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!"
Tuesday 11 November 2025  7pm

NICK HAYES clarinet
RUPERT TATE piano
An evening for the Irene Taylor Trust

As part of a series of fundraising events to mark the Irene Taylor Trust’s 30th anniversary, Nick Hayes and Rupert Tate join forces to share a range of original and arranged music.  
Wednesday 12 November 2025  7.30pm - POSTPONED

DeANDRE SIMMONS bass baritone
CLAIRE HABBERSHAW piano

World renowned American bass baritone DeAndre Simmons joins British pianist Claire Habbershaw in a recital exploring touching Lieder by Brahms and well-loved musical theatre/American songs arranged by Aaron Copland and more. 
Friday 14 November 2025  6.30pm and 9pm

Chopin & Champagne
Concert 2: The Scherzos
WARREN MAILLEY-SMITH piano

Celebrate the end of the week with an enchanting recital of Chopin’s piano masterpieces.  Choose from two intimate performances of the same programme:  pre- or post-dinner.  Each performance is preceded by a complimentary champagne reception.
Tuesday 18 November 2025  7.30pm

THOMAS MATHIAS violin
DOMINIC DEGAVINO ​piano

The outstanding duo will present an eclectic programme with music from the Americas including works by Brazilian composer Henrique Oswald and a selection of American composers such as Duke Ellington and Gershwin!  Proudly presented by Poliphonia.
Friday 21 November 2025  7.30pm

JAMES LISNEY piano
...petits concerts XXI - a musical offering 
...in memoriam Dame Myra Hess

A programme centred on Beethoven’s last three sonatas, one of music’s great spiritual journeys. This transcendent, dramatic, lyrical and ultimately communicative music is interspersed with preludes by Chopin and Shostakovich, together with music by Bach, including Myra Hess's radiant transcription of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, the perfect way to mark her passing sixty years ago on 25 November.
Sunday 23 November 2025  7pm

YOAV OVED tenor
MITRA ALICE THAM piano
ALICE CHUA piano
NOCTET directed by Vivienne Bellos
DOMINIC DAWES electric guitar

Music by highly regarded and commended composer JULIAN DAWES.
​Monday 24 November 2025  7.30pm

LUCILLA ROSE MARIOTTI violin
ALESSIO ENEA piano
Lumière du Temps (Debut CD Launch)​

​An evening of Salon Music to celebrate the launch of Lucilla Rose Mariotti’s debut CD Lumière du Temps on Orchid Classics.
Thursday 27 November 2025  7pm

WILL DUERDEN double bass
SVITLANA KOSENKO piano
Hattori Foundation Early Evening Concert Series:
​Concert 2

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.  ​
Thursday 4 December 2025  7.30pm

MATEUSZ RETTNER piano

The award-winning pianist Mateusz Rettner will present an exciting programme including some masterpieces by composers from Brazil, Argentina and the USA including a World Premiere!  Proudly presented by Poliphonia.
​Tuesday 9 December 2025  7pm

​SOPHIE CLARKE mezzo soprano
RAVI NATHWANI classical guitar
LEWIS KINGSLEY-PEART piano
At Christmas Time 

Join Mezzo Soprano Sophie Clarke with special guests Ravi Nathwani (classical guitar) and Lewis Kingsley-Peart (piano) for a magical evening of your favourite Christmas songs, carols and stories by candlelight at the intimate 1901 Arts Club. 
Friday 12 December 2025  6.30pm and 9pm

Chopin & Champagne
Concert 3: Chopin at Christmas
RENATA KONYICSKA piano

Celebrate the end of the week with an enchanting recital of Chopin’s piano masterpieces.  Choose from two intimate performances of the same programme:  pre- or post-dinner.  Each performance is preceded by a complimentary champagne reception.
Monday 15 December 2025  7.30pm

SUSAN PORRETT writer/narrator
VIV McLEAN piano
SOFIA KIRWAN-BAEZ vocals
ALEX NORTON piano
Classic Gershwin XXXtra

The moving story of the life and music of composer George Gershwin brought to life in this production featuring narration, live music and vocal selections.  Presented by 7 Star Arts supporting the work of ENO Benevolent Fund.
Wednesday 17 December 2025  7.30pm

JAKOB SCHAD baritone
PARVIS HEJAZI piano
Dreams of Love, Echoes of Loss

​This recital pairs two masterpieces of German Romantic song.  Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe (1840) with Johannes Brahms’s Neun Lieder und Gesänge Op.32 (1864).  Together, these works offer two contrasting visions of Romantic love: Schumann’s mercurial lyricism and Brahms’s profound, searching introspection.
Wednesday 21 January 2026  7.30pm

EMANUIL IVANOV piano
​Dreamscapes

​7 Star Arts proudly presents a piano recital by Emanuil Ivanov, featuring works by Schumann, Messiaen, Hough, and his own original composition.
Friday 23 January 2026  6.30pm and 9pm

Chopin & Champagne
Concert 4: Sonata No.2
YUKI NEGISHI piano

Celebrate the end of the week with an enchanting recital of Chopin’s piano masterpieces.  Choose from two intimate performances of the same programme:  pre- or post-dinner.  Each performance is preceded by a complimentary champagne reception.
Wednesday 11 February 2026  7pm

JESSICA ELLIS oboe
JAMES ELLIS 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 20 February 2026  6.30pm and 9pm

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

Celebrate the end of the week with an enchanting recital of Chopin’s piano masterpieces.  Choose from two intimate performances of the same programme:  pre- or post-dinner.  Each performance is preceded by a complimentary champagne reception.
Sunday 22 February 2026  7pm - Private event, by invitation only

RECITAL OF MUSIC BY JULIAN DAWES
Performers TBC

The essence of this concert is the last work, a large scale soul cycle on the subject of the situation in the Middle East.  The texts are drawn from biblical texts and other HEB poetry, as well as various things about the situation in the summer of 2025.
Monday 2 March 2026  6.30pm

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ENSEMBLE
  Lucilla Rose Mariotti violin
  Jaren Ziegler viola
  Riya Hamie cello
  Levi Andreassen double bass
  Thomas Luke piano

Join the Vaughan Williams Ensemble for their debut concert at the 1901 Arts Club featuring an evening of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Judith Weir and Franz Schubert.
Wednesday 4 March 2026, 7.30pm

RACHEL ROPER mezzo soprano
CLAIRE HABBERSHAW piano

The acclaimed duo return to 1901 Arts Club with another carefully curated programme of song. 
Wednesday 18 March 2026  7pm

KASPARAS MIKUŽIS 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 20 March 2026  6.30pm and 9pm

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

Celebrate the end of the week with an enchanting recital of Chopin’s piano masterpieces.  Choose from two intimate performances of the same programme:  pre- or post-dinner.  Each performance is preceded by a complimentary champagne reception.
Friday 17 April 2026  7.30pm

DUNCAN HONEYBOURNE piano
Postcards
Piano Miniatures from the 20th and 21st Century

Miniatures tend to be written quickly and therefore may be said to have a ‘postcard’ quality. For this recital, we present British Piano miniatures from every decade from 1900 to the present day.
Wednesday 22 April 2026  7pm

FIBONACCI QUARTET​
Hattori Foundation Early Evening 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.  ​
Saturday 25 April 2026  6.30pm

TANIA STAVREVA piano
Piano Flamenco

The Bulgarian-American pianist returns to 1901 Arts Club with a programme of works by Isaac Albéniz, Abraham Espinosa and Tania Stavreva (featuring several UK Premieres by Stavreva and Espinosa).
Friday 15 May 2026  6.30pm and 9pm

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

Celebrate the end of the week with an enchanting recital of Chopin’s piano masterpieces.  Choose from two intimate performances of the same programme:  pre- or post-dinner.  Each performance is preceded by a complimentary champagne reception.
Wednesday 20 May 2026  7pm

KOSUKE SHIRAI clarinet
TBC 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 19 June 2026  6.30pm and 9pm

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

Celebrate the end of the week with an enchanting recital of Chopin’s piano masterpieces.  Choose from two intimate performances of the same programme:  pre- or post-dinner.  Each performance is preceded by a complimentary champagne reception.
Friday 17 July 2026  6.30pm and 9pm

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

Celebrate the end of the week with an enchanting recital of Chopin’s piano masterpieces.  Choose from two intimate performances of the same programme:  pre- or post-dinner.  Each performance is preceded by a complimentary champagne reception.
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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.