SOAS Concert Series

The Magpie Robin’s Songbook Album launch happening right now at @SOAS with the incredible Sahana Bajpaie, Samantak Sinha and Sohini Alam as well as beautiful instrumentation from around the world – dotara, daf, oud, guitar, banjo and more. @KhadirMeer @SoasMusic

First up on tomorrow and not to be missed will be the album launch of Magpie Robin's Songbook. The Doyel Pakhir Ganer Katha or ‘Robin-Magpie’s Songbook’ is an album of music featuring songs from the Bangladeshi War of Independence of 1971. @KhadirMeer

Sneak preview for tonight.. see you there ! @SOASArts @SOASConcerts @KhadirMeer

Percussionist, producer and composer Davide Giovannini will perform on drums, formerly of the Afrocuban percussion duo Afroshock, currently leading his Brazilian-jazz group Minas Project.

Renowned bassist, composer and band leader Davide Mantovani will be bringing his talents and experience of working with artists including Lisa Stansfield, Baaba Maal, Seckou Keita and Zoe Rahman.

We are super excited to kick off our autumn concert series with this night of Contemporary Latin Jazz Guitar with Neff Irizarry and his all-star group! Join us, tomorrow, on 28 September at 6 pm, once again at the Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre.

Samer Rashed has performed in concerts and festivals across Europe and the Arabic-speaking world. Most notably, he has performed at the Proms Festival in London, Lebanon’s Beiteddine Art with Marcel Khalife, and at the World Jazz Festival in Germany.

You can expect a rich musical journey as his high-energy pieces are juxtaposed by the more tranquil tales from the album, all expertly composed to include an original Arabic twist to the unique genre of gypsy jazz. How exciting!

Our friends at @MarsmUk are putting on this amazing gig, “Tales of the Gypsy Jazz”, with viola player and composer Samer Rashed at Rich Mix on June 18th! Here is the exclusive discounted ticket link for the SOAS music community: eventbrite.co.uk/e/347929395187…

Our friends @SelinaTLtd are recruiting a Freelance Access Assistant for a new project. This is  a great role for someone looking for more experience in access and/or the arts! Deadline 5th June. Find out more and download the job-pack:  selinathompson.co.uk/blog/freelance…

Join us tonight for an exciting performance by Diego Laverde Rojas and friends! Diego has curated an extraordinarily rich programme for us all with an array of talented musicians ready to take us on a musical tour of South and Central America. Tonight 6:30 pm!!

Join @SOASConcerts on Wednesday 27 April for an evening of Latin American music with Diego Laverde Rojas and friends, featuring Andean flutes, guitar, cuatro, percussion, double bass, vocals, and harp. Book your tickets in advance or pay on the door: bit.ly/3rMfbRi

"To speak of tradition gets into this question of purity and what ‘pure’ Armenian music is...usually, the things that we look at as tradition are things that were really weird, new and cutting edge at the time." ⬇️ Read the interview with John Hodian. bit.ly/3xV8jVo

1 WEEK UNTIL OT AZOY! & KLEZFEST 2022 🎼 BOOK NOW! LEARN YIDDISH, SING YIDDISH, PLAY KLEZMER - 5 day immersion in a world of jewish language, music and culture @SOASConcerts @SOASArts @SOAS @JewishRen @JewishChron @shekoyokh @donkipper @Polinashepherd - mailchi.mp/f23a967c5973/b…

Tonight at 6pm, in the Brunei Lecture Gallery @SOAS, ‘Solidarity and Fundraising Concert for Ukraine.” All proceeds will go to help the humanitarian effort in Ukraine. #HelpUkraine 💙💛

This Friday, @SOASConcerts will host musicians from around the world to play a Concert for Ukraine. We asked them to share their thoughts on the role of music and its power to heal, communicate and connect.