Music highlights from the Arts & Cultural Programme
Music highlights from previous seasons
Inaugural Musica Viva events at Levinsky Hall
October 2022 – May 2023
Find out more about our inaugural season in the recently refreshed, and newly named Levinsky Hall in the Roland Levinsky Building, with our wonderful Steinway Model C grand piano now in situ along with new on-stage acoustic panels.
Expressionism: Emotions Unchained (2022)
Our festival offered a unique integration of pivotal music, visual art, and film of this energetic and vibrant artistic era of unbounded influence. We hosted four extraordinary evenings with world-leading artists.
Beethoven: Innovator – a 250th celebration (2021)
The inspiring three-day festival was dedicated to some of Beethoven’s most innovative works. Our celebration of Beethoven's 250th birthday featured a series of concerts, fascinating informal lectures, and the world premiere of a new commission.
Music Forums (-2022)
We hosted a series of interesting live-streamed musical evenings featuring performances and informal conversations with Dr Robert Taub and guests.
Some Call It Home (2021)
A provocative multimedia music drama bringing to life conflicting perspectives of our uneasy relationship with the land – our home, our planet. A world premiere performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ensemble with leading international soloists.
Contemporary Music Festival: MULTIVERSE (2019)
The Contemporary Music Festival (CMF) 2019, celebrated the internationally renowned research combining music, engineering and the life sciences developed at the University of Plymouth’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR).
The London Mozart Players (2019)
The first event in Musica Viva, brought internationally acclaimed performers to Plymouth, The London Mozart Players, the UK’s longest-established chamber orchestra.