event details
3pm Oct 26 Kino Teatr
Artists in Conversation event: Sally Beamish + Musicians
Held at the start of the Sunday afternoon concert. Entry is included for concert ticket holders.
Join us for a special event, Artists in Conversation, featuring acclaimed composer Sally Beamish. In an engaging and insightful discussion at the start of the concert, Beamish will share thoughts on her powerful work ‘Seafarer’ and reflect on her richly varied musical journey—from performing to composing for some of the world’s leading ensembles. The conversation will conclude with an audience Q&A, offering a unique opportunity to engage directly with one of today’s most distinctive musical voices. Event is held at the start of the concert, and entry is included for concert ticket holders.
Artists in conversation
Sally Beamish
Sally Beamish was born in London. She began her career as a viola player with the Raphael Ensemble, Academy of St Martins and London Sinfonietta, before moving to Scotland in 1990 to focus on composition. She was appointed a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2015, and of the Royal Swedish Academy in 2022. In 2018 she won the Award for Inspiration at the British Composer Awards, and in 2020 was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours.
She has written three major oratorios. Knotgrass Elegy (text by Donald Goodbrand Saunders) was premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and chorus in the BBC Proms 2001, and has recently been named in BBC Music Magazine as one of the top 6 oratorios of the 20th and 21st century. Equal Voices (text by Sir Andrew Motion) was premiered by the LSO with Gianandrea Noseda in 2014. The Judas Passion (text by David Harsent) was commissioned by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and premiered in the UK and USA in 2018.
