Odaline de la Martinez’s London Pageant of American Music returns for its tenth version

Odaline de la Martinez’s London Pageant of American Music returns for its tenth version from 9 to 13 November 2026 at The Warehouse. Celebrating 250 years of range, the Pageant presents works by over 30 composers throughout 5 nights of concert events with three world premieres and 20 UK premieres. Over half the composers represented are ladies.

The Pageant opens with Singapore-born conductor Tianhui Ng directing Lontano Ensemble in Latinos in America, a programme of works by Puerto Rican, Mexican American and Cuban American composers, many receiving their UK or world premieres. The following night, Odaline de la Martinez conducts Lontano in Percussion!! that includes two works by Jewish émigrée Ursula Mamlok alongside three newly commissioned world premieres from Neva Derewetzky, Charles Shadle and Daniel Thomas Davis.

Soprano Roberta Philip joins forces with pianist Valentina Wang for African American artwork track from the classics of Florence Worth, Undine Smith Moore, Margaret Bonds and William Grant Nonetheless to George Walker, Moses Hogan, and Corridor Johnson — alongside the world of Britney Boykin’s Moments in Sonder. Odaline de la Martinez and Lontano return with Solos, Duos and Extra, that includes Daniel Asia’s Pine’s Final Poems, Arlene Sierra’s A Younger Thoughts in Previous Bees, in addition to works by Alfred Lerdahl, Barbara Jazwinski, Elena Ruehr, Augusta Reed Thomas, and Aaron Einbond. 

The competition concludes with Suzi Digby conducting VOCE Chamber Choir in choral works b y American composers together with Eric Whitacre, Caroline Shaw, Frank Ticheli, Nico Muhly, Reena Esmail, Michael Gordon, Nick Strimple, Jake Runestad, Dolly Parton and Odaline de la Martinez.

Full particulars from the Lontano web site.