Take a New York loft and meld it with a colonial English gentleman's club and you're looking at Charlie Birdy - a large 'pub' with a live music agenda of jazz, soul and funk...

This hotel venue has a strong US bias, with lots of R&B and gospel, but native acts get a look in as well. Not particularly progressive, but classy nonetheless.

Many of the small Paris orchestras have found refuge in the Salle Gaveau, but this delightful venue is underachieving, and the top-quality chamber music that used to be the...

Home to the Orchestre de Paris, this restored concert hall looks splendid, but the improved acoustics are only partially successful. The Prokofiev cycle with the London...

This beautiful art nouveau theatre hosted the scandalous premiere of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps in 1913. It remains the favourite venue for visiting foreign orchestras,...