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Alya Al-Sultani
Alya Al-Sultani is a British-Iraqi dramatic soprano, and composer of new opera. Her first musical experiences were Iraqi folk songs sung by her great…
Moina Moin
Born in Stroud in 1998 and working in expanded sculpture at Goldsmiths (2019) and Margate’s Open School East (2021-22) Moina has carved out a…
Anna-Helena McLean
Anna-Helena McLean is a multi-disciplinary music and theatre artist, director and researcher.
Hold the Drama
Hold the Drama create non-verbal shows that use music and drama to start conversations about mental health and emotional wellbeing...
t l k: compositions about loss and grief
The next phase of development for a new t l k EP
Vox Pop: A Verbatim Musical
A verbatim musical which follows the people of Cardiff in the days before, during, and after the general election in December 2019...
The School Britten & Pears Built
Britten and Pears founded a special kind of Music School. This year it celebrates its 50th year, and an important project is underway…
Rapasa: Nyatiti Master
Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno is from Kenya and based in Newcastle upon Tyne. His main…
SECRETS: The Last Five Days of Sandra
Leon Clowes is a conceptual artist who compassionately and unflinchingly explores lived trauma. His award winning artworks have been selected for…
Katy Thomson: My Year as a Britten Pears Young Artist
The Britten Pears Young Artist Programme celebrates 50 years in 2022. This year the format was turned on its head. Here a young artist reflects on the…
The Self in Process
Shruthi Rajasekar and Reylon Yount began their journeys as award-winning practitioners of traditional Chinese and Indian music. They each made a…
Five women who inspired a space opera, and where to find them
Joanna Harries is a singer and co-producer of INTERSTELLA, a new opera project about women in space. In a series of short, interlocking one-woman…