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The London Sinfonietta brings its distinctive precision and energy to Warsaw Autumn (International Festival of Contemporary Music), presenting a compelling programme of new and boundary-pushing music from the UK, Poland, and beyond.

Among the Polish premieres is Laurence Osborn’s Mute – a series of “anti-concertos” exploring stifled voices and fractured solos. Across its movements, solo instruments are periodically engulfed by the ensemble, creating a subtle commentary on what I means to be heard in a crowd. Uniting first performances in Poland and the world premiere of Marta Śniady’s How can I help you?, the concert is a celebration of today’s most inventive composers. This is music that pushes against borders –of countries, of genres, and of how we listen.

World and Polish premieres in a night of fearless contemporary music

Fryderyk Chopin University of Music

4:48 a.m. Every 24 hours, in this darkest hour of the night, the effects of the psychotropic drug cocktail wear off - until the next dose 72 minutes later. Every night at this time, the drug veil lifts from the tormented consciousness and they return, the intrusive dark thoughts that threaten to suppress everything else. Nightmare visions. Feelings of hopelessness and self-hatred. Fragments of memories: of conversations with an absent lover. With a therapist whose professional distance seems downright cruel.

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4.48 Psychosis

Staatstheater Mainz

The end of a war. A child's birthday party. A wall falls in the center of the city. A first kiss. The economy collapses. A new millennium. It's getting warmer. Friends die. And everyone keeps buying new mobile phones.

We Are The Lucky Ones

National Opera & Ballet

On November 14, 2016, Denis Muravyov and Katya Vlasova, fifteen-year-olds in the rural Pskov region of Russia, died after a three-day standoff with Russian Special Forces. They live-streamed their last hours onto internet sites, leaving behind a trail of devastating video footage: drinking and smoking, cuddling and crying, and preparing to die.
Denis and Katya could have been your children, best friends, or classmates. Two teenagers who lived every moment—including their last—online. What led to their violent deaths? Why did they choose to broadcast their final moments on social media? And what does it say about the voyeuristic society that watched, liked, and objectified them in real-time, transforming two kids into clickbait?

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Philip Venables

Events

Past events

Sep 20, 2025

World and Polish premieres in a night of fearless contemporary music · London Sinfonietta

Apr 26 - Jul 4, 2025

4.48 Psychosis · Staatstheater Mainz

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