Booking opens 30 January 2026.

eavesdropping returns to Cafe OTO for another four-day festival, curated by Juliet Fraser, which includes four evening double-bill events and a weekend-long forum of provocations up the road at Vortex Jazz Club. We hope to stimulate your ears and your imagination by presenting new work by eight artists working at the experimental fringes of a variety of genres. The programming within each set is artist-led: repertoire is only announced on the night.

AUDREY CHEN voice
NATHALIE FORGET ondes Martenot
OHAL GRIETZER electronics & synth
LUCY HUMPHRIS trumpet
SIWAN RHYS piano
ÉMILIE ŠKRIJELJ accordion
JENNIFER TORRENCE percussion
ZOSHA WARPEHA hardanger d'amore

eavesdropping
eavesdropping is a platform for the sharing of new music and new ways of thinking about music. Excited by experimentalism, we create opportunities for artists and audiences to practise engaged listening and compassionate debate. Our activity includes a festival, a forum, a podcast, and training and development workshops. Our mission is to build community through an ethics of curiosity and care, in the belief that ripples do make waves.
https://www.eavesdropping.london

eavesdropping is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Network Partner supported by PPL. eavesdropping gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Arts Council England's National Lottery Project Grants & the eavesdropping consortium patrons.

PROGRAMME:

Thursday 19 March
Nathalie Forget | ondes Martenot
Audrey Chen | voice

Friday 20 March
Lucy Humphris | trumpet
Jennifer Torrence | percussion

Saturday 21 March
Émilie Škrijelj | accordion
Siwan Rhys | piano

Sunday 22 March
Ohal Grietzer | electronics & synth
Zosha Warpeha | hardanger d'amore