Mestisa is a Latin American Folk Ensemble based in Leeds. Founding Members are Barbara Kempf and Ana Luisa Munoz of Chilean and Bolivian/German origins. They have been playing together for over 15 years performing at charity events and festivals. Their aim is to promote Latin American music and culture. Their music has been influenced by Mercedes Sosa, Lila Downs, Pascuala Ilabaca, Los Fronterizos, Inti Illimani, Los Kjarkas, Chavela Vargas, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Violeta Parra and a range of traditional styles of Latin American music.

An exclusive series of events showcasing three leading UK Roots music acts will be performing in London, Leeds and Newcastle from the 19th-21st of September. The Sleazy Shindig is a triple headed bill featuring some of the cream of British Americana musicians, all of whom have releases on iconic Spanish label, Sleazy records. 

Winsor & Newton and the palette of Turner with Stephanie Nebbia, Winsor & Newton

Organic and inorganic pigments have changed dramatically over time, replaced by many synthetic organic and inorganic equivalents. What do these changes look like and what does this mean to the palette?

This talk looks at how colours of the past inform the palettes of today. Through Winsor & Newton’s archives and the notebooks of 19th century, chemist George Field, this is an insight into how the palette has evolved over time and the impact on artists today

Jane Austen, Her Writing and Her Craft with Professor Jennie Batchelor, University of York

We all know that Jane Austen was an accomplished and uniquely talented and innovative author. She was also a highly skilled embroiderer, patchworker and stitcher.

An introduction to the artist in six paintings with Professor Richard Johns, University of York.

Discover the range and ambition of JMW Turner’s creativity through six extraordinary paintings: one for each decade of the artist’s working life. We will look closely at each carefully selected work – then closer still – to see why the world keeps coming back to Turner. The talk will begin and end with a key work from the current exhibition, Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter, with a few surprises in between!

The Forcefields present an immersive evening of live music fusing scorching vocals, riveting visuals, and epic soundscapes — part theatre, part concert, part spectacle. From Cornwall and Kansas City, Max and Aayama Forcefield invite us on a journey through sound and light, catharsis and celebration.

“One of the most talented artists I’ve seen in a long while, like if Florence + the Machine and David Byrne had a baby.”

Khanh Nhi Luong – piano

Joseph Haydn - Piano Sonata, Hob XVI: 48
Johannes Brahms - 6 Klavierstücke, Op 118
Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata, D 664
Grażyna Bacewicz - Piano Sonata No 2

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason – piano

Joseph Haydn - Piano Sonata, Hob XV1: 35
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata, Op 31, No 2 (The Tempest)
William Grant - Still Three Visions: No 2 Summerland
Claude Debussy - Préludes Book I: La fille aux cheveux de lin
Claude Debussy - Préludes Book II: Bruyères
Florence Price - Fantasie Nègre No 1
Frédéric Chopin - Ballades Nos 3 & 4