs from alluring recent album '...
The ex-Miles Davis/Shakti guitar guru here makes an incredibly rare club appearance with the lastest incarnation of ...
Top US pianist Mehldau's highly classical, Bach-influenced, yet Bill Evans-ish style has produced wonderfully oblique...
Legendary octogenarian saxophonist Rollins the last surviving hero of hard bop and is still in fine shape, with daily...
Piano fusion legend Corea teams up with virtuoso upright and electric bassist McBride and phenomenal drummer Blade fo...
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What types of music are coming to the barbican in the near future, preferably more 1960's untill 1990's Thank-you.
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