What's on at 1901 Arts Club 

Though we may look and feel a bit like a private members' club there is no membership fee for 1901 Arts Club.  Public events and recitals, as listed on these pages, are open to all who would like to book a ticket and enjoy the intimate surroundings of 1901 Arts Club.  

Unless otherwise stated, the bar is open for ticketholders before each event, during any intervals, and post performance where you can socialise with the performers and other audience members in our friendly and comfortable surroundings. 
Are you interested in performing at 1901 Arts Club?
​Please see our Performance Space page for further information.
My mind says keep it a secret, my heart says the whole world should know. Classical concerts at 1901 Arts Club are so good. Thank you!
Friday 14 March 2025  7.30pm

MARCUS VINÍCIUS DE OLIVEIRA​ double bass
GEMMA BEESON piano

A performance supported by ​The Soloist Project - an exciting new venture from Heppleston Double Basses.  Music by Jan Geissel, F. Hertl, Edmundo Villani-Côrtes and Amy Beach
Wednesday 19 March 2025  7pm

ROB BURTON saxophone
MARK ROGERS piano
Hattori Foundation early evening concert series
Concert 4

This performance forms part of the Hattori Foundation early evening concert series.  This is a very friendly series, in true Salon-style, where guests are invited to enjoy a pre-concert drink included in the ticket price, a one-hour performance (without interval) and then meet the performers and Trustees in the Club's bar after each recital for complimentary refreshments.  ​​​
Friday 21 March 2025  6.30pm & 9pm

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITH piano
Chopin & Champagne by Candlelight
Concert 6: 24 Preludes

Celebrate the end of the week with a pre-dinner (6.30pm) or post-dinner (9pm) performance of Chopin, complete with a complimentary champagne reception (served from 30mins before). ​​​​
Sunday 23 March 2025  3pm

ELEONOR BINDMAN piano
Eleonor Bindman celebrates Bach’s 340th!
Bach Lute Suites for Piano CD launch concert

Never before performed in their entirety on the piano, J.S. Bach’s marvellous Suites BWV 996-998 in Eleonor Bindman’s transcription newly released by Orchid Classics.  Join us in celebration of the launch of the recording and the Master’s 340th Birthday!
Monday 24 March 2025  7.30pm

BEN SHANKLAND jazz piano

Ben Shankland - jazz pianist and composer, winner of BBC Radio Scotland Jazz Musician of the Year 2023.  ​Presented by 7 Star Arts in support of ENO Benevolent Fund.

Ben's solo jazz piano programme will feature selections from the Great American Songbook, his individual twist on classics as well as standards and original music.
Tuesday 25 March 2025  7.30pm
​Wednesday 26 March 2025  7.30pm

ELENA LORENZI vocals
EMMA ARIZZA violin
STEFANO MARZANNI piano
SUSAN PORRETT actress/narrator

​HASTA ASTOR! - the story of Astor Piazzolla in music, song and words

The songs and story of Astor Piazzolla from Argentina to New York, Paris and beyond...
​Presented by 7 Star Arts in support of ENO Benevolent Fund.​
CANCELLED
​Monday 31 March 2025 7.30pm

JIALI WANG piano
Fire & Passion

​Jiali Wang explores emotional extremes from the cerebral to the heart-felt in a programme of exciting music ending with Stravinsky’s ‘The Firebird’. 
Wednesday 23 April 2025  7.30pm

VIV McLEAN piano
SUSAN PORRETT reader
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SWEET HARMONY - A celebration of Shakespeare's genius on his birthday

​A celebration of Shakespeare’s genius in music and words – a multi-genre production featuring International concert pianist Viv McLean and RSC/National Theatre actress Susan Porrett.
Presented by 7 Star Arts in support of ENO Benevolent Fund.
Tuesday 29 April 2025  6.30pm

JOSEPH HAVLAT piano
Points of Departure I

Joseph Havlat embarks on a new series of concerts at 1901 Arts Club.  Featuring music by Christian Mason, Guillaume de Marchaut, Parsons, Henry Purcell, and Harrison Birtwistle.
Wednesday 30 April 2025  7pm

TOBY COOK viola
VICTOR LIM piano
Hattori Foundation early eveninng concert series
Concert 5

This performance forms part of the Hattori Foundation early evening concert series.  This is a very friendly series, in true Salon-style, where guests are invited to enjoy a pre-concert drink included in the ticket price, a one-hour performance (without interval) and then meet the performers and Trustees in the Club's bar after each recital for complimentary refreshments.  ​​​​
Tuesday 13 May 2025  7pm

​PANOS KARAN piano
Chopin Etudes and Other Stories - Part 2: Virtuosity and Madness

​Step into a world of virtuosity and madness with Chopin's Etudes Op.25 and Schumann's Kreisleriana.
Wednesday 14 May 2025  7.30pm

Yvonne's 17th Birthday Charity Gala Concert

The 7 Star Arts' annual tradition, supporting the work of Parkinson's UK, comes to 1901 Arts Club for the first time.  
Friday 16 May 2025  6.30pm & 9pm

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITH piano
Chopin & Champagne by Candlelight
Concert 7: Sonata No.3

Celebrate the end of the week with a pre-dinner (6.30pm) or post-dinner (9pm) performance of Chopin, complete with a complimentary champagne reception (served from 30mins before). ​​​​​
Tuesday 27 May 2025  7.30pm

SOPHIE DUNÉR voice 
JONATHAN POWELL piano 
LEORA COHEN violin 

Stockhausen's Tierkreis ​and music by Morton Feldman

​Noted for a vocal delivery that is, "forceful, with a high register that sounds like Arthur Blythe, a low range that booms out like Armstrong’s," vocalist Sophie Dunér makes her 1901 Arts Club debut with “nuclear reactor” pianist Jonathan Powell in a unique programme of six works by the influential late-20th century composers Morton Feldman and Karlheinz Stockhausen. 
Wednesday 28 May 2025  7pm

MISHA KAPLOUKHII piano 
Hattori Foundation early evening concert series
Concert 6

This performance forms part of the Hattori Foundation early evening concert series.  This is a very friendly series, in true Salon-style, where guests are invited to enjoy a pre-concert drink included in the ticket price, a one-hour performance (without interval) and then meet the performers and Trustees in the Club's bar after each recital for complimentary refreshments.  ​​​​​
Friday 30 May 2025  7.30pm

EMMA ARIZZA violin
STEFANO MARZANNI piano
Echoes of the Opera - Timeless arias for violin and piano

​Presented by 7 Star Arts in support of ENO Benevolent Fund.
Wednesday 4 June 2025  7.30pm

BETH LEVIN piano

​Praised by The New York Times for her “fire and originality,” the renowned American pianist Beth Levin makes her 1901 Arts Club debut playing music by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Ravel and contemporary classics by Peter Mennin and Xilin Wang.
Tuesday 10 June 2025  6.30pm

JOSEPH HAVLAT piano
Points of Departure II

Joseph Havlat embarks on a new series of concerts at 1901 Arts Club.  Featuring music by Lisa Illean, Robert Schumann, and Bent Sørensen.
Thursday 12 June 2025  7.30pm

JULIAN JACOBSON piano
Debussy and his influences - I

​ Julian Jacobson returns to the 1901 Arts Club to play both books of these iconic pieces, this time in two separate concerts each prefaced by a connoisseur’s selection of short works by composers who exerted a major influence on the great French composer.
Wednesday 18 June 2025  7.30pm

DIALOGUE OF MINDS
KRISTINA NEWTON clarinet
JOEL SLOTT piano
Timeless Classics and New Beginnings

Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, international duo Dialogue of Minds visits the 1901 Arts Club in their second UK tour. Praised for their “great sensitivity”, British-Australian clarinetist Kristina Newton and Swedish pianist Joel Slott come together in an evening where timeless masters of classical music meet with exciting new voices of today.
Thursday 19 June 2025  7.30pm

JULIAN JACOBSON piano
Debussy and his influences - II

​ Julian Jacobson returns to the 1901 Arts Club to play both books of these iconic pieces, this time in two separate concerts each prefaced by a connoisseur’s selection of short works by composers who exerted a major influence on the great French composer.
Friday 20 June 2025  6.30pm & 9pm

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITH piano
Chopin & Champagne by Candlelight
Concert 8: 12 Etudes Op.25

Celebrate the end of the week with a pre-dinner (6.30pm) or post-dinner (9pm) performance of Chopin, complete with a complimentary champagne reception (served from 30mins before). ​​​​​​
Tuesday 24 June 2025  7.30pm

VIV McLEAN piano
SUSAN PORRETT writer/narrator

​DIVINE FIRE - the story of Fryderyk Chopin and George Sand in music and words

Divine Fire traces the relationship between Fryderyk Chopin and the authoress George Sand, from their first meeting in Paris in 1836 until their parting in 1849.  The story unfolds through a compelling, dramatic narration of events interspersed with fiery Scherzos, heartrending Ballades, intimate lyrical Nocturnes and stirring Polonaises.
Presented by 7 Star Arts in support of the ENO Benevolent Fund.
Thursday 26 June 2025  7.30pm - CANCELLED

IDA PELLICCIOLI piano
Bach Transcriptions

Paris-based pianist Ida Pelliccioli explores exquisite transcriptions for the piano of music by J.S. Bach by Liszt, Brahms, Busoni and Wilhelm Kempff.
Wednesday 2 July 2025  7.30pm

NING HUI SEE piano
​ReSounding

ReSounding offers two themes: voices lost to history and now revived, and the scenic and spiritual transcending musical cultures.  Featuring music by Claude Debussy, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Francisco Buencamino, Robert Schumann and Florence Price.
Friday 18 July 2025  6.30pm & 9pm

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITH ​piano
Chopin & Champagne by Candlelight
Concert 9: Barcarolle & Berceuse

Celebrate the end of the week with a pre-dinner (6.30pm) or post-dinner (9pm) performance of Chopin, complete with a complimentary champagne reception (served from 30mins before). ​​​​​​​
Monday 8 September 2025  7.30pm

TRADER'S CELESTIAL BIRTHDAY PARTY

A celebration of the life of Trader Faulkner (7 September 1927 - 14 April 2021) by his friends from the worlds of theatre and music.  Ronald "Trader" Faulkner  was an Australian actor, raconteur and flamenco dancer, best known for his work in the UK on stage and television. 
Proudly presented by 7 Star Arts supporting the ENO Benevolent Fund.
Tuesday 9 September 2025  6.30pm

JOSEPH HAVLAT piano
Points of Departure III

Joseph Havlat embarks on a new series of concerts at 1901 Arts Club.  Featuring music by Aldo Clementi, Jocelyn Campbell, Luigi Dallapiccola, and Anton Webern.
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1901 Arts Club is an activity of the Hattori Foundation (registered charity no. 1014709).

The Hattori Trust Company Limited (company no. 2749030) is trustee of Hattori Foundation.