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What’s On
Members of the LSO strings section and LSO Discovery players performing at BMW Classics.

LSO Discovery On Tour

Free lunchtime concerts, new music, events for families and more – throughout London.

Music that Inspires

LSO Discovery is the London Symphony Orchestra’s learning and community programme. We reach 60,000 people every year through nearly 1,000 workshops and events, providing inspiring, inclusive opportunities for performers, creators and listeners of all ages.

Throughout 2025 our usual home – LSO St Luke’s, the LSO’s venue and rehearsal space on Old Street – will be closed for a programme of works and upgrades. So we’re taking LSO Discovery on tour all over London, bringing free lunchtime concerts, cutting-edge contemporary sounds and more to venues throughout the city.

On this page, you’ll find a guide to everything on offer between January and July 2025. We’ll also be sharing behind-the-scenes stories as we take our projects on tour, from workshops for teachers and young singers, to a tour of museums and galleries with LSO Create.

Our Plans at LSO St Luke’s

What’s On

LSO Futures: Homage to Pierre Boulez
Black and white portrait photo of Pierre Boulez
Barbican

LSO Futures: Homage to Pierre Boulez

Sunday 26 January 2025 • 7pm

Celebrating Pierre Boulez and his influences, in the composer’s centenary year: his beloved Debussy, alongside three intriguing world premieres.

Free Friday Lunchtime Concert
A close-up of a cellist performing, with their bow on the strings of the instrument
St Bartholomew the Great

Free Friday Lunchtime Concert

LSO Musicians

Friday 14 February 2025 • 12.30pm

Make lunchtime musical with a free, bite-size concert with a small group of LSO musicians, performed inside London's oldest surviving parish church.

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Family Concert
The audience at an LSO Discovery Family Concert
Barbican

Family Concert

Recommended for children aged 7+ and their families

Sunday 9 March 2025 • 2.30pm

A fun opportunity for families to learn more about music and the instruments of the orchestra, with music based on a theme and free workshops before the concert.

Musical Storytelling
Toddlers with their parents and guardians, sitting on the floor and laughing at a joke in the audience of a Musical Storytelling Concert for Under-5s.
Barbican Fountain Room

Musical Storytelling

For Under-5s

Saturday 15 March 2025 • 10.30am

LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music, offering younger children a chance to experience a live performance. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.

Musical Storytelling
Toddlers with their parents and guardians, sitting on the floor and watching a Musical Storytelling Concert for Under-5s.
Barbican Fountain Room

Musical Storytelling

For Under-5s

Saturday 15 March 2025 • 12pm

LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music, offering younger children a chance to experience a live performance. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.

Relaxed Thursday Lunchtime Concert
Audience members smiling, watching a Relaxed Concert
St Giles Cripplegate

Relaxed Thursday Lunchtime Concert

LSO Musicians

Thursday 27 March 2025 • 12.30pm

A short concert tailored for people who have sensory and communications impairments, learning disabilities, or who are neurodiverse.

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Free Friday Lunchtime Concert
A group of audience members sat in rows, applauding a performance
VOCES8 Centre, St Anne and St Agnes Church

Free Friday Lunchtime Concert

Guildhall Orchestral Artistry Showcase

Friday 9 May 2025 • 12.30pm

Make lunchtime musical with a free, bite-size concert with a group of instrumentalists from the Guildhall School's Orchestral Artistry programme.

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Soundhub Showcase

Soundhub Showcase

LSO Discovery

Friday 16 May 2025 • 7pm

Join us for an evening of cutting-edge contemporary music with four world premieres from our LSO Soundhub 2024/25 Members.

Free Friday Lunchtime Concert
A walkway running through Barbican Conservatory, amidst trees and leaves, and next to a pond
Barbican Conservatory

Free Friday Lunchtime Concert

LSO Musicians

Friday 20 June 2025 • 12.30pm

Be the first to hear new music by emerging composers on LSO Discovery's schemes in this free concert, including new works ccreated specially for this unique venue.

Family Concert
The audience at an LSO Discovery Family Concert
Barbican

Family Concert

Recommended for children aged 7+ and their families

Saturday 21 June 2025 • 2.30pm

A fun opportunity for families to learn more about music and the instruments of the orchestra, with music based on a theme and free workshops before the concert.

LSO Discovery Showcase
LSO Discovery participants playing brass instruments
Barbican

LSO Discovery Showcase

Thursday 26 June 2025 • 7.30pm

Curated by an animateur, this showcase brings together the Orchestra with participants from all across LSO Discovery’s work.

Musical Storytelling
Toddlers with their parents and guardians, sitting on the floor and laughing at a joke in the audience of a Musical Storytelling Concert for Under-5s.
Barbican Fountain Room

Musical Storytelling

For Under-5s

Sunday 13 July 2025 • 10.30am

LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music, offering younger children a chance to experience a live performance. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.

Musical Storytelling
Toddlers with their parents and guardians, sitting on the floor and watching a Musical Storytelling Concert for Under-5s.
Barbican Fountain Room

Musical Storytelling

For Under-5s

Sunday 13 July 2025 • 12pm

LSO musicians retell a children’s story through music, offering younger children a chance to experience a live performance. Dance and sing your way through the concert as the instruments bring the tale to life.

LSO Helen Hamlyn Panufnik Composers' Scheme Workshops
LSO Musicians at LSO Panufnik Scheme Workshop 2023 at LSO St Luke's
Blackheath Halls

LSO Helen Hamlyn Panufnik Composers' Scheme Workshops

LSO Discovery

Monday 14 July 2025 • 10.30am

In these free public workshops, witness a pivotal point in the process of writing a new three-minute orchestral piece, as the LSO play works by the latest cohort of Panufnik composers.