Victoria Gallery & Museum, University Of Liverpool

The Open Circuit programme of events for 2019/20 is proud to welcome the Line Upon Line Ensemble for a unique concert.

Dr. Hyelim Kim is a UK-based  daegeum  performer and composer. The  daegeum  (taegum) is a large bamboo transverse flute which is used in traditional Korean court and folk music as well as contemporary, classical and popular music. She will explore and play various forms of traditional and contemporary Korean music and…

Evening Standard★★★★   The Independent★★★★ The Guardian★★★★    Jazzwise★★★★    The Arts Desk★★★★ Internationally renowned and critically acclaimed vocalist Emily Saunders leads an exceptional band through her original repertoire of songs reflecting on society, the fragility of people and the strength of connectivity.

Jane Booth (clarinet) and John Irving (fortepiano) are the co-founders of award-winning period-instrument group, Ensemble DeNOTE. DeNOTE has performed across the UK, achieving glowing reviews in the national and musical press. Critical acclaim for its Mozart and Beethoven CD recordings include a 4* review in The Observer…

We present the newly formed group Equilibrium which was conceived by Liverpool Philharmonic cellist Hilary Browning in order to address the gender imbalance in the programming of classical music concerts.  By concentrating on performing works solely by female composers the group aims to programme pieces by hitherto…

John Bailey – guitar tutor at the University of Liverpool who regularly works with Laura Wright and Russell Watson - brings his jazz quartet to perform music by Allan Holdsworth, Yellowjackets, Aaron Parks and other contemporary jazz musicians and original works by Bailey. Expect exceptional improvising from this…

Arcangelo Corelli - Sonata in F, op 5 no 4 for violin and piano Igor Stravinsky - Suite Italienne (selection from version for cello and piano) Luciano Berio - Sequenza VIII for violin Timothy Jackson - Continuo, for cello solo with violin and piano Pixels Ensemble Violin - Sophie Rosa Cello - Alex…

The internationally-acclaimed Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams will appear in Liverpool on 20 November with American pianist Paula Fan to perform Schumann’s stunning song-cycle  Dichterliebe (A Poet's Love).  They will also perform a new work by the American-Welsh composer Hilary Tann,  Melangell Variations, together…

Following their success at Open Circuit in March, the London-based Ligeti Quartet return with a programme that features realizations of video- and digital game-based musical scores including University of Liverpool Lecturer in Composition, Music for Digital Games Paul Turowski’s  SQ2  (revised version), Jimena Maldonado…

We are delighted to announce the renewal of the popular Solem Quartet as the University of Liverpool's Ensemble-in-Residence. From 26-28 November the quartet will again work alongside staff and students in performance and composition workshops. If you heard their performances of Bartok's Quartets no.s 3 and 4 last season…