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Our top picks for the weeks ahead...

Candles – piano music of the 20th and 21st centuries

02/10/2018

A programme pairing works by masters of the 20th century, Schoenberg and Ruth Crawford-Seeger, with talents of the 21st century based in the UK, Michael Taplin, Yfat Soul Zisso, James Hoyle, Nathan Dearden and Maja Palser, concluding with music by Brazilian composer Jocy de Oliveira offering a unique transition between those worlds.

Beethoven, Schumann: Jennifer Ku (piano)

04/10/2018

Jennifer Ku returns to Cardiff with a programme of exhilarating music, Beethoven’s Piano Sonata no. 7 and Schumann’s Faschingsschwank (Carnival Jest).

Frédéric Chopin and Friends: Kenneth Hamilton (piano)

09/10/2018

To celebrate the launch of his latest CD, Preludes to Chopin, our very own Head of School Kenneth Hamilton (‘Pianist, author, lecturer and all-round virtuoso’, according to Tom Service in The Guardian) plays and discusses music from the recording, throwing in a few extras by Liszt and Mendelssohn for good measure.

Upcoming events

Gould Piano Trio, Robert Plane (clarinet): Watkins, Fokkens and Messiaen

26 March, 2019

Lanyi

29 March, 2019

Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra, Mark Eager (conductor)

31 March, 2019

Latest news

2017/18 University Concert Series begins on 7 October 19:00 with international jazz from Maria Pia De Vito and Huw Warren

7 September, 2017