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Simon Duff
wei wei
Exhibition Review / 28 February 2025
28 February 2025
SIMON DUFF explores the latest offering of the Chinese artist in exile AI WEI WEI    
ligeti
Live Music Review / 12 February 2025
12 February 2025
SIMON DUFF immerses himself in the Kings Place D&B soundscape to relish a contemporary string quartet
godspeed
Album Reviews / 11 December 2024
11 December 2024
SIMON DUFF applauds a highly important album from a band who relate their music directly to the war in Gaza
SD albums
Music / 30 September 2024
30 September 2024
New releases from The The, Memo Comma and Anna Gourari/Orchestra della Svizzera italiana 
china
Venice Biennale 2024 / 13 June 2024
13 June 2024
SIMON DUFF walks us through a fascinating display that is bold, optimistic and spiritual
chan
Classical music review / 28 May 2024
28 May 2024
SIMON DUFF revels in a performance by up and coming concert pianist Aidan Chan
night
Music Review / 25 April 2024
25 April 2024
SIMON DUFF is enthralled by music inspired by Cantor dust, Sierpinski Gasket and intense concern for humanity
sakamoto
Album Reviews / 10 August 2023
10 August 2023
The final album from Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto is full of beauty and wonder. SIMON DUFF pays his respects. 
Concert review
Concert Review / 4 May 2023
4 May 2023
SIMON DUFF relishes the new work of four up and coming composers at this year’s LSO Soundhub
Kode9
Music Review / 8 August 2022
8 August 2022
Hyperdub's courage and ambition continues in safe hands, suggests SIMON DUFF
Bokor
Music Review / 31 July 2022
31 July 2022
SIMON DUFF delights in Marija Bokor's supreme piano craft in the latest recording of Bartok, Vaughan Williams and Yusupov
Magdalena Hoffman Nightscapes for Harp
Culture / 22 April 2022
22 April 2022
SIMON DUFF salutes a triumph of soul, intellect and the mysterious surreal night