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🎧 Classical Music Curator 👨🏾‍💻 Head of Classical Music @SouthbankCentre 📍 London, UK

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We opened the new Classical Music Season at Southbank Centre with an epic protest! For my 5th curated season as Head of Classical Music at Southbank Centre (@southbankcentre), we opened in the most ambitious and meaningful way as we staged the London premiere of Julia Wolfe’s ‘Fire In My Mouth’ – a staged concert experience, commemorating the 146 people – many of them young immigrant women – who lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York in 1911. As the biggest coming together of artists for a Season Opening Night during my time at Southbank Centre, ‘Fire In My Mouth’ featured Southbank Centre Resident Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra (@philharmonia_orchestra), alongside an all-female chorus of 146 voices – one for every life lost – from across the country consisting of London Voices, the Farnham Youth Choir (@farnham_youth_choir) and RSNO Youth Chorus (@rsnoofficial), conducted by the Philharmonia’s incomparable Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop (@marinalsop.conductor). To stage the work, we collaborated with an international creative team including the composer Julia Wolfe, re-staging director Asher Lloyd Ehrenberg (@ash.lloyd.ehrenberg), and Scenic, lighting, video and production designer Jeff Sugg (@jeffpsugg). By staging this epic work for our Classical Music Season Opening Night, we gave voice to people and stories from the past, bringing them into the present with the power of classical music. - Credits: Choral directors: Ben Parry (London Voices) & Patrick Barrett (@patrickbarrettmusic) (Farnham Youth Choir and RSNO Youth Chorus) Stage director: Anne Kauffman Re-staging director: Asher Lloyd Ehrenberg (@ash.lloyd.ehrenberg) Scenic, lighting, video and production designer: Jeff Sugg (@jeffpsugg) Associate lighting designer: Mike Higgs Costume designer: Márion Tálan Bang on a Can Executive Director: Kenny Savelson (@kennysavelson) 📸: @petewoodhead 24 Sep 2026

Thank you Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama for this huge recognition! It truly is the greatest honour. Last week marked a full circle moment as I returned to the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (@rwcmd) – where it all began – to be formally appointed as an Honorary Fellow of the College. As someone always focusing on the future, there’s nothing quite like standing on stage in front of the next wave of graduates, and hearing a citation about your work, to force you to appreciate and reflect on your own journey. From founding a commissioning and producing company to champion emerging composers, chairing the College’s student entrepreneur initiative, and now leading the UK’s largest classical music programme at Southbank Centre (@southbankcentre), working alongside our six Resident Orchestras to bring classical music to the broadest possible audience, one firm belief has always carried me through: that with classical music we are capable of seeing beyond the present, reaching further, and imagining new possibilities. Returning to the College, reminded me of where that belief began. x 14 Jul 2026

We welcomed over 11,000 people across 6 days to our Classical Music Season Opening Week! As Head of Classical Music at Southbank Centre (@southbankcentre), I’m really proud of the way we ensure there are as many different ways for as many different people as possible to experience classical music. This year, our Season Opening Week truly set the stage for the season to come. With everything from an epic staged protest and a hypnotic clubnight, to a folk music-infused evening and an immersive soundbath, there really was something for everything. Swipe for all of the photo highlights. 📸: Siân O’Connor (@sian_o) Our new Resident Artist Jean Rondeau dazzled the audience with his unique interpretation of Bach’s ‘Goldberg Variations’ on the Queen Elizabeth Hall Organ… 🎶: Jean Rondeau (@jeanrondeau.official) 📸: Alex Kemsley (@alexkemsley) Audiences danced, cried, and meditated to Pararochestra’s immersive performance of Steve Reich’s ‘Music for 18 Musicians’. 🎶: Pararochestra (@paraorchestra) 📸: Siân O’Connor (@sian_o) We opened in the most ambitious and meaningful way as we staged Julia Wolfe’s ‘Fire In My Mouth’ – part protest and part commemoration of the 146 people – many of them young immigrant women – who lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York in 1911. Featuring Southbank Centre Resident Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra (@philharmonia_orchestra), London Voices, Farnham Youth Choir (@farnham_youth_choir), RSNO Youth Chorus (@rsnoofficial), conducted by Marin Alsop (@marinalsop.conductor). 🎶: Choral directors: Ben Parry (London Voices) & Patrick Barrett (@patrickbarrettmusic) (Farnham Youth Choir and RSNO Youth Chorus) 🎬: Re-staging director Asher Lloyd Ehrenberg (@ash.lloyd.ehrenberg), and scenic, lighting, video and production designer Jeff Sugg (@jeffpsugg). 📸: Pete Woodhead (@petewoodhead) Resident Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra and Friends, conducted by Principal Conductor Ed Gardner, also performed on an epic scale with Britten’s ‘War Requiem’ – a powerful gesture of sorrow and mourning… 🎶: London Philharmonic Orchestra (@londonphilharmonicorchestra), London Philharmonic Choir (@lpchoir), Lond 02 Oct 2026

NEW EPISODE: Does classical music have a queer side? One of many questions discussed on the latest episode of the BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! podcast, exploring queer culture across classical music, film and photography – and the composers and stories some might not expect to find in the concert hall including the unforgettable legend of Pope Joan. It was great to discuss how we at Southbank Centre are championing queer voices across the classical music programme, including our Associate Artist Conor Mitchell and his new work-in-development ‘Pope Joan’, and a joy to join @ghislain.pascal, @mrgraemesmith, @tylerudallphotography and @joe__stepehenson. The episode is out now on Apple and Spotify, where you can hear more about ‘Pope Joan’, Tyler’s new book, ‘Garden of Good’, Joe’s plans for BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Films, and why queer club culture and political satire belong in the concert hall at the @southbankcentre! 27 Oct 2026

New episode of The BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Podcast out now. Can a film be “too gay”? Are major galleries embracing queer culture fully? And why does classical music still have such a stuffy reputation? Graeme Smith hosts a BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Breakfast Club with photographer Tyler Udall, filmmaker Joe Stephenson, Southbank Centre’s Head of Classical Music Toks Dada and BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! founder Ghislain Pascal. Tyler introduces his new book, Garden of Good, exploring the lives of performers, from ballet dancers to strippers, and the people behind their stage personas. Joe shares plans for BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Films and a dedicated queer short-film fund, alongside his experiences of being asked to make queer stories less gay. Around the table, there’s a frank discussion of Tim Walker’s Fairyland exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery and the buzz surrounding Josh Silver’s Fruit Fly — from Instagram hype to turning trauma into art. Plus, Toks reveals classical music’s queer side, from Benjamin Britten to contemporary composers bringing club culture and political satire into the concert hall. Art. Queer. Culture. Over coffee. Listen 🎧 to The BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Podcast wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 Apple, Spotify 🎧 link in bio 🎧 @tylerudallphotography @joe___stephenson @toksdada @southbankcentre @mrgraemesmith @ghislain.pascal @boysgallerycafelondon #queer #queerpodcast #podcast 26 Oct 2026

Toks Dada, Head of Classical Music at the Southbank Centre London, on the new episode of the BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Breakfast Club out now on The BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Podcast. He reveals classical music’s queer side, from Benjamin Britten to contemporary composers bringing club culture and political satire into the concert hall. Art. Queer. Culture. Over coffee. Listen 🎧 to The BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Podcast wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 Apple, Spotify 🎧 link in bio 🎧 @toksdada @southbankcentre @boysgallerycafelondon #queer #queerpodcast #podcast #toksdada #southbank 27 Oct 2026

Celebrating Manchester Collective’s 10 years of boundary-pushing work with their highlights at Southbank Centre! Ever since their founding 10 years ago, Southbank Centre Resident Artist Manchester Collective (@manchestercollective) have worked tirelessly to grow the audience for classical music, bringing their unique brand of new ideas for presenting classical music and fresh collaborations with artists from in and outside of the music world. From performing the greatest of classical music, to collaborating with the likes of musician and producer Clark (@throttleclark) and choreographer Melanie Lane (@melahhnee) to build a brand-new show where dance and electronic music responded to classical and contemporary music – the Collective’s creativity and flexibility is unmatched. This year, as the Collective turn 10, they begin their 5th season as Resident Artist with us at Southbank Centre (@southbankcentre). To celebrate their 10 years of shaping the audiences of tomorrow, we’ve explored our archive to bring you Manchester Collective’s highlights at Southbank Centre so far. Swipe for Manchester Collective’s highlights at Southbank Centre ➡️ 📸: Nat Urazmetova (@nat_urazmetova) 10 Years of Manchester Collective: ‘Neon’ – featuring music from Hannah Peel, Lyra Pramuk, and Daniel Elms – brought together strings, percussion, live electronics and field recordings in a special late-night show. 👥: Hannah Peel (@hannahpeelmusic); Daniel Elms (@danielelmsmusic) 📸: Pete Woodhead (@petewoodhead) 10 Years of Manchester Collective: the Fergus McCreadie Trio joined the Collective, joining the musical dots between jazz and Western European classical music. 👥: Fergus McCreadie Trio (@fergusmccreadie) 📸: Pete Woodhead (@petewoodhead) 10 Years of Manchester Collective: violinist and Manchester Collective co-Artistic Director Rakhi Singh and guitarist Alan Keary conjured up the underground club scene in a programme built around Julia Wolfe’s ‘LAD’ – a formidable wall-of-sound experience originally written for nine bagpipes and reinvented here for just one very loud violin plugged into a fuzzy guitar pedal. 👥: Rakhi Singh (@rakhisinghmusic); Alan Keary (@shunya_music) 09 Oct 2026

The ever-inventive Pekka Kuusisto kicked off his Southbank Centre residency by blurring the lines between styles and genres! At Southbank Centre (@southbankcentre), our Artist Residencies are a place for new work, new ideas and new collaborations, featuring pioneering artists who are pushing boundaries and breaking ground. As such, our Resident Artists, together with our Resident Orchestras, are absolutely central to the evolution of our programme. To begin Pekka Kuusisto (@pekkakuusistomusician)’s 2026/27 season residency, we brought him and Resident Orchestra Aurora Orchestra (@auroraorchestra) together for a nature-inspired programme of classical music’s greatest but with a twist. Joined by multi-instrumentalist Ale Carr (@ale.carr) on cittern, they reimagined Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’, interspersed with traditional Nordic folk music from Pekka and Ale. Also on the billing was Caroline Shaw (@carolineadelaideshaw)’s driving yet reflective ‘Plan and Elevation’, and Sibelius’ Symphony No 5 transported us to the natural beauty of the Finnish countryside. Later in Autumn/Winter 2026/27, Pekka returns as part of his duo Council (@council.pdx.hel) – alongside composer and singer/songwriter Gabriel Kahane (@gabrielkahane) – for a special album launch show. And, on 13th October, we announce more special projects as part of Pekka’s residency throughout Spring/Summer 2027. Stay tuned for more creative brilliance from Pekka! 📸: @chukocribb 28 Sep 2026

We celebrated 90 years of Steve Reich in typical Southbank Centre fashion! On the Saturday evening of our Classical Music Season Opening Week, we at Southbank Centre (@southbankcentre) brought three quartets together on one stage – Carducci Quartet (@carducciquartet), Ligeti Quartet (@theligetiquartet) and Solem Quartet (@solemquartet) – for a rare fully live performance of Steve Reich’s energetic ‘Triple Quartet’. Also on the billing was the UK premiere of a special string ensemble version of the composer’s well-known ‘Different Trains’. And, to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the three quartets each performed a movement of Reich’s ‘WTC 9/11’ accompanied by a pre-recorded tape featuring real audio material from the time, in a dramatic and poignant presentation of the work. This was a truly memorable evening in more ways than one, and was another example of how even when we celebrate established voices in classical music, we can do so in new and imaginative ways. 📸: @chukocribb 27 Sep 2026

Oh, Switzerland. You absolutely stole my heart… ❤️🇨🇭 16 Sep 2026

When in Rome 🇮🇹… Last week, together with @belfastensemble director and composer Conor Mitchell, executive producer @andrewhume, and a small creative team, with medievalist @realmandeville as our expert guide, we ventured across Rome, including a tour of closed off parts of The Vatican (@vaticanmuseums), in the name of research for a very special project @southbankcentre. (More details on that later!) In the meantime, here’s a little photo dump evidencing how beautiful it all was, despite the 36 degree heatwave! 06 Jul 2026

Because everyone needs a wee bit of R&R in the countryside from time to time. x 27 Jul 2026

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