This year’s festival is arrayed between the shiny new Kings Place, eclectic arts venue Rich Mix and uber-trendy Café OTO in north London and Wandsworth’s Lost Theatre.

The festival features new Portuguese fado from Claudia Aurora, Vietnamese Cai Luong (theatre music) song from Huong Thanh, Poland’s Warsaw Village Band and the Siberia’s Namgar, the Samí song of Mari Boine and Jamaican reggae from Misty in Roots. This only scratches the surface of a list of artists spanning China to Angola, Estonia to Brazil.

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For the full line-up and more details, visit www.lifem.org.uk.

Hear an exclusive track from Claudia Aurora (to perform at Kings Place on Nov 2) on our current issue’s podcast (#79 October 2011).

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One of the
 key events of the festival is the London premiere of California Kirana: The 
West Coast Legacy of Pran Nath by US composer Terry Riley, saxophonist
George Brooks and table player Talvin Singh, marking Riley’s 75th birthday.


But that’s not the only 75th anniversary being celebrated at this year’s
 festival. The festival also hosts the UK premiere of Estonian early music
 group Hortus Musicus, playing compositions by Estonia’s Arvo Pärt and 
Georgia’s Giya Kancheli – both celebrating their 75th birthdays.


Aside from such septuagenarian celebrations, there are also UK premieres of
music by Belgian composer Wim Mertens and Estonian/Ukrainian folk group
Svjata Vatra, as well as rare UK performances by Catalan experimentalist 
Pascal Comelade, English composer and double bassist Gavin Bryars and
 Brazilian pianist Benjamim Taubkin.


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A new festival of exploratory music is unveiled at London’s Kings Place this November. London International Festival of Exploratory Music runs from November 4-7.

Exploratory sounds include concerts by Greenlandic Inuk Nive Nielsen and Canadian Inuit Tanya Tagaq. This is also the UK premiere of Irish sean nós singer Lorcán Mac Mathúna. Maybe you fancy the sexy Latin punk-pop of Madame Mim or the ethereal Japanese soundscapes of Midori Hirano. Whatever it is, from Chinese indie to Sephardic roots, there’s plenty to explore.

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