Category: MUSIC
K-Music Festival 2025: Beyond the Boundaries of Korean Sound
The K-Music Festival 2025 showcased a thrilling vision of contemporary Korean sound through powerful performances by post-rock innovators Jambinai and visionary composer Won Il. Blending tradition, orchestral experimentation, and avant-garde imagination, these artists revealed a side of Korean music far beyond K-Pop.
Bullyache: Who Hurt You?
Bullyache’s Who Hurt You? launches the Queen Elizabeth Hall’s season with a striking, genre-defying mix of music, dance, and cinematic imagery. From Deyn’s airborne opening vocals to Barbs’ explosive piano solo, the piece rejects conventional narrative and instead offers vivid, unsettling moments that explore the artist’s need for audience approval. The result is a provocative work that stays with you.
The Container
The Container at The New Diorama is a bold, multi-vocal performance exploring the emotional weight of modern life under constant noise. Through sound, speech, and music, it captures the chaos of today’s world—and the fragile humanity that persists within it.
Chineke at the Southbank
Chineke! returned to London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall with a vibrant and moving programme featuring works by Fela Sowande, Cassie Kinoshi, and Max Richter. Blending new compositions with a bold reimagining of a classical favourite, the orchestra once again proved its importance in reshaping the classical music landscape.
Perfection, of a Kind: Britten vs Auden
When composer Benjamin Britten met poet W. H. Auden, it sparked a dazzling yet ultimately tragic collaboration. “Perfection of a Kind” traces their complex relationship—from youthful admiration and artistic brilliance to irreparable rupture—with music, letters, and performance bringing their story vividly to life.
Jacky Terrasson at the St Cannat Jazz Festival
Terrasson makes you want to leap out of your seat and dance, the way he does while he is playing, occasionally jumping on his feet or tirelessly moving up and down the piano stool.
Death of Icon | Tina Turner
Perhaps Tina Turner’s greatest achievement was being an inspiration to women around the world in abusive relationships. Through her example, they could see that it was possible to leave an abusive partner and rebuild their lives.
The Coloured Valentino
The Coloured Valentino is a story of hopes and dreams, fighting the obstacles of racial injustice and smashing glass ceilings against all the odds.