A hidden vault behind Lincoln's head at Mount Rushmore holds important U.S. documents, but this secret room is closed to the public except for a lucky few.

Wigmore Hall, the concert venue in London, has announced that it no longer requires public funding, after raising £10 million in order to become financially self-sufficient. The achievement follows a ...

One of London's most prestigious classical music venues has pulled out of England's cultural subsidy scheme because of "crippling" red tape and a controversial strategy that is seen as failing to ...

Wigmore Hall currently receives £344,000 of public money a year from Arts Council England, but will stop taking the funding from 2026. ... In my view, both are excellent, ...

Wigmore Hall will exit Arts Council England’s national portfolio in April next year, with artistic director John Gilhooly saying the organisation was ‘better off being independent’ ...

Driver’s catalogue of recordings bears witness to the breadth of his repertoire, from Handel to Ligeti. Both composers find their place on a concert programme in the Key Pianists series at Carnegie ...

Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly has announced the 2024/25 Season. ... Inside 'The Song of the Brown Buffalo' In THE UNTITLED UNAUTHORIZED HUNTER S. THOMPSON ... VIEW ALL SHOWS ADD A SHOW ...

Wigmore Hall's 2023/24 season was announced by John Gilhooly, the Hall's Director. With more than 500 concerts from September 2023 to July 2024 featuring some 2500 artists performing music from ...

Bechstein Hall went on to become Wigmore Hall in 1917 and is widely-regarded as one of the finest concert venues in the world. Walking inside the venue is certainly quite the experience - with ...

John Gilhooly, Artistic Director of Wigmore Hall – which recently received the Institution Award at The South Bank Sky Arts Awards for innovation during the pandemic for the Hall’s streaming programme ...

Beginning last June, the Wigmore presented free daily concerts from the empty hall, livestreamed by the BBC. Over the past year, through opening up and locking down, the Wigmore has streamed 250 ...