Projects

Matthew Sweet: The Sound Of Cinema

Writer and broadcaster, Matthew Sweet, discusses how film continues to provide the perfect home for contemporary music.

Composing for film with Neil Brand in Ukraine

We speak to Neil Brand about his score for Hitchcock's Blackmail, its live performance as part of Envision Sound in...

Composer in Russia: Bryn Harrison

As part of the UK-Russia Year of Music , we invited British composer Bryn Harrison to lead a workshop in...

Musicians in Residence, Brazil 2019-20

We’re partnering with PRS Foundation once again to bring some of the UK’s most talented up and coming musicians to...

Spaces-in-between with Video Jam in Manchester

We're working with Video Jam in Manchester to bring musicians and filmmakers together to create five new audiovisual works to...

Distant Dialogues

Distant Dialogues is a new creative collaboration between radio platform Worldwide FM, independent record label Merrie Records and the British...

We did it: UK-Russia Year of Music

Our UK-Russia Year of Music celebrates the best contemporary sounds from the UK, allowing the two countries' music industries to...

Steph Singer: New Symmetry

We explore Steph Singer's new immersive work New Symmetry and look at its roots in our UK-Russia Year of Music...

Watch: Unbound Listening with Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

We've teamed up with Huddersfield Cotemporary Music Festival to bring you Unbound Listening - uniting musicians, producers and programmers from...

Envision Sound 2020-21 - Scoring Commissions

Our Film and Music programme creates opportunities for musicians to learn more and develop their careers in the world of...

FAMLAB III: Meet The Participants

This March, we’re taking the third edition of our Film, Archive and Music Lab (FAMLAB) workshop online. FAMLAB is a...

Musicians in Residence 2021-22 – Our Partners

We are delighted to introduce the hosting partners of our new and expanded digital edition of the Musicians in Residence...

FAMLAB IV – Film, Archive, Music Lab 2022

FAMLAB (Film, Archive, Music Lab) is a collaboration between the British Council Film and Music programme, the British Film Institute...

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Oram Awards 2022

The Oram Awards are awarded this year at the annual Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//). We're supporting the International Award...

Future Art and Culture at SXSW 2023

Future Art and Culture brings a showcase of truly immersive and innovative new work from the UK to SXSW in...

The Great Escape 2023

The Great Escape is the UK's number one music festival for new British music. We're bringing another delegation of overseas...

Future Global Leaders with Manchester International Festival

We’re working with Factory International , the exciting new arts venue behind Manchester International Festival , to establish a creative...

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//) 2023

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//) is back for 2023 with a host of new music and we're delighted to be...

UK-Japan Music Education Programme

The British Council, in partnership with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, delivered a series of training sessions for orchestral musicians and...

Gareth Bonello China Tour

In March 2015, Welsh songwriter, guitarist and performer Gareth Bonello AKA The Gentle Good traveled to Southwest China to complete...

Contemporary Opera & Music Theatre Showcase

During summer 2015, the British Council and the Royal Opera House joined hands and extended a sunny welcome to 18...

World Voice

We explain how the World Voice programme brings the benefits of singing to classrooms around the world.

Bella Hardy in Kunming, China

Bella Hardy is a folk musician and composer from Edale, Derbyshire. In December 2015, she took up residency in Kunming,...

Musicians in Residence, China 2017

We are delighted that David Lyttle, Emmy the Great and Quinta will be the next three musicians to spend up...

Laura Snapes: Musicians in Residence

Writer Laura Snapes discovers more about the Musicians in Residence, China programme run by the British Council and PRS Foundation...

Emmy The Great: Musicians in Residence, China

Emmy The Great travels to Xiamen, China as part of the British Council and PRS Foundation's Musicians in Residence programme.

Sarathy Korwar: Musician in Residence, UAE

Sarathy Korwar travels to the United Arab Emirates to work with local musicians as part of the UK-UAE 2017 year...

Quinta: Musicians in Residence, China

London-based musician Quinta travels to Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province, China as part of the British Council and PRS...

Musicians in Residence, Brazil 2017-18

We are delighted to announce that Phantom Chips, Lady Vendredi and Nathaniel Mann are the three artists selected for the...

David Lyttle in China

We catch up with Northern Irish jazz drummer David Lyttle to talk about his music residency in China, supported by...

Podcast: Live Scores

What do you know about the live score? To talk about their experiences and look at how these projects get...

Brian Eno: 77 Million Paintings in Sarajevo

Brian Eno's 77 Million Paintings took up home at the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, with support...

LSO Discovery in Japan

Discovery for 2020 in Japan will bring the community together through a range of music work in partnership with the...

Watch: From Studio To Screen

Our mini-documentary, in collaboration with FACT magazine, uncovers the stories behind the music behind the films. Max Richter, Anna Meredith,...

FAMLAB 2018: Meet The Participants

Our FAMLAB week brings together film, music, composers, archive footage and explores the possibilities for collaboration. We're delighted to be...

Musicians in Residence, China 2018

The Musicians in Residence, China programme is back with Jasmin Kent Rodgman; producer, artist and DJ, FEMME; and, songwriter and...

Podcast: Musicians in Residence, Brazil 2017-18

From Rio to Recife to the Xingu National Park of Mato Grosso, our inaugural Musicians in Residence Brazil programme with...

Musicians in Residence, Brazil 2018-19

Our Musicians in Residence, Brazil opportunity is back, in collaboration with PRS Foundation, and we're delighted that UK musicians AWATE,...

The Great Escape 2019: International Delegates

Meet the overseas music industry insiders we've invited to The Great Escape 2019 festival taking place in Brighton, UK, in May.

UK-Russia Musicians in Residence

UK musicians are heading to Russia, and Russian musicians are heading to UK, all as part of our latest residency...

Watch Sonic Futures: How Technology is Guiding Electronic Music

Sonic Futures: How Technology is Guiding Electronic Music is our new short documentary, made in collaboration with FACT magazine, which...

BAFTA winning Bait with live score from Gwenno Saunders

Gwenno Saunders' new score for Mark Jenkin's BAFTA-nominated film, Bait will be performed live at SXSW with our support.

Watch: Mestizo

Mestizo is a British Council programme connecting some of the most exciting musicians in London and Bogota today. And now...

ABO & the British Council's International Mentoring Programme for Emerging Orchestra Leaders

In March, we partnered with the Association of British Orchestras (ABO) for an online edition of their 2021 Conference: Aftershock...

WOMEXchange

WOMEXchange 2021 WOMEXchange is aimed at strengthening and building new international partnerships between Manchester and the rest of the world...

Musicians in Residence 2021-22 – Meet the Artists

Read the new story of music making by musicians around the world in our largest and most exciting edition of...

Oram Awards 2023

We're supporting the International Awards at this year's Oram Awards, named after Daphne Oram, one of the founding members of...