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LSO Futures
Maxime Pascal conducting the LSO at the Barbican
Barbican

LSO Futures

Seong-Jin Cho: Artist Portrait

Thursday 20 November 2025 • 7pm

An evening celebrating music at the forefront of composition, as we hear three world premieres alongside Pierre Boulez’s Rituel.

Lisa Robertson: Ceòl na Mara
Photograph of the Scottish coast.
LSO St Luke's

Lisa Robertson: Ceòl na Mara

LSO Jerwood Composer+ Showcase

Saturday 10 January 2026 • 7pm

Contemporary chamber music concert, curated by LSO Jerwood Composer+ Lisa Robertson.

Tangram and Asian Comedy Showcase: REMIX
LSO St Luke's

Tangram and Asian Comedy Showcase: REMIX

Tuesday 3 February 2026 • 7.30pm — Wednesday 4 February 2026 • 7.30pm

Tangram are flipping the script with an evening of comedy and new music by East and Southeast Asian creatives.

Colin Matthews and Rachmaninoff
Conductor Elim Chan closing her eyes, looking to the floor and holding a baton in her heand.
Barbican

Colin Matthews and Rachmaninoff

Elim Chan and Olivier Stankiewicz

Sunday 8 February 2026 • 7pm

Elim Chan conducts a world premiere by Colin Matthews with LSO’s Olivier Stankiewicz as soloist, Bartók’s vibrant Dance Suite, and Rachmaninoff’s sweeping orchestral masterpiece.

Euchar Gravina: ħsejjes iduru, iduru | sounds spinning, spinning
Black and white photo of Malta in the 1930s. It includes a group of children dressed in white and some older men playing violins with the coast in the background.
LSO St Luke's

Euchar Gravina: ħsejjes iduru, iduru | sounds spinning, spinning

Jerwood Composer+ Showcase

Saturday 21 February 2026 • 7pm

Contemporary chamber music concert, curated by LSO Jerwood Composer+ Euchar Gravina.

Rautavaara and Wagner
Yuja Wang sat at a piano, smiling and facing towards the camera.
Barbican

Rautavaara and Wagner

Tarmo Peltokoski and Yuja Wang

Sunday 1 March 2026 • 7pm

Star pianist Yuja Wang brings her superlative technique and dynamism to Rautavaara, and the LSO joins the young Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski for an unforgettable Wagnerian journey.

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Half Six Fix: Laura Bowler
Barbara Hannigan standing, facing the camera
Barbican

Half Six Fix: Laura Bowler

Bar Avni and Barbara Hannigan

Wednesday 4 March 2026 • 6.30pm

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Featuring Barbara Hannigan & rising star Bar Avni in Laura Bowler’s powerful new work, inspired by Han Kang’s The White Book

Bowler, Ligeti and Richard Strauss
Barbara Hannigan conducting the LSO, arms outstretched to either side.
Barbican

Bowler, Ligeti and Richard Strauss

Barbara Hannigan and Bar Avni

Thursday 5 March 2026 • 7pm

Barbara Hannigan is vocal soloist for Laura Bowler’s new work, alongside conductor Bar Avni, and then leads the LSO herself in groundbreaking Ligeti and Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra.

LSO Helen Hamlyn Panufnik Composers' Scheme Workshops
Group of musicians playing violins in an orchestra rehearsal setting.
LSO St Luke's

LSO Helen Hamlyn Panufnik Composers' Scheme Workshops

LSO Discovery

Monday 16 March 2026

In these free public workshops, witness a pivotal point in the process of writing a new three-minute orchestral piece, as the LSO play works by the latest cohort of Panufnik composers.

Bernstein, Liebermann and Dvořák
Gareth playing his flute
Barbican

Bernstein, Liebermann and Dvořák

Anja Bihlmaier and Gareth Davies

Thursday 26 March 2026 • 7pm

Anja Bihlmaier conducts Dvořák’s Symphony No 9, Bernstein’s gritty portrait of New York, and a new Flute Concerto by Lowell Liebermann, with the LSO's own Gareth Davies as soloist.

Soundhub Showcase
A musical ensemble performs on stage under a large screen displaying a sparkling galaxy. The setup includes a cellist, two violinists, and a percussionist surrounded by various percussion instruments, in a venue with industrial-style backdrops.
LSO St Luke's

Soundhub Showcase

LSO Discovery

Wednesday 22 April 2026 • 7pm

Join us for an evening of cutting-edge contemporary music with four world premieres from our LSO Soundhub 2025/26 Members.