Music events

Reginald Mobley celebrates music’s power not only to keep us tethered but also to draw us closer together. Solitude invites audiences into a quiet and intimate place, to pause and unplug from the busy world around us.

Joseph Kamaru, aka KMRU, is a Nairobi-born, Berlin-based sound artist who has carved out a serious and definitive space on the list of essential authors in ambient-experimental music.

Praised for his unfailingly communicative playing, acclaimed British pianist Leon McCawley has been delighting audiences worldwide for over three decades. He returns to York this autumn for a recital featuring works by Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin.

On the eve of the prestigious Brass in Concert Championship in Gateshead, Shepherd Brass Band teams up with the internationally renowned Cory Band for a tantalising mix of music, including Cory Band’s Brass-in-Concert programme.

We celebrate Quatuor Diotima’s thirtieth anniversary with a special concert that highlights their longstanding association with the University, featuring the premieres of two new commissions by composers with a close connection to York.

Bristol-based artist Surgeons Girl has built a strong reputation for hardware-led live performance, appearing at venues including Berghain, Tresor, Akademie der Künste, ICA, Southbank Centre (QEH), La Trabendo Paris and Doka Amsterdam.