What's on

A viola player who is a wheelchair user is at the forefront, surrounded by other musicians and audience members. All of the musicians are wearing white and everyone is dimly lit with a red hue.

We create more than just concerts

Our live shows are bold, beautiful, sense-heightening experiences that will challenge your preconceptions. 

Discover what happens when we play with form, experiment with genres and shatter musical boundaries.

We believe the orchestra is for everybody, so dive in - you’re invited.

If you’ve never seen Paraorchestra then find a way to change that - it’s a mesmerising experience that explodes every convention about what a live musical performance looks and feels like

Audience feedback, Southbank Centre

Upcoming live shows

  1. Charles Hazlewood, a man with light skin tone wearing a white suit, leaps in the air as he conducts the string section of Paraorchestra on stage at WOMAD festival. Behind the musicians, spotlights and an LED screen cast vivid purple & yellow light across the scene.

    Kraftwerk Re:werk

    Fordwards Festival: Saturday 29 August 2026

    Paraorchestra presents Kraftwerk Re:werk with Charles Hazlewood at Forwards Festival in Bristol
    More information (Kraftwerk Re:werk)

  2. Music for 18 Musicians

    Bristol Beacon: Friday 7 August 2026
    Southbank Centre: Sunday 27 September 2026

    Experience Steve Reich’s minimalist masterpiece performed in our trademark immersive style.
    More information (Music for 18 Musicians)

Listen to our studio albums

Death Songbook

Charles Hazlewood, Suede's Brett Anderson and Paraorchestra reimagine cult tales of death, love and loss
Listen now

The Unfolding

A cyclical journey from the very atoms of human existence and the awakening of life - composed and produced by Hannah Peel
Listen now