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!
Wednesday 22 January 2025  7.30pm

ALISTAIR McGOWAN: 3-in-1
7 Star Arts supporting ENO Benevolent Fund. 

Alistair brings you the comedy and impressions for which he is known and loved, plays short piano favourites by Chopin, Grieg, Elgar, Satie and others and reads from his newly-published poetry collection.  Expect beautiful music, poignant poems and spot-on mimicry.
Friday 24 January 2025  6.30pm & 9pm

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITH piano
Chopin & Champagne by Candlelight
Concert 4: Sonata No.2

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). ​​
Wednesday 29 January 2025  7.30pm

TIM POSNER cello
JOSEPH HAVLAT piano

Presented by 7 Star Arts in support of ENO Benevolent Fund
Friday 31 January 2025  7pm-9pm

London Piano Meetup Group

Calling adult amateur pianists!
It's Schubert's Birthday on 31 January!  To Celebrate, the LPMG is holding another performance opportunity at 1901 Arts Club.  The London Piano Meetup Group provides a friendly, supportive environment in which to air full pieces, parts of pieces, ‘works-in-progress’, improvisations, own compositions - anything piano related! 
Wednesday 5 February 2025  7.30pm pre-concert talk, 8pm concert

JAMES LAING counter tenor
CLAIRE HABBERSHAW piano
Love Lives Beyond the Tomb

An enchanting evening celebrating the lyrical beauty of British art song, presented by The Herbert Howells Society.  Experience the music of Howells, Finzi, and Venables in a fresh, captivating way, with a rare countertenor voice breathing new life into these English masterpieces.
Thursday 6 February 2025  7.30pm 

CLARA RODRIGUEZ piano

Two of the major and most striking pieces in piano literature: Chopin's Funeral March (Sonata No.2, Op.35 in B-flat minor) and Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition".  The programme will open with a piece by Teresa Carreño.
Tuesday 11 February 2024  7.30pm

The Aevum Trio
MARGOT MAUREL clarinet
TERESA WICZKOWSKA violin
LING FENG piano

The Aevum Trio, based in London, is an exciting new ensemble formed by three talented musicians currently studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. The trio has been recently focusing their work on composers from across Europe and twentieth century music, engaging deeply into the rich repertoire for clarinet, violin, and piano. 
Wednesday 19 February 2025  7pm

JELENA HORVAT violin
SVITLANA KOSENKO piano
Hattori Foundation early evening concert series
​Concert 3

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 February 2025  6.30pm & 9pm

WARREN MAILLEY-SMITH piano
Chopin & Champagne by Candlelight
Concert 5: 12 Etudes Op.10

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 24 February 2025  7.30pm

SOFIA KIRWAN-BAEZ vocals/narrator
ALEX NORTON piano
Classic Cole: the story of Cole Porter in music and words

Recounting the colourful stories of a man at the dawn of America’s Golden Age era for musicals, known for incessantly challenging boundaries throughout his life.
Presented by 7 Star Arts in support of ENO Benevolent Fund
Wednesday 26 February 2025  7.30pm

SARAH WILLIAMSON clarinet
SAM HAYWOOD piano

Music by Finzi, Poulenc, Weber, Schumann, Brahms and Gershwin.
​Presented by 7 Star Arts in support of ENO Benevolent Fund.
Thursday 6 March 2025  7.30pm

IDA PELLICCIOLI piano
From the South to Vienna: the music of Manuel Blasco de Nebra, Mozart, Scarlatti, and Schubert

Tracing a journey from the Spanish keyboard music of Scarlatti to the Viennese Classic Style, focusing on the music of Manuel Blasco de Nebra whose music is far more searching than Scarlatti’s, with a quality reminiscent of Mozart and Haydn, while also foretelling the music of Schubert and even Chopin.   
Sunday 9 March 2025  7pm

HAYLEY SWANTON soprano
JONATHAN FISHER piano
A Recital of Music by JULIAN DAWES

Music by highly regarded and experienced composer Julian Dawes.  The programme features music for soprano and piano, as well as solo piano works, including several first performances. 
Tuesday 11 March 2025  7.30pm

ALISTAIR McGOWAN:
Erik Satie: his words, his music, your ears

Using Satie’s own surreally comedic writings and extracts from his letters as well as playing many of his best known short piano works, Alistair tells the story of Erik Satie’s bizarre, brave and lonely life. With vocal contributions from soprano, Charlotte Page.
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
TBC 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 will be released by Orchid Classics on March 22nd, 2025. 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.
Tuesday 25 March 2025  7.30pm
​Wednesday 26 March 2025  7.30pm

ELENA LORENZI vocals
EMMA ARIZZA violin
STEFANO MARZANNI piano
​NESLEY FAIRBURN 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.​
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
​NESLEY FAIRBURN reader
KLARA SMITH visuals

SWEET HARMONY - A celebration of Shakespeare's genius on his birthday

​A celebration of Shakespeare’s genius in music, words and art – a multi-genre production featuring International concert pianist Viv McLean and RSC/National Theatre actress Susan Porrett, complemented by art by Klára Smith.
Presented by 7 Star Arts in support of ENO Benevolent Fund.
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.
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.
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

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.
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