Elisa is Back to London for her new Tour!

London, Maria Vittoria Bognetti

The great Italian singer and songwriter, Elisa, lands in the UK to perform during her 2019 European tour here in the capital city on the 30th of July and on the 2nd of August in Edinburgh. We will also see the artist performing in other major European cities, around Germany, Switzerland and Norway.

Her music genre can be categorized as alternative rock, influenced by her idols Dolores O’Riordan, Björk, Tori Amos, Alanis Morissette and Aretha Franklin.

Her background in the USA allowed her to expand her audience outside Italy by recording and writing her songs mainly in English, one of the few Italian songwriters that has made such a decision. Come Speak to Me, Dancing, So You Think You Can Dance are few of her most famous tracks in the international scene, and part of a discography composed by nine studio albums, 5 compilations and 51 singles. Her talent has been awarded with 1 diamond disc, 1 multi platinum disc, and 13 platinum discs.

 

Throughout her career, she performed with prestigious artists from Eros Ramazzotti, Zucchero, Francesco de Gregori, to Luciano Pavarotti. Worth mentioning that her song Ancora Qui, in collaboration with Ennio Morricone, was featured in a Quentin Tarantino’s film, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.
Her tour will start in Germany, in Cologne on the 20th of July at Luxor and in Hannover on 21st of July at Musikzentrum, moving successively to Norway, Oslo on 23rd July at Blaa. She will go back to Germany, Hamburg on the 25th of July at Fabrik before performing in Switzerland, in Bellinzona on the 26th of July at the Castle on Air. The tour will end in the UK, first performing in the capital city at the Union Chapel, and successively in Edinburgh at the Liquid Room.

https://www.elisatoffoli.com/

Laura Pausini – Simili European Tour 2016

After topping the charts with her new single “Lato destro del cuore” and only a few weeks before the new album release, Laura Pausini announces a European tour for 2016.

Having already announced #PAUSINISTADI, 3 exceptional dates scheduled for June in Italy. The next leg of the SIMILI TOUR will bring Laura Pausini to the most iconic venues across Europe, including the Eventim Apollo, London on Saturday 15 th October 2016.

The tour will see the most popular Italian artist in the world performing a new live show introducing songs from her brand new album SIMILI, in addition to performances of her fan favorite hits. SIMILI is out on November 6th, 2015 (Atlantic Warner Music).

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This will be a unique opportunity for all Laura’s fans, who cannot wait to see her in London after her appearances in the USA on La Banda, the new Latin-American talent show conceived by Simon Cowell, where she is one of the judges alongside Ricky Martin and Alejandro Sanz.

Tickets are on sale NOW, from the venue box office, select authorised ticket agents, Ticketone and BookingsDirect.com.

IL DISORDINE DELLE COSE live in LONDON at THE MONARCH 05.05.15

Londra – “Il disordine delle cose” is an Italian band formed in 2007.live in LONDON 

at THE MONARCH 05.05.15 FREE ENTRY!

In 2009 their first album is released “Il disordine delle cose”, label Tamburi Usa5 / Venus, with the arJsJc producJon of Gigi Giancursi and Cris5ano Lo Mele (Perturbazione) and they affirm themselves as one of the best indie breakthrough of the year.
They recorded their second album “La giostra” (Cose in Disordine/Audioglobe) in Iceland at the Sigur Ros studio by Birgir “Biggi” Birgisson (SigurRos, Amiina, Jonsi, Mugison), which is released the 29th of February 2012.

 

With this album, Il Disordine Delle Cose laid the groundwork for a constant growth and an international and success. This album has the extraordinary participation of the Icelandic arch quartet the Amiina.

 

Their third chapter, Nel posto giusto (Black Candy Records / Audioglobe) has been recorded in Scotland at the CaVa Sound Studio in Glasgow, an historical studio that has hosted a huge number of bands (Mogwai, Belle and SebasJan, Travis, Mercury Rev and Isobel Campbell, and much more). It is a miscellaneous and complex album with multiple influences that echo all through the work and that enrich the profoundly distinctive signature of the Il Disordine delle Cose.

 

In the same way, also the collaborations come to enrich and integrate perfectly their work, fitting homogenously with their style: Chris Geddes (Belle and Sebas5an) and vocals of the ScoAsh Chris5ne Bovill and of Jerusa Barros from Cape Verde.

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Nel Posto Giusto has been released the 10th of Octobre 2014 and now the band in on an international tour. The critics are unanimous in defining “Nel Posto Giusto” as one of the best Italian album of the year and Il Disordine delle cose among the most valuable bands of the indie-rock scene.

 

FRANCO BATTIATO 09.03.15 London UK at Scala

FRANCO BATTIATO brings new electronic project JOE PATTI’S EXPERIMENTAL GROUP on European leg of tour in March 2015.

The European leg of Battiato’s tour follows his Italian shows and his latest album, Joe Patti’s Experimental Group. The line-up on stage is made up of three elements: Battiato on synthesizer, keyboards and piano, Pino “Pinaxa” Pischetola live electronics, and pianist Carlo Guaitoli.

Working closely to his long-standing sound engineer Pino “Pinaxa” Pischetola, Battiato once again expresses himself through electronic music, the genre he started out with, and with which he made his mark in the early 70s. Joe Patti’s Experimental Group concerts are a marvelous balancing act, an almost tactile experience, where Franco Battiato works in tandem with Pinaxa to create a fascinating set. The second half of the show is dedicate to the songs in his repertoire that audiences love the most.

FRANCO BATTIATO
JOE PATTI’S EXPERIMENTAL GROUP
07.03.15 Amsterdam NL at Melkweg
09.03.15 London UK at Scala
10.03.15 Paris FRANCE at Alhambra

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29.01.14 – EUGENIO FINARDI @ Dingwalls in London UK 
27.02.15 – GIOVANNI ALLEVI @ Cadogan Hall in London UK 
28.02.15 – GIOVANNI ALLEVI @ Bozar in Bruxelles BE >info<
01.03.15 – GIOVANNI ALLEVI @ Café De La Danse in Paris FR 
07.03.15 – FRANCO BATTIATO @ Melkweg in Amsterdam NL 
09.03.15 – FRANCO BATTIATO @ Scala in London UK
10.03.15 – FRANCO BATTIATO @ Alhambra in Paris FR 
13.03.15 – MARIA ANTONIETTA @ Studio Foce in Lugano CH 
14.03.15 – MARIA ANTONIETTA @ Szymanski’s in Munich DE 
15.03.15 – MARIA ANTONIETTA @ Kellerperle in Wurzburg DE 
16.03.15 – MARIA ANTONIETTA @ Libreria Mondolibro in Berlin DE 
17.03.15 – MARIA ANTONIETTA @ De Keet in Amsterdam NL 
18.03.15 – MARIA ANTONIETTA @ The Monarch in London Uk
19.03.15 – MARIA ANTONIETTA @ Rocas in Luxembourg LU
20.03.15 – MARIA ANTONIETTA @ Piola Libri in Brussels BE 
21.03.15 – MARIA ANTONIETTA @ Ciaognari Enoteca Italiana in Paris FR 

Cirque du Soleil, Damon Albarn, Cliff Richard,

Paul Rodgers

Monday 3 November
Paul Rodgers returns for a special show to present work from his latest album, The Royal Sessions, alongside hits from his vast back-catalogue of Free and Bad Company.
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Britten's War Requiem

Britten’s War Requiem

Remembrance Sunday: 9 November

The Royal Choral Society will mark the centenary of the First World War by performing the War Requiem, Benjamin Britten’s contemporary masterpiece.
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Poejazzi

Poejazzi

Elgar Room: Tuesday 11 November
Some of the UK’s finest established and up-and-coming talents take to the Elgar Room stage for a night of spectacular music and spoken word.
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Beautiful Boy

Amazing Radio: Beautiful Boy, Laurel and Rebecca Clements

Elgar Room: Wednesday 12 November

Three of the UK’s most promising young folk and pop artists come to the Hall’s intimate Elgar Room.
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VIP packages
KOOZA

Cirque du Soleil: KOOZA – VIP box packages

Enjoy the breathtaking show from the comfort of your own box

From a pre-show dinner experience in the majestic heights of the Hall’s Gallery to a selection of luxury canapés being served in your box, the Royal Albert Hall are offering a number of special ways to enjoy Cirque du Soleil‘s KOOZA from the comfort of your own private box.

Book a VIP box package now and start 2015 in style.

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Life at the Hall
Photo by J Collingridge

Do Not Go Gentle to the Albert Hall

A specially commissioned poem about the Hall by Steve Larkin

To celebrate the National Slam Final, a sell-out poetry event held in the Royal Albert Hall’sLoading Bay last month, we commissioned top performance poet Steve Larkin to write a piece about the history of our iconic venue – and this latest chapter in its story.

Taking in pop, politics and poetry, his stunning work covers 150 years of history in just over 450 perfectly chosen words.

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Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton

Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton

Friday 12 December

After an unforgettable premiere in 2013, Danny Elfman’s Tim Burton film scores will again be brought to life on stage by a live orchestra, whilst Burton’s visuals are displayed on the big screen.

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Cirque du Soleil: KOOZA

Cirque du Soleil: KOOZA

Tuesday 6 January – Sunday 8 February 2015

Unlock your imagination as Cirque du Soleil return to the Hall with their sensational show KOOZA, set in an electrifying and exotic visual world full of surprises, thrills and chills, contortionists, trapeze-artists, the high wire and the breathtaking ‘Wheel of Death’.

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Miraculi Théâtre

Miraculi 

Théâtre Senza’s international troupe of Lecoq trained actors takes the audience on a journey to the southernmost European island: Lampedusa. Along the way they will meet fishermen, tourists, migrants, divers, the military, children, and dogs. Yet nothing on Lampedusa is as it seems, or as it should be. In this devised piece, stories coexist and collide to form a moving portrait of life at the frontier. Lampedusa is an island of contradictions. A place of mourning, and hope. This speck of Italian soil in the Mediterranean is known as the Porta d’Europa, the Doorway to Europe. People on their journeys to Europe have been travelling through it for the past twenty years.

 

Thousands have died at sea making this voyage, their deaths often going by unreported. The few bodies that are recovered are buried by Lampedusans. By exploring the dynamics and paradoxes of the island, Miraculi wishes to give a fresh perspective on both Lampedusa and the so-called ‘issue’ of migration. What does everyday life involve for those inhabiting Europe’s edges? How do these stories speak to us? The play is the culmination of three years of research and development carried out by Valentina Zagaria, director and writer. The company formed around this project, which involved the team doing a residency in Lampedusa in September 2013. During this period they gathered the memories, opinions and stories of the people who live on the island and of those who pass through.

 

By playing with languages and movement, Théâtre Senza bring pieces of the island together, in an exploration of bigger questions of belonging, responsibility, and humanity. Miraculi will be premiering at the Camden Fringe, before embarking upon a European and North African tour.

 

Show taking place at Tristan Bates Theatre

1a Tower Street
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9NP

Mon 4 August 2014 9:30pm £10.00 (£7.50 concs)
Tue 5 August 2014 9:30pm £10.00 (£7.50 concs)
Wed 6 August 2014 9:30pm £10.00 (£7.50 concs)
Thu 7 August 2014 9:30pm £10.00 (£7.50 concs)
Fri 8 August 2014 9:30pm £10.00 (£7.50 concs)
Sat 9 August 2014 9:30pm £10.00 (£7.50 concs)
Book tickets via www.camdenfringe.com
Press contact: Valentina Zagaria
telephone: 0033753706554
email: theatresenza@gmail.com

THE SHOW THIS IS THAT

At last summer has arrived in London! And with the heat a very exciting show has hit town…
On a balmy evening, in a cool art/dance centre, The Place in Euston, an extremely interesting performance has descended to enthral an engaged audience: This is that… this is that …this is that…
In bare, stripped down studio we are introduced to the most mundane object we can encounter in such environment: this is a wall… this is a chair… this is unacceptable (picking up a scrap of sellotape…) (cue: roaring laugh from the crowd…)
The collaboration between Philippe Blanchard, Gabriele and Luca Stifani is a gamble that the trio has taken with passion and fervour.
A celebrated choreographer interfacing with two brothers without any academic experience in the dance world has brought a synergy with immense potential; following the main frame given by Philippe, the twins express their innermost feelings in relation of the daily actions, choices, possibilities in a specific environment.
Also, the customisation ad hoc of the interaction, in relation to the town where the performance is occurring, reveal a total respect for their audience: the need to create a more in depth connection with them, shows clearly the desire of the artists for a total involvement for a full immersion experience, no divide between stage and audience…
Irony, fantasy, athleticism are keys for this work; the constant desire of reinvention, even in the simpler scenarios is masterly proposed through the endless possibilities of human interaction donning of seamless experiences who captivate the imagination.
During the Q&A post show, Luca and Gabriele confirmed their intention to offer a more personal perspective towards everyday life; their efforts matched their warm personalities with the movements inspired by the choreography by Philippe.
The show length is also endearing: one hours went without a glitch… the last part of the performance tried to explore, with a magic playfulness, the various layers of the human condition: are we what we are inside or are we manipulated by what we surround ourselves? The Twins made this manifesto loud and intense; in the several options offered they left us with a question that we need to answer in our own way.
A warm “well done” to this company!

THIS IS THAT

fratelliLondon – THIS IS THAT A performance conceived and directed by Philippe Blanchard.

This is that is a thought-provoking installation piece created by choreographer Philippe Blanchard together with filmmakers Luca and Gabriele 
Stifani where the construction of images and the meaning we attach to appearances is questioned. It is their second collaboration after How about you?, a subtly humoristic and contemplative performance about the search for oneself through others premiered in 2010. [continue here ]

Federico Colli at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Federico Colli at Queen Elizabeth Hall  

Tuesday 22 April 2014, 7.30pm  

Mozart: Sonata in G, K.283
Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op.57 (Appassionata)

Schumann: Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor, Op.11

Federico Colli, winner of the 2012 Leeds International Piano Competition, makes his eagerly anticipated Southbank Centre recital debut with three substantial sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann.

This young Italian pianist from Brescia, with his engaging stage presence and trademark cravat, impressed the British contest’s jurors and audience alike. Pianist Kathryn Stott, commenting for the BBC, remarked, ‘He’s a superb pianist, totally amazing.’

Ticket Prices: £28 £21 £15 £10 Premium £35

Sarah Ferrara  

Pollini editMaurizio Pollini at Royal Festival Hall  

Wednesday 2 April 2014, 7.30pm  

Beethoven: Sonata in D minor, Op.31 No.2 (Tempest); Sonata in C, Op.53 (Waldstein); Beethoven: Sonata in B flat, Op.106 (Hammerklavier)

The second of Maurizio Pollini’s two recitals in this year’s International Piano Series, this is a very special chance to hear again one of today’s undisputed grand masters of the piano.

In this recital Pollini plays three of Beethoven’s greatest sonatas including the mighty Hammerklavier.

Ticket Prices: £45 £37 £29 £22.5 £17 £12

Premium £60 Student Platform £7

Sergio Tiempo at Queen Elizabeth Hall  

Tuesday 29 April, 7:30pm at QEH  

Programme includes works by:

Brahms, Beethoven, Debussy, Prokofiev, Chopin, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Piazzola, Ginastera

Nikolai Lugansky at Queen Elizabeth Hall  

Wednesday 14 May 2014, 7.30pm  

Franck: Prelude, chorale and fugue

Prokofiev: Sonata No.4 in C minor, Op.29

Rachmaninov: 13 Preludes, Op.32

 

Nelson Freire at Queen Elizabeth Hall  

Monday 19 May 2014, 7.30pm

Beethoven: Andante favori, WoO.57; Sonata in C minor

Debussy: Reflets dans l’eau, No.1 from Images, Set 1; Poissons d’or, No.3 from Images, Set 2
Rachmaninov: Prelude in B minor, Op.32 No.10; Prelude in G sharp minor, Op.32 No.12

Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52; Chopin: Berceuse in D flat, Op.57; Scherzo No.4 in E, Op.54

Khatia Buniatishvili at Queen Elizabeth Hall  

Wednesday 4 June 2014, 7.30pm  

Brahms: Intermezzo in E flat major (Schlummer lied); Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op.117 No.2; Intermezzo in A

Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; La Valse
Chopin: Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, Op.31
Stravinsky: 3 Movements from Petrushka transc. for piano 

 

 

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Tiempo:  http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/sergio-tiempo-piano-72632 

 

Lugansky:  http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/nikolai-lugansky-piano-72635 

 

Freire:  http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/nelson-freire-piano-72616 

 

Buniatishvili:  http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/khatia-buniatishvili-piano-72639 

 

Katherine Jenkins, McFly, BBC Proms, Elvis Costello and more

NORTH by MaJiKer
+ Sam Lee
Elgar Room: Tuesday 11 June
Producer, performer, songwriter & remixer MaJiKer presents a collection of reinterpreted Nordic folk melodies, with support from Mercury-nominated Sam Lee.

gnite brunch:
Enchanteuse
Café Consort: Sunday 9 June
Enjoy a relaxing Sunday brunch as Enchanteuse perform some of Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich’s most iconic and dramatic melodies.

 

Elvis Costello
Tuesday 4 – Thursday 6 June
Elvis Costello and The Imposters return with their Spectacular Spinning Songbook as part of their 13 Revolvers tour. Hospitality reception packages are also available.

Coronation Classics
Sunday 2 June
Glorious music to celebrate sixty years since Her Majesty’s Coronation, featuring Julian Lloyd-Webber and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Anthony Inglis.

 

Katherine Jenkins
Monday 9 December
One of Britain’s favourite singers returns for a very special festive concert to perform a selection of her favourite songs, as well as Christmas carols for all to join in.