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Music Team Spotlight 2020

We've music recommendations galore this month as the year ends and we cautiously peer into...

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Playlist: The Songs That Got Us Through 2020

Closing the door on the year 2020, it's tempting to bolt it shut. But music, as always, was...

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Blog: Reelin’ in the Year

Our Senior Music Programme Manager, Joel Mills, recounts the story of 2020 from a UK music...

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Distant Dialogues

Working with Worldwide FM in the UK, Merrie Records in China and with the support of property...
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We did it: UK-Russia Year of Music

Between March 2019 and March 2020, our UK-Russia Year of Music included over 200 events, over 400...

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Cathy Graham Awarded OBE

Cathy Graham – Director, Music at the British Council – will been awarded an OBE ...

    We are the British Council's Music team and we believe in the power of music to connect people across cultures. We work with our global network to create music projects and opportunities that allow people to exchange ideas across genres from grime to folk to contemporary classical.

     

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