JUST ANNOUNCED

Lisa Hannigan & s t a r g a z e Thursday 4 October 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 30 plus booking fee

Irish singer-songwriter teams up with classical trained collective of European musicians, s t a r g a z e, for a concert featuring reworkings of songs from her three ; (2008, Hoop), Passenger (2011, PIAS) and her most recent critically-acclaimed release, (2016, PIAS).

Before becoming a solo artist in her own right, Lisa Hannigan appeared on two of 's albums and toured with him until 2007. Since establishing herself as a solo artist Hannigan has scored two number one albums in the Irish charts, two nominations and a nomination for Sea Sew. Lisa has stretched her musical expertise in many directions: collaborating with artists as diverse as Ray LaMontagne, Richard Hawley, and . She made an acting debut as a mermaid in the Oscar-nominated animation Song of the Sea, and her haunting voice featured on soundtracks for the TV series Fargo and the Oscar-winning score for Gravity. s t a r g a z e is an ever-evolving project, marrying modern composition with alternative attitudes and sounds. They have appeared at the Barbican several times in recent years, including performances with Julia Holter, Nils Frahm and The Dodos. Most recently they appeared in a Barbican-produced concert alongside POLIÇA at Oval Space in February 2018 where the two groups performed tracks from the collaborative Music For The Long Emergency.

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Tim Hecker (with Gagaku ensemble) + Kara-Lis Coverdale Saturday 6 October 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 22.50 plus booking fee

Canadian sound artist Tim Hecker will return to the Barbican this autumn for the first time since 2016 with a special ensemble concert. The night will be both a celebration of his forthcoming project, fusing electronic production with traditional Japanese gagaku court music.

Hecker has released a number of records exploring intersections between noise, dissonance, and melody. In his varied and celebrated works, digital and organic sources tightly intertwine. The result is a hybrid aesthetic that recalls electronic abstraction and psychedelic American minimalism.

Opening the evening, regular collaborator Kara-Lis Coverdale creates colourful and dense arrangements with a unique approach to melody, harmony and sonic detail.

On sale to Barbican members on Thursday 24 May 2018 On general sale on Friday 25 May 2018 Produced by the Barbican in association with Bird on the Wire Supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Find out more

Andy Irvine & Accompanied by & Monday 15 October 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £25 – 35 plus booking fee

Following their 40th anniversary tour of Ireland in 2017 - which saw three consecutive sell-out nights in - and Paul Brady bring the music of their 1976 eponymous album Andy Irvine/Paul Brady to the Barbican on Monday 15 October 2018. Once again, they will be joined by musicians Dónal Lunny and Kevin Burke who featured on the original recording.

Irvine and Brady first came together in 1974 when Brady joined dynamic trad-folk group , replacing the departing . Sadly, fatigue and financial difficulties brought the band to a standstill in 1975. Whilst Brady never got to record with Planxty his friendship with Irvine resulted in this album released by Mulligan Records, one of the most important labels. Andy Irvine/Paul Brady captures two of the great interpreters of the Irish folk song, side by side, relishing in a magical musical chemistry. They were accompanied by fiddler Kevin Burke and Dónal Lunny of Planxty and , who also produced the album recorded in Wales.

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Icelandic neo-classical group amiina will perform the music of their 2016 album, Fantômas (Mengi), live to a screening of silent film Juve Contre Fantômas (1913), in a Barbican-produced concert at LSO St Luke’s on 18 November 2018.

Melancholic and ethereal, yet full of suspense, pounding rhythms and haunting melodies these compositions are full of contrasts, from darkness and utter terror to heavenly melodies. Featuring violin, cello, drums, percussion, metallophone, table harp, ukulele and electronics, amiina employ their intelligent and imaginative use of different instruments and their varied textures.

Fantômas premiered in Paris in 2013 at the prestigious, Théâtre du Châtelet, in a special Halloween event, celebrating the centenary of the Fantômas series, directed by the French film director Louis Feuillade. Fantômas is the sadistic and ruthless serial killer initially born of the crime fictions of French writers Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre in 1911. He went on to appear in various films, television and comic book adaptations throughout the century. amiina formed as a string quartet in the late 1990s at the Reykjavík College of Music; Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir, Hildur Ársælsdóttir, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir and Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir spent much of the following decade performing with the ethereal rock group, Sigur Rós. In 2009 the group expanded, welcoming new members, drummer Magnús Trygvason Eliassen and electronic artist Kippi Kaninus.

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ALSO ANNOUNCED

Charles Watson + sivu Saturday 26 May 2018 / LSO St Luke’s / NOTE NEW START TIME 20:00 Tickets £12.50 – 15 plus booking fee Find out more Keaton Henson: Six Lethargies Performed by Britten Sinfonia Friday 20 July 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £17.50 – 25 plus booking fee

Further details of this multi-sensory experience have been announced, confirming that a portion of the audience will contribute to the performance via bio-metrics. Keaton Henson, as well as working with neuroscientists to develop the evening, has collaborated with 'thrill engineer' prof. Brendan Walker, to monitor the audience and allow their emotional state to control the ambience of the show in real time.

Six Lethargies, written over several years, aims to express and explain the feelings associated with Keaton’s experiences with mental health and severe anxiety. This additional element of the experimental performance delves deeper into answering the simple question the piece aims to ask; if I write how it feels to me, will it make you feel the same?

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COMING UP IN 2018

Field Music with the Open Here Orchestra Friday 25 May 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 22.50 plus booking fee Find out more

Actress + London Contemporary Orchestra + Duval Timothy, Silvia Kastel and Toxe Saturday 26 May 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 22.50 plus booking fee Find out more / Watch Barbican meets

Charles Watson + sivu Saturday 26 May 2018 / LSO St Luke’s / 20:00 Tickets £12.50 – 15 plus booking fee Find out more

Tigran Hamasyan & Nils Petter Molvaer Saturday 2 June 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 35 plus booking fee Find out more

Thomas Bartlett + Nico Muhly Peter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music Friday 8 June 2018 / LSO St Luke’s / 20:00 Tickets £25 – 30 plus booking fee Find out more

Microdisney perform The Clock Comes Down the Stairs Saturday 9 June 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £25 – 35 plus booking fee Find out more / Watch the Barbican session

[Modern Ritual] featuring Charles Hayward + Laura Cannell + Hoofus + Jennifer Lucy Allan + Luke Turner Saturday 16 June / LSO St Luke’s / 19:30 Tickets £15 plus booking fee Find out more / Watch the Barbican session

Wynton Marsalis Quartet + Headspace Quartet Tuesday 19 June 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £15 – 35 plus booking fee Find out more

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Two Wednesday 20 June 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 SOLD OUT returns only Find out more

Light in the Attic: Haruomi Hosono, Acetone, Willie Thrasher & Linda Saddleback Saturday 23 June 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 30 plus booking fee Find out more

Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante: Outliers Saturday 30 June 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 25 plus booking fee Find out more / Watch Barbican in conversation

Oneohtrix Point Never: MYRIAD 7 July 2018 / Barbican Hall / 2018 SOLD OUT returns only Find out more

Yasuaki Shimizu + Carl Stone Sunday 8 July 2018 / LSO St Luke’s / 19:30 SOLD OUT returns only Find out more

Naseer Shamma Quartet - Spirits Wednesday 11 July 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £25 – 35 plus booking fee Find out more monumental: Godspeed You! Black Emperor & The Holy Body Tattoo Friday 13 & Saturday 14 July 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 30 plus booking fee Find out more

Walthamstow Garden Party Cero39, London African Gospel Choir, Adrian Sherwood + Creation Rebel, Fatoumata Diawara, 47 Soul and Dona Onete + more TBA Lloyd Park Saturday 14 July – Sunday 15 July 2018 12–9.30pm (Sat) / 12–8pm (Sun) Free Find out more

Afro-Cuban All Stars 15 July 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 30 plus booking fee Produced by the Barbican Find out more

Keaton Henson: Six Lethargies Performed by Britten Sinfonia Friday 20 July 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £17.50 – 25 plus booking fee Produced by the Barbican Find out more

DJ Spoony presents Garage Classical with the Ignition Orchestra Saturday 21 July / Barbican Hall / 19:30 SOLD OUT returns only Find out more

Gruff Rhys + London Contemporary Orchestra + Ed Dowie Wednesday 12 September 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 25.00 plus booking fee Find out more

12 ensemble REBORN: music reimagined through time Sunday 16 September 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 19:30 Tickets £10 – 20 plus booking fee Find out more

MANUFACTORY Transforma – Sascha Ring (Apparat) Tuesday 25 September 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £17.50 – 22.50 plus booking fee Find out more

Ryoji Ikeda – datamatics and music for percussion Sunday 30 September 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £15 – 25 plus booking fee Find out more

They Might Be Giants Wednesday 3 October 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 35 plus booking fee Find out more

RY X & London Contemporary Orchestra Friday 12 October 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £17.50 – 25 plus booking fee Find out more

Keren Ann & Debussy String Quartet Sunday 14 October 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 30 plus booking fee Find out more

Mew: Frengers Saturday 20 October 2018 / Barbican Hall / 16:00 & *20:00 Tickets £20 – 27.50 plus booking fee / *SOLD OUT returns only Find out more

Darbar Festival – Rupak Kulkarni + Meeta Pandit Thursday 25 October 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 18:30 Tickets £20 – 50 plus booking fee Find out more

Darbar Festival – Soumik Datta + Malladi Brothers Friday 26 October 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 18:30 Tickets £20 – 50 plus booking fee Find out more

Darbar Festival – Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar Saturday 27 October 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 10:00 Tickets £20 – 50 plus booking fee Find out more

Darbar Festival – Sanju Sahai Saturday 27 October 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 14:00 Tickets £20 – 50 plus booking fee Find out more

Darbar Festival – Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi + Omar Dadarkar Saturday 27 October 2018 / Milton Court Concert Hall / 18:30 Tickets £20 – 50 plus booking fee Find out more

Darbar Festival – Ustad Shahid Parvez + Parveen Sultana Sunday 28 October 2018 / Barbican Hall / 17:30 Tickets £18 – 75 plus booking fee Find out more

Neko Case Thursday 8 November 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £22.50 – 27.50 plus booking fee Find out more

Bobby McFerrin Part of EFG London Jazz Festival Sunday 18 November 2018 / Barbican Hall / 19:30 Tickets £20 – 45 plus booking fee Find out more

Jóhann Jóhannsson: Last and First Men Saturday 1 December 2018 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £20 – 35 plus booking fee Find out more

Brad Mehldau + Britten Sinfonia Saturday 16 March 2019 / Barbican Hall / 20:00 Tickets £25 – 35 plus booking fee Find out more

ENDS

Notes to Editors

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About the Barbican A world-class arts and learning organisation, the Barbican pushes the boundaries of all major art forms including dance, film, music, theatre and visual arts. Its creative learning programme further underpins everything it does. Over 1.1 million people attend events annually, hundreds of artists and performers are featured, and more than 300 staff work onsite. The architecturally renowned centre opened in 1982 and comprises the Barbican Hall, the Barbican Theatre, The Pit, Cinemas One, Two and Three, Barbican Art Gallery, a second gallery The Curve, foyers and public spaces, a library, Lakeside Terrace, a glasshouse conservatory, conference facilities and three restaurants. The City of London Corporation is the founder and principal funder of the Barbican Centre.

The Barbican is home to Resident Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra; Associate Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra; Associate Ensembles the Academy of Ancient Music and Britten Sinfonia, Associate Producer Serious, and Artistic Partner Create. Our Artistic Associates include Boy Blue, Cheek by Jowl, Deborah Warner, Drum Works and Michael Clark Company. The Philharmonic are the Barbican’s International Orchestral Partner, the Australian Chamber Orchestra are International Associate Ensemble at Milton Court and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra are International Associate Ensemble.

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