Events
A Rose Journey from Shanghai to Manchester
On a quest following the descendants of Tang dynasty and Song Dynasty roses around the world, Shanghai-based author Chen Danyan will be in conversation with Marcus Chilton Jones to share her story of discovery. Following an accidental revelation dating the roses in a contemporary garden back to the Tang dynasty, Chen Danyan’s journey leads h..
Cultural infrastructure at a crossroads - Research Café
Join Creative Manchester for a panel and discussion event on devolution, cultural policy and Greater Manchester. Nearly ten years on from the Greater Manchester devolution deal and following a pandemic, ongoing local authority austerity and cost of living crisis, this hybrid event explores cultural policy and planning in the city-region. Join..
Manchester CI Teaching Seminar: AI Empowering Chinese Language Classrooms
Join us for this year's Manchester Confucius Institute Chinese Language Teaching Seminar on 'Al Empowering Chinese Language Classrooms: Case Studies, Methods, and Tool Applications'. Date & Time: 10:00 – 16:00 on 20 September 2025 Venue: University Place Room 5.206, The University of Manchester, 176 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL Attenda..
Confucius Institute Autumn Open Day
Always fancied learning a new language and curious to find out what learning Mandarin would be like? Want to improve your wellbeing and try your hand at Chinese calligraphy? Come along to our Autumn Open Day on 27 September and take part in some fun cultural activities, language tasters, sample some Chinese tea and snacks and enter our prize d..
Medieval Quarter Festival
CMEMS sponsors and co-organises the Medieval Quarter Festival with Manchester City Council. Activities include: Saturday Scriptorium – members of the public can write like a scribe with quills, ink, and parchment in the candlelit setting of the Baronial Hall at Chetham’s. Tours of Chetham’s Library, with medieval manuscripts availabl..
Guest lecture: Place-making and the role of culture in Manchester
Creative Manchester and the Manchester Urban Institute are delighted to welcome Luthfur Rahman OBE, former Executive Leader for Culture and Leisure and Manchester City Council Deputy Councillor. Luthfur will deliver a guest lecture exploring place-making, planning and the role of culture, followed by an in-conversation with Abi Gilmore, Prof..
WCLC: The Quatuor Danel
Bach Cello Suite No. 1 Gubaidulina Reflections on the theme B-A-C-H Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7 The Danels pay tribute to Soviet avant-garde composer Sofia Gubaidulina. Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel public seminar - Hotseat Workshop The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, w..
Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Richard Whalley (piano)
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5, Marc Danel, violin and Richard Whalley, piano Jim Aitchison Piano Quintet No. 1 with Richard Whalley, piano Shostakovich String Quartet Quartet No. 9 Pianist Richard Whalley joins the Danels for Brahms' Hungarian Dance No.5, which is quoted extensively by Aitchison in the finale of his quintet. The concert clo..
Quatuor Danel Evening Concert
Saint-Saëns String Quartet No. 1 Fauré String Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 Ravel String Quartet in F major The Quatuor pay homage to the French tradition of string quartet writing. Venue: Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Price: £16.50 / £11.50 / £3.75 ________________________________________________________ Visit The Quatuor Danel webs..
WCLC: The Quatuor Danel
Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello, with Gilles Millet and Yovan Markovitch Aulis Sallinen String Quartet No. 3 Gilles and Yovan perform Ravel’s duet for violin and cello. The full quartet is united in performance of Sallinen’s set of variations on the traditional fiddle tune – Peltoniemi Hintrik’s Funeral March. Followed at 2.3..