Pre Concert Talks

These popular and informal 15-minute talks have become an important part of the concert-going experience for many people. Given by conductors, composers, soloists and guest speakers, they begin promptly at 7pm in the Waterfront Hall and Whitla Hall at Queen's University.

The talks offer insights into the music you are about to hear or open up new perspectives into the views and interpretations of soloists and conductors.

Pre-concert talks are free to concert ticket-holders and you may sit wherever you like in the hall for the duration of the talk.

Scheduled DateSpeakerLocation
18 September 2009 Kenneth Montgomery Belfast Waterfront
9 October 2009
John Lubbock
Ulster Hall
6 November 2009
Kenneth Montgomery and Amanda Forsythe Ulster Hall
29 January 2010
Jan Smaczny Ulster Hall
12 February 2010 Carlos Kalmar Ulster Hall
5 March 2010 Elizabeth Watts
Ulster Hall
23 April 2010 David Adams
Ulster Hall
21 May 2010 Kenneth Montgomery Belfast Waterfront