Past events

Outside Shell's headquarters, Southbank, London

A musical protest inspired by the famous story of the quartet continuing to play as the Titanic went down. It is an attempt to change the hearts and minds of the people at Shell who can make the decision not to risk the Arctic's future.

With Simon Desbruslais, trumpet

People Watch, by Bill Bankes-Jones and Stef Conner

Includes the world première performances of Anna Meredith's Music for Ravens and Tom Green's Gravity Fragments. Followed by a DJ set from Richard Greenan (KIT Records).

With Ensemble BPM

With Ensemble BPM

Works by Tom Green, Ji Sun Yang and Tim Parkinson

Narrated by Charles Armstrong

Nastassja Simensky (curator)
Rachel Duckett (soprano)

Performance on the cockle boat 'Indianna' at the excavation site of shipwrecked HMS London (1665).

With Louise Alder (soprano) in a rare performance of Alban Berg's Lyric Suite for string quartet and soprano.

The Ligeti Quartet's first concert as Quartet in Residence at the University of Sheffield, including the world première of George Nicholson's String Quartet No. 4.

Featuring the world première of George Nicholson's String Quartet No. 4.

European Chamber Music Academy course
17-21 February 2014
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

The Ligeti Quartet's participation is made possible by the generous support of the Zetland Foundation.

Including the world première of Matthew Butt's String Quartet.

A concert as part of the European Chamber Music Academy