Yearn

Name: Yearn – 7th of June
Start: 2025-06-07T19:30:00+00:00
Location: St George's Hall

Sipho

Yearn: to have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.

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Love, longing and passion were the centerpiece to this performance from Sipho, one of the most exciting rising voices known for his rousing vocals and melodies shaped by an eclectic musical palette that ranges from Rock, Soul and wider.

Produced by The Blues Project, the UK’s leading platform for R&B / Soul, Sipho performed a medley rooted in the vulnerability, yearning and authentic masculinity often missing from today’s musical landscape and cultural discourse.

Championed by COLORS, Jools Holland, BBC Radio 1, NPR, The Fader, Complex and more, Sipho brings his refreshingly powerful voice and message to Yearn.

Genre: R&B / Soul

About this event

All events across New Music Biennial 2025 were free.

Events included two performances of the same work and a short interview with the creative team in between the two. This enabled audiences to experience the second performance with greater insight into the creative process.

About New Music Biennial

New Music Biennial is a three-day festival celebrating the best new music across all genres from the country’s most exciting composers – and in 2025, for the first time, it came to venues around Bradford.

Credits

Presented in partnership with PRS Foundation, Southbank Centre, BBC Radio 3 and NMC Recordings, and supported by Arts Council England.