Concerts & Insight Events

Brian Ferneyhough in Conversation with Howard Skempton

Celebrating Coventry-born composer Brian Ferneyhough's 75th birthday this yearRead more

Arditti String Quartet with NEXT Musicians

Celebrating Coventry-born composer Brian Ferneyhough's 75th birthday this yearRead more

Ideal & Flying Height

Celebrating Coventry-born composer Brian Ferneyhough's 75th birthday this yearRead more

Murmurs

Music dissolving borders, and the world premiere of BCMG Apprentice Composer-in-Residence Donghoon Shin's Sheng Concerto. Read more

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BCMG Autumn concerts look to future and remember past

Christopher Morley previews Birmingham Contemporary Music Groups's concerts in Autumn 2018

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) and the Arditti Quartet will join forces at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire to celebrate the 75th birthday of one of today’s most influential and internationally-renowned composers, Brian Ferneyhough.

Creative Composing Lab

March workshop. A day-long workshop for young composers aged 14-18 to compose music with and for professional musicians.

Creative Composing Lab

November workshop. A day-long workshop for young composers aged 14-18 to compose music with and for professional musicians.

Wilde Lieder - Marx.Music

On the bicentenary of his birth, BCMG invites contributions to commemorate Marx’s legacy through music.

O Hototogisu!

Birmingham premiere of Oliver Knussen’s O Hototogisu - fragment of a Japonisme, and the world premiere of David Sawer's Caravanserai, in a thought-provoking concert

Wilde Lieder Marx.Music

World premieres in Trier

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Wilde Lieder Marx.Music

UK premieres in Birmingham

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Opportunities to join the BCMG Team

NEXT Musicians 2018-19 Announced

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire announce the first 11 musicians to join the NEXT Music programme, a brand new, innovative programme of study to support early career musicians who want to dedicate their professional life to contemporary music.