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A brand new jazz festival has been announced to be held in Birmingham this summer, along with the return of a free summer school course for local young people. The event is expected to bring live jazz to Symphony Hall’s redeveloped foyers in August, in partnership with Jazz FM.
The Symphony Hall music and entertainment venue in Birmingham has been awarded a cool £4.5 million to spruce up and revamp the building and its services. With support from Arts Council’s Capital funding programme, Birmingham’s Town Hall Symphony Hall (THSH) is on course to transform Symphony Hall and create more spaces for people to perform and…
Zakir Hussain and the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) captivated thousands of classical music enthusiasts on the opening concert of their UK tour at Birmingham Symphony Hall. India’s first and only western orchestra was conducted by British-born Zane Dalal and features the internationally-renowned tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain.
Birmingham-born and bred Saxophonist Xhosa Cole won this year’s BBC Young Jazz Musician over the weekend for what has been described as an incredibly “heartfelt” performance. The 22-year-old from Handsworth, Birmingham, played his way to victory beating four other finalists with a 16-minute set. Cole performed his own composition “Moving Ladywood” as well as “I Cover…
Ahead of performing at Symphony Hall yesterday, international music legend Dionne Warwick spoke to invited guests about celebrating Birmingham Black History Month. The private event, attended by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Yvonne Mosquito, Vice Lord-Lieutenant for the West Midlands, Beverly Lindsay and Honorary Consul for Lithuania, Keith Stokes-Smith, shone a spotlight on what has…