What's on this week: classical music in London
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’ve got a bumper week of female-led live concerts lined up for you.
Events include brand-new opera written and directed by women, the UK’s first women and non-binary orchestra, and a campaign to raise awareness around sexual harassment.
In and amongst this week’s events are our next two noisenights: award-winning performer-composers Héloïse Werner and Colin Alexander feature on Wednesday, before Her Ensemble present their favourite music written by women on Saturday…
Tuesday 8 March, 11am-6pm
The Royal Opera presents a series of free pop-up performances created by women composer and librettist teams in St Pancras Station
Wednesday 9 March, 6pm + 8pm
Award-winning performers and composers Héloïse Werner and Colin Alexander present a variety of new music at OSO Arts
Saturday 12 March, 6pm + 8pm
Her Ensemble follow up from their debut concert at Battersea Arts Centre, performing their favourite pieces by women composers
Saturday 12 March, 7.30pm
97 Ensemble - a group which campaigns to raise the awareness of the prevalence of sexual harassment - performs for the first time
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