The Dartington Summer School & Festival has announced that Sara Mohr-Pietsch will become the new artistic director for the 2020 festival
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The Eagles still flying high with European tour for 2019
Legendary band The Eagles are bringing their acclaimed tour to Europe with gigs throughout the UK of their enduring classic tunes
KT Tunstall and all-female band set for UK and Ireland tour
With the release of her new album Wax, KT Tunstall is set for a UK and Ireland tour in March 2019
Karine Polwart takes on life in Laws of Motion | new album and tour is touching, strident and powerful
Karine Polwart is award-laden for a reason and her thoughtful, strident touching tunes are on tour with a new album Laws of Motion
Fire yourself up as Echo Town kick off their Kin tour in Exeter
Cornish duo Echo Town are kicking off the tour of their new album Kin in Exeter and calling into Plymouth. Recorded with a deliberately live feel and produced by the legendary John Cornfield (whose back-catalogue includes Muse, The Stone Roses, Ben Howard), the acoustic rockers have armed themselves with their trademark battalion of instruments to […]
Darkly comic, politically charged and emotionally loaded, Will Varley to tour UK
Will Varley’s Spirit of Minnie tour is taking his wry, engaging, heart-felt tunes throughout the UK. Here are the dates and more on the folk artist
Award-winning and imposter syndrome; musical epiphanies and mischief | Dartington alumni Serafina Steer talks to ArtsCulture
It’s really inclusive and joyous, says Serafina Steer on the Dartington International Summer School, not for elite musicians at all. We talk to her about her experience there, as well as mischief and holding on to fear
The endless energy and passion of the Bukolika Trio
Bukolika Trio are back in Dartington this summer after great memories from their last concert. This year they’ve got another very interesting programme, with, if anything, more atmosphere energy and passion
Capturing the fragility of the moment | pianist Florian Mitrea talks about the drama and tragedy of Mozart and Prokofiev
From bashing the piano as a youngster, to being nervous at the responsibility on capturing the wide-ranging emotional contrasts in performances, pianist Florian Mitrea is passionate and open as we catch up with him ahead of his visit to the Dartington International Summer School and Festival
Over 100 concerts for its 70th anniversary | Dartington International Summer School & Festival curated by artistic director Joanna MacGregor
Four weeks of over 100 concerts for its 70th anniversary, Dartington International Summer School & Festival is a celebration of all forms of music, created by artistic director Joanna MacGregor
Personae | Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman release 5th studio album and head off on tour
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman are releasing their 5th album of far-reaching inspiration – to be followed by a far reaching tour. Check out what the new album Personae has in store, and see where they’ll be playing
Music for aliens? 1970s coded message transformed into musical composition
The Arecibo message – a 1970s attempt to contact extra-terrestrial life – will form the basis of an exclusive musical performance at the 2018 Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival.
Musical molecules and the battle for biological supremacy | new composition at Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival
The unseen battle between bacteria and antibiotics will be played out through a new composition during the 12th annual Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival, being held at the University of Plymouth in March 2018.
Decoding the secrets of life at the 2018 Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival
Touching on a dizzying array of issues, Decoding Life is the theme of the 2018 Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival
Composer creates new work to celebrate 60th anniversary of Lennon and McCartney’s first meeting
To mark the 60th anniversary of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s first meeting, Dr Alexis Kirke – from the University of Plymouth’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research has used a computer algorithm to chart the emotional development of their friendship through their lyrics.