Barber Evening Concerts
Stephen Hough
Wednesday 7 May 7.30pm
Stephen Hough returns to the Barber with a mixed programme of works demonstrating his unique energy and talents.
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Concerts
Summer Festival of Music 2014
8-20 June 2014
The University Music Society's Summer Festival of Music returns to the Barber Institute this year with two concerts in a two week programme of events.
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Barber Lunchtime Concerts
Birmingham International Jazz and Blues Festival
Friday 18 and Friday 25 July 1.10pm
We host two stellar acts as part of the 30th Birmingham International Jazz and Blues Festival to finish off a packed summer term of performances at the University. The Festival runs from 18th – 27th July across the city.
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Barber Lunchtime Concerts
Back to Bach
Friday 23 and Friday 30 May 1.10pm
Concert pianist Kenneth Hamilton returns to the Barber Institute to present two centuries of perspectives on the music of the great Johann Sebastian Bach through a varied selection of Bach's original compositions and arrangements by Rachmaninoff, Liszt and Busoni.
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Barber Lunchtime Concerts
Zelkova Quartet
Friday 16 May 1.10pm
The Zelkova Quartet was founded at the Royal Northern College of Music under the guidance of Petr Prause, cellist of the Talich Quartet, in 2010. They remain at the RNCM this year to complete an International Artist Diploma in Chamber Music, the institution's most advanced level of study in performance.
Recent performances include recitals at St Martin in the Fields and St John's Smith Square, the latter of which they will return to this coming season. The Zelkova Quartet has recently been made European Chamber Music Academy associates and were finalists in the Royal Over-Seas League competition earlier this year, winning the Elias Fawcett Award for Outstanding Chamber Ensemble.
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Barber Lunchtime Concerts
HERMESensemble
Friday 9 May 1.10pm
HERMESensemble is an Antwerp-based collective for contemporary music and art. As part of their second year in residence at the Department of Music, the ensemble, musicians and artistic director lead a series of workshops with student composers and play through student works, giving invaluable feedback. In this concert the group showcase two staff composers at the University, Scott Wilson and Michel Zev Gordon.
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Barber Lunchtime Concerts
Rupert Marshall-Luck and Matthew Rickard
Friday 2 May 1.10pm
Rupert Marshall-Luck is joined by his established duo partner Matthew Rickard in a performance of Bartok and Dohnanyi Sonatas in the first of our Lunchtime Concerts this term.
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Barber Evening Concerts
How to book
You can purchase tickets for Barber Evening Concerts at the reception desk in The Barber Institute of Fine Arts during normal opening hours or via the booking form. You can also book tickets for these concerts by calling 0121 414 7333 and make payment on the night of the performance.
Barber booking line hours:
Monday to Friday:
10am-12.30pm, 2.30pm-4.30pm
Saturday and Sunday:
11am-4.30pm
On days when there is an evening performance
the Barber box office remains open until the
performance begins.
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Barber Lunchtime Concerts
Lunchtime Concerts
Fridays at 1.10pm, Barber Concert Hall
A series of free lunchtime concerts by professional musicians, taking place every Friday during term time.
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