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The Royal Festival Hall is closed to the public on Tuesday 16 June. It will reopen for Harry Styles & Jules Buckley Orchestra ticket holders only at 5pm.

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Chineke! Orchestra make musical history
A conductor standing in front of the orchestra
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Chineke! Orchestra make musical history

Watch the 2015 debut concert of Chineke! Europe’s first professional orchestra made up entirely of Global Ethnic Majority performers.

Stravinsky conducts in the Royal Festival Hall
Igor Stravinsky, a small 83 year old balding man wearing black-rimmed glasses stands with arms stretched out at his stands as he conducts a rehearsal
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Stravinsky conducts in the Royal Festival Hall

Watch the legendary composer conduct a 1965 performance of The Firebird by the Philharmonia Orchestra.

James McVinnie: an introduction to the Royal Festival Hall organ
James McVinnie, a White man with short hair, plays the Royal Festival Hall organ
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James McVinnie: an introduction to the Royal Festival Hall organ

Organist James McVinnie plays the London Royal Festival Hall organ and gives an introduction to the features of the instrument.

Arts unravelled: How does a concert pianist choose which piano to play?
Alice Sara Ott – a young woman with dark hair – plays a grand piano on the Royal Festival Stage, she is reflected in the open lid of the piano
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Arts unravelled: How does a concert pianist choose which piano to play?

Did you know pianists often have a number of different pianos to choose to perform their concerts on? Alice Sara Ott explains how she chooses hers

Rakhi Singh performs an Improvisation into Nicola Matteis’ Alia Fantasia
Rakhi Singh plays the violin on stage in an empty Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Rakhi Singh performs an Improvisation into Nicola Matteis’ Alia Fantasia

Rakhi Singh, violinist and co-founder of Manchester Collective performs an Improvisation into Nicola Matteis’ Alia Fantasia in our Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Tamara Stefanovich on 20 Sonatas
Tamara Stefanovich
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Tamara Stefanovich on 20 Sonatas

The pianist Tamara Stefanovich explains how her 2022 Southbank Centre performance of 20 Sonatas came to be, in this video interview.