{"title": "Chamber Masterclass with Takács Quartet", "start": "2026-11-13T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Guildhall School of Music and Drama", "address": "Silk Street, EC2Y 8DT London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A free, open chamber music masterclass in which the Takács Quartet works with Guildhall string players. The quartet, founded in Budapest in 1975, is regarded as one of the world's leading chamber ensembles and has appeared at venues including Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall and the Konzerthaus Vienna. Visitors can observe the musicians as they coach Guildhall performers, sharing expertise from decades at the highest level. No tickets are required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/chamber-masterclass-with-takacs-quartet-80635/", "official_url": "https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/chamber-masterclass-with-takacs-quartet-0", "image": "https://noky.io/images/015113a7676e71f74fe1545889806a714e776e976bc747366c22151ca73b5841-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-13T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Guildhall School of Music and Drama", "address": "Silk Street, EC2Y 8DT London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Brodsky Quartet Masterclass", "start": "2026-11-05T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Music Museum", "address": "", "price": "£6.50", "price_from": "6.50", "price_to": "6.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/boxoffice", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A masterclass at the Royal College of Music in which the Brodsky Quartet works with the College's chamber musicians. The returning quartet brings a wealth of experience from over 3,000 concerts on the world's major stages and more than 60 recordings. For over 50 years they have kept a busy international schedule, with repertoire including the complete quartet cycles of Shostakovich, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Britten, Schoenberg and Bartók. They have also taught at many international chamber music courses and leading conservatoires.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/brodsky-quartet-masterclass-38294/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3804598", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9bf70f8e58d816fd0b1e37f238d98076386df4dbad82cc05ddbcbfd133430a3e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Postgraduate Strings Concert", "start": "2026-11-05T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Guildhall School of Music and Drama", "address": "Silk Street, EC2Y 8DT London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "The Postgraduate Strings Concert is an informal classical music performance in Silk Street Music Hall. Students from the Strings department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama share a varied programme showcasing developing artistry across the year group. Performers include harpist Bethany Caswell, violinists Anna Perl, Helen Rutledge and Ayaka Hisa, violist Isobel Neary-Adams and pianists Jen Carter and Riho Akagi, playing works by Rosetti, Fauré, Szymanowski, Bach and Franck. Admission is free and no tickets are required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/postgraduate-strings-concert-80624/", "official_url": "https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/postgraduate-strings-concert-4", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1772eb868121c534cf52e24c406b62f0c11dafc5d050719b267da43b67f74cf-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Annual Viola Day 2026", "start": "2026-11-09T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Guildhall School of Music and Drama", "address": "Silk Street, EC2Y 8DT London", "price": "Free, no tickets required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://resources.gsmd.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_enq&code1=OPENBOOK&code2=", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "Annual Viola Day 2026 is a free open day of celebration of the viola at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama's Silk Street Music Hall. It is packed with masterclasses and performances by faculty members and students, plus a masterclass and workshop with guest William Coleman visiting from the Mozarteum, Salzburg. Faculty members Gary Pomeroy, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Scott Dickinson and Matthew Jones perform and give masterclasses, and participants can join group workshops and playthroughs, so bring your instruments. Visitors can also meet staff and students, explore the facilities and learn about the audition process and studying strings at Guildhall.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/annual-viola-day-2026-80630/", "official_url": "https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/annual-viola-day-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6602aaca2665c4ac5bb79106b36966566d6819552b77b8e19b83b17c021cfc54-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Piano Masterclass with Richard Goode", "start": "2026-11-03T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Milton Court Concert Hall", "address": "Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A free, open piano masterclass (cancelled) at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. New York-born pianist Richard Goode, a Grammy-nominated interpreter of Classical and Romantic music, works with Guildhall keyboard players, offering insight into the artistry behind great piano playing. The three-hour session is free, with no tickets required, and audience members may drop in at any time and be admitted at an appropriate moment.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/piano-masterclass-with-richard-goode-80622/", "official_url": "https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/piano-masterclass-with-richard-goode-0", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f4419f266fa41dc0cfec6a03875978e29a0c6347ef2ce863157e099cb01d5fbc-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Karelia String Quartet", "start": "2026-11-01T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ancient Church of St Mary The Virgin", "address": "Perivale Lane, UB6 8SS Perivale", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "The Karelia String Quartet performs a chamber music concert at St Mary's Perivale, with works by Mozart and Schubert: the String quartet in D K575 and the String quartet in D minor D810. The quartet is formed of Emil Hartikainen (violin), Megan Yang (violin), Felix Pascoe (viola) and Daniel Schultz (cello), and was formed in early 2024 at the Royal Academy of Music. They have won First Prize at the Nina Drucker String Quartet Competition (2025), the Historical Women's Composer Competition (2025) and the Wolfe Wolfinsohn String Quartet Competition (2024), and Second Prize at the CAVATINA Chamber Music Competition at Wigmore Hall (2025). Selected as Kirckman Concert Society Artists for the 2026–27 season, they have also performed for His Majesty King Charles III at St James's Palace.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-karelia-string-quartet-40771/", "official_url": "https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-11-01.shtml", "image": ""}, {"title": "Piano Masterclass with Pedja Muzijevic", "start": "2026-11-05T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Milton Court Concert Hall", "address": "Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/guildhall-school-masterclasses", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A free, open piano masterclass in which visiting pianist and curator Pedja Muzijevic works with Guildhall keyboard players. He is celebrated for imaginative programming, interdisciplinary collaborations and performances bridging new and old music, and has appeared with orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony and Dresden Philharmonic. The session lasts three hours, and audience members may drop in at any time and will be admitted at an appropriate moment. No tickets are required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/piano-masterclass-with-pedja-muzijevic-80623/", "official_url": "https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/piano-masterclass-with-pedja-muzijevic", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ef70a090f0423eaa41e6c9cd0c0783e0dc7dc17d5eab20b8f7b5ee74052c3c51-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Bacewicz and Enescu", "start": "2026-11-05T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18 (concessions £16)", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A chamber music concert titled 'Bacewicz and Enescu' at Wigmore Hall. The Purcell School Chamber Soloists, directed by internationally acclaimed British violinist Alex Redington, perform Grażyna Bacewicz's Quartet for Four Violins and George Enescu's String Octet in C Op. 7. Redington, Head of Strings at The Purcell School of Music and founding first violinist of the Doric String Quartet, leads the ensemble in Enescu's monumental Octet. The concert lasts approximately one hour without an interval and is promoted by The Purcell School.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bacewicz-and-enescu-81028/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611051300", "image": ""}, {"title": "The Purcell School Chamber Soloists; Alex Redington director", "start": "2026-11-05T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18 (concessions £16)", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611051300", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A chamber concert of about one hour, without interval, featuring works by Grażyna Bacewicz and George Enescu. Internationally acclaimed British violinist Alex Redington, Head of Strings at The Purcell School of Music and founding first violinist of the Doric String Quartet, leads The Purcell School Chamber Soloists in Enescu's monumental Octet and Bacewicz's Quartet for Four Violins.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-purcell-school-chamber-soloists-alex-redington-director-65992/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611051300", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c2e83f8163f7901b17857dd422f6721a6a28c2e69f89e8ce65d4e00592e7bc20-600.webp"}, {"title": "RCM at Austrian Cultural Forum", "start": "2026-11-09T13:05:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Austrian Cultural Forum", "address": "Rutland Gate 28, London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3848150", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A chamber music concert held in the chandelier-lit recital room of the Austrian Cultural Forum in London. It is presented by the Royal College of Music, whose musicians perform the programme. Tickets are sold through the Austrian Cultural Forum's own website.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rcm-at-austrian-cultural-forum-38301/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3848150", "image": "https://noky.io/images/35219912d966f914ad6fbfab05ce30d23f286ce12961fa37cb4de03cf446b0a7-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Jerusalem Quartet", "start": "2026-11-07T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£45, £38, £33, £27, £18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "45.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611071930", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A chamber music concert by a string quartet at Wigmore Hall, pairing three works for four string instruments. The Jerusalem Quartet - Alexander Pavlovsky and Sergei Bresler on violin, Alexander Gordon on viola and Kyril Zlotnikov on cello - play Mozart's String Quartet No. 17 in B flat K458 'The Hunt', Bartók's String Quartet No. 6 BB119 and Ravel's String Quartet in F. The concert runs about two hours with an interval, and its programme places Mozart beside Bartók's final quartet, written before its composer found refuge in the United States, and closes with Ravel. Critics have praised the ensemble's 'immaculate, spirited playing' and its 'gold blend' of 'passion, precision, warmth'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jerusalem-quartet-65996/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611071930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fb5c5a7af4ff07130ffda3b146c6220da4d33b59bf4c4913369a76bbcccc6e01-600.webp"}, {"title": "Rachel Musson, Magda Drozd, Iris Casling & Douglas Benford", "start": "2026-11-08T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "£10 cash entry", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-improvisation"], "description": "An afternoon of live quartet improvisation at Hundred Years Gallery. Saxophonist Rachel Musson, violinist Magda Drozd, double bassist Iris Casling and Douglas Benford on recorders and objects each bring their own backgrounds in improvised and experimental music to the session. Doors open at 15:30, with the music starting at 16:00. Entry is £10 in cash.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rachel-musson-magda-drozd-iris-casling-douglas-benford-36573/", "official_url": "http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/music-musson-drozd-casling-benford/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Friday Music in the Museum", "start": "2026-11-06T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Music Museum", "address": "", "price": "£6.50 (incl ticket fee)", "price_from": "6.50", "price_to": "6.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/boxoffice/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "Friday Music in the Museum is a lunchtime chamber concert held at the Royal College of Music Museum. It is given by the Royal College of Music, whose students benefit from ticket income. The performance features Dvořák's String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 \"American\" and Haydn's Op. 76 No. 2 \"Fifths\". Listeners can enjoy a polished chamber performance amongst a beautiful collection of historic artefacts and instruments.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/friday-music-in-the-museum-38282/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3840900", "image": "https://noky.io/images/670bc75b2f0d593795a30d56b42847d65a75cf37b9f527dab343a32cb78a348e-1200.webp"}]}