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Classical Pride

hat’s one of the main driving factors behind why Zeffman is spearheading the UK’s first classical concert featuring all-LGBTQ+ programming at a major concert hall this July. Classical Pride will take place at the Barbican Hall in London on 7 July, promising a night of unforgettable performances and a few surprises. The idea came to Zeffman last year as the UK marked 50 years since the first Pride march took place in London. “It’s not a particularly clever or imaginative idea to do a Pride concert,” he smiles. “But sometime last year I was thinking about it and thought somebody must’ve done one – and they haven’t! That’s what’s so weird about it.

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