{"title": "Rêverie: The Life and Loves of Claude Debussy", "start": "2026-10-28T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£45 £38 £33 £27 £18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "45.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano", "literature/biography"], "description": "A piano recital with spoken narration at Wigmore Hall, presenting the music of Claude Debussy. Rêverie: The Life and Loves of Claude Debussy is the fourth Composer Portrait compiled and scripted by pianist Lucy Parham, with actor Sir Simon Russell Beale as narrator. Told as a personal journal, it follows Debussy from his success with the Prix de Rome in 1885 to his death in 1918, and touches on his entangled love life. Piano works range from Clair de lune, Rêverie and The Girl with the Flaxen Hair to showpieces such as Jardins sous la pluie, the Etudes and L'isle joyeuse.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/reverie-the-life-and-loves-of-claude-debussy-40312/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202610281930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fc54383bb6763b438f1f6017a8bc4a737dac1f922b1130765a3a5c618a2149b6-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-28T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Andrew Zolinsky Piano Recital", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Morley College London", "address": "Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7HT London", "price": "£10.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/andrew-zolinsky-piano-recital-tickets-2002119074046?aff=oddtdtcreator&_gl=1*1mlom57*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTA5MTcyNzc1OC4xNzkwMTU4OTE4*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3OTAxNTg5MTckbzEkZzEkdDE3OTAxNTkzMzQkajYwJGwwJGgw", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "A piano recital at Morley College London. 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Zolinsky is known for his individual interpretations, his work with living composers and a repertoire ranging from Bach to the present day.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/andrew-zolinsky-piano-recital-46167/", "official_url": "https://morleycollege.ac.uk/event/andrew-zolinsky-piano-recital/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b2be07f846633d88fdc17f30b2edf668d76fe49dd172157b0d01d3c32b31f129-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Nicolas Namoradze piano", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "Free live stream", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "40.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "A solo piano recital at Wigmore Hall pairing Bach, Beethoven and Ravel, with works by Beethoven and Ravel heard in the pianist's own transcriptions. The pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze, whose career breakthrough came in 2018 as winner of the triennial Honens International Piano Competition, brings his eloquent, open-hearted playing together with his gift for idiomatic arrangements. The programme includes Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Op. 54 and Grosse Fuge in B flat Op. 133, Bach's Preludes and Fugues Nos. 13 and 14 from The Well-tempered Clavier Book II, and Ravel's Miroirs and Daphnis and Chloé Fragments symphoniques Suite No. 2.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nicolas-namoradze-piano-66006/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611121930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/01942b2ad6dd420bdd54de7a3d4f02cd881948c9d0694b63957075783441feb3-600.webp"}, {"title": "Jonathan Coe on Ravel and Vaughan Williams and the Music of Nations", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "£12, conc. £10, students £5", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_7122904.TcsSection_6930861", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/contemporary-fiction", "music/classical"], "description": "An evening of conversation and live music at the Institut français du Royaume-Uni, held in English. Novelist Jonathan Coe talks with journalist and musician Philippe Auclair about his new book 'Lessons in Harmony', which imagines the friendship between composer Maurice Ravel and his British pupil Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1907 Paris. The Pomegranate Piano Trio performs extracts from works by both composers. Copies of the book are available to buy on the night thanks to partner bookshop Librairie La Page.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jonathan-coe-on-ravel-and-vaughan-williams-and-the-music-of-74187/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agenda/lessons-in-harmony-with-jonathan-coe/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7437c4d4bd318f9d83a3868666ac3bc7bc93ba09336fd0df0b377e02c2396716-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Liszt By Candlelight", "start": "2026-11-05T20:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T21:00:00Z", "place": "St Mary le Strand", "address": "Strand, WC2R 1ES London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/63c82ca274fb184f4eebf902/e/6a09c40e8041533aaabaa36c?lang=en", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "\"Liszt By Candlelight\" is a piano recital of works by Franz Liszt, held in the candlelit setting of St Mary le Strand. It is presented by CityMusic Promotions with leading concert pianist Warren Mailley-Smith. The programme includes Un Sospiro, Liebestraume, Hungarian Rhapsody no 2, Mephisto Waltz and Consolations. Many restaurants and bars nearby offer ways to complete the evening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/liszt-by-candlelight-47727/", "official_url": "https://stmarylestrand.com/event/liszt-by-candlelight-8/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0299f672e8ddeba6a5bdd37be2c633f32145d927d00617828c01d76c0ce65e06-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lunchtime Recital - Will Jowett (voice ) and Lucy Barratt (piano)", "start": "2026-11-12T13:10:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Pancras Church", "address": "London", "price": "free entry with a suggested donation", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/lieder"], "description": "A lunchtime recital for voice and piano with works by Schubert, Stravinsky, Ravel, Saint-Säens and Ireland. It is presented by the GSMD. Will Jowett sings, with Lucy Barratt at the piano.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lunchtime-recital-will-jowett-voice-and-lucy-barratt-piano-47778/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e26faf5227b1f7057c334e4194ef17aa4768fa9c5f4d52f696e5c781a29dac0f-600.webp"}, {"title": "Steven Osborne piano", "start": "2026-11-02T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18 (concessions £16)", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A lunchtime piano recital at Wigmore Hall. Scottish pianist Steven Osborne, praised for his musical intelligence, plays an improvisation on Keith Jarrett's Vienna Concert and Beethoven's mighty Diabelli Variations. He steps in as replacement for Richard Goode, who is unable to take part. The concert lasts about an hour without an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/steven-osborne-piano-65987/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611021300", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1f17b8fb033ffbff6f39ed61cd1afe4286580af7d37697e3f89e9f6f2d035c5-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Pam Kijoran – piano", "start": "2026-11-10T13:15:00Z", "end": "2026-11-10T13:15:00Z", "place": "St Brides", "address": "St. Bride's Avenue, EC4Y 8AU London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A free lunchtime recital of solo piano music at St Bride's church on Fleet Street, with a retiring collection. The programme pairs Beethoven's Piano Sonata No 28, Op 101 with Brahms' Intermezzo, Op 118 No 2 and Scriabin's Fantasy in B minor, Op 28. It is performed by Pam Kijoran, a Thai pianist studying for a Master's at the Royal Northern College of Music under Graham Scott. Her prizes include first place at the Singapore International Piano Competition, and she has recorded the album Bangkok Recital.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/pam-kijoran-piano-49419/", "official_url": "https://www.stbrides.com/events/pam-kijoran-piano/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ba8e395b27f9cd7b0d5c04a5d59749222439dcd0fcee120817049a8ad181863f-600.webp"}, {"title": "Classical Coffee Mornings at the Royal Albert Hall: Maryam Wocial and Archie Bonham", "start": "2026-11-01T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Albert", "address": "New Cross Road 460, SE14 6TJ London", "price": "£14 (including booking fee)", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/boxoffice/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "A Classical Coffee Morning chamber concert in the Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room. Soprano Maryam Wocial and pianist Archie Bonham, who have performed as a duo for three years, present 'What Love Left Behind', a programme of art song and cabaret with music by Bridge, Fauré, Debussy, Wolf, Weill, Britten, Strauss, Schubert, Poulenc and Quilter. A hot drink and a pastry are included in the ticket price.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/classical-coffee-mornings-at-the-royal-albert-hall-maryam-wo-38286/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3872276", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9eaba5ab29fafc84e7d1e02645378b68d1fb1b85897beaf17595bb2069915714-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Alexander Gavrylyuk piano", "start": "2026-11-01T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£40, £37, £33, £27, £18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "40.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A piano recital at Wigmore Hall by Alexander Gavrylyuk, a Ukrainian-born Australian pianist whose playing is rooted in the Russian keyboard school. The programme spans Mozart's Piano Sonata in C K330, Chopin's Fantasy in F minor Op. 49, Liszt's Venezia e Napoli, selections from Tchaikovsky's Album pour enfants and Rachmaninov's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor. The concert lasts approximately two hours, including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/alexander-gavrylyuk-piano-65986/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611011930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d6ae1f2be8a648b97c5f5402f5a9ac14f648cf5fee520aefb1f3adc7daf9a40e-600.webp"}, {"title": "Lunchtime Recital - Cheuk Yee Ulani (piano)", "start": "2026-11-03T13:10:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St Pancras Church", "address": "London", "price": "free entry with a suggested donation", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A lunchtime recital of solo piano music at St Pancras Church, a church on Euston Road in central London. It features pianist Cheuk Yee Ulani Lo, a Hong Kong-born Master's student in Piano Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. The recital is presented by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and lasts 40 minutes. She performs Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana Op. 16 and Enrique Granados' Goyescas No. 4 \"La maja y el ruiseñor\".", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lunchtime-recital-cheuk-yee-ulani-piano-47775/", "official_url": "https://www.stpancraschurch.org/events/lunchtime-recital-cheuk-yee-ulani-piano", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d18258c0e92523524aa96e2234e4933d3764e8fd239a3f488908b0662561627e-600.webp"}, {"title": "Olivia Tam (piano)", "start": "2026-11-02T13:10:00Z", "end": null, "place": "St James's Church", "address": "Piccadilly, London", "price": "Free Entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A free lunchtime piano recital at St James's Church, Piccadilly, London. Pianist Olivia Tam, Second Prizewinner of the 2026 BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition, plays Beethoven's 'Waldstein' Sonata, Granados, Ligeti and Chopin. She began piano at three, trained in Hong Kong and is currently a scholar at the International Piano Academy at Rossall School. This afternoon recital marks her London solo debut.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/olivia-tam-piano-74848/", "official_url": "https://bpse.org/events/olivia-tam-plays-beethoven-chopin-granados-ligeti/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/416640f934b189685ebb9729c79f0201fb2e148028f5d63c18f8b7acf07c4bc0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "RCM at St Mary Abbots Church", "start": "2026-11-06T13:05:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Music Museum", "address": "", "price": "Free, no ticket required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/boxoffice/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/chamber-music"], "description": "A lunchtime concert of chamber music performed by Royal College of Music musicians at St Mary Abbots Church in Kensington. The varied programme includes Rebecca Clarke's Two pieces for viola and cello, Debussy's Estampes L108, Kenji Sakai's Piano Sonata no 1 'quinta essentia', and Prokofiev's Flute Sonata op 94. Admission is free and no ticket is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rcm-at-st-mary-abbots-church-38283/", "official_url": "https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=3848128", "image": "https://noky.io/images/007c872276856f2f3e86f5c30ec0505a91fe2734e0f3f6ebcb1f6d038d9f8e5d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Mariam Batsashvili piano", "start": "2026-11-10T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£40 £37 £33 £27 £18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "40.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A solo piano recital at Wigmore Hall. The charismatic Georgian pianist Mariam Batsashvili performs Haydn's Piano Sonata in D, Liszt's monumental Sonata in B minor, Mozart's Fantasia in D minor, Schubert's Impromptu in F minor, and Liszt's Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni. Her interpretations of the great landmarks of the piano repertoire have garnered rave reviews, as has her ability to construct revelatory combinations of works. The concert lasts approximately two hours including an interval.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mariam-batsashvili-piano-66002/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611101930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c7cb363940312d19171f928b6b84a6ac45d9448a44c30eb51dbfa71475e26f0a-600.webp"}, {"title": "Michael Tao – piano", "start": "2026-11-03T13:15:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T13:15:00Z", "place": "St Brides", "address": "St. Bride's Avenue, EC4Y 8AU London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A lunchtime recital of piano music by Michael Tao, with free admittance and a retiring collection. He is a London-based pianist studying at the Royal College of Music with Professor Dina Parakhina under the Ash Music Scholarship alongside a Chemistry degree at Imperial College London. The programme brings together Beethoven's Piano Sonata No 7 in D major, Op 10 No 3, Chopin's Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op 60, and the Pas de deux from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, Op 71, arranged by Mikhail Pletnev.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/michael-tao-piano-49417/", "official_url": "https://www.stbrides.com/events/michael-tao-piano/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/79ea3733d592f08710824736e0400aaf101494d2d56b359eb68b7671013a5543-600.webp"}, {"title": "Christopher Kent (actor) Gamal Khamis (piano) 'Never Such Innocence' – a special 10th anniversary performance of their acclaimed narrative recital of words and music from the First World War", "start": "2026-11-08T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ancient Church of St Mary The Virgin", "address": "Perivale Lane, UB6 8SS Perivale", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["history/world-war/world-war-i", "literature/poetry", "music/classical"], "description": "Never Such Innocence is a narrative recital of words and music from the First World War, given by actor Christopher Kent and pianist Gamal Khamis as a special 10th anniversary Remembrance Sunday performance. First staged at St Mary's Perivale in 2016 for the Somme 100 commemorations, it has since played venues across the UK, including sell-out West End performances, and was described by BBC Radio 3 as 'an incredibly moving performance'. It juxtaposes piano music by Elgar, Ravel, Debussy and Ivor Gurney with words by writers such as Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Vera Brittain, interwoven with the story of Kent's great uncle, Private Percy O'Key, through his real-life letters and diaries. The result is a moving journey from innocence to loss, told with unflinching clarity and compassion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/christopher-kent-actor-gamal-khamis-piano-never-such-innocen-40773/", "official_url": "https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-2026-11-08.shtml", "image": ""}, {"title": "Chopin & Champagne by Candlelight", "start": "2026-10-30T20:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T21:00:00Z", "place": "St Mary le Strand", "address": "Strand, WC2R 1ES London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/63c82ca274fb184f4eebf902/e/6a09cf86f8f7694166a25d67?lang=en", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/piano"], "description": "A candlelit evening concert of piano masterpieces by Chopin in the heart of London, including works such as the Ballade No. 1, the Raindrop Prelude and the 'Military' Polonaise. It features leading UK concert pianist Warren Mailley-Smith, who is known for his outstanding pianism and effortless technique. A complimentary champagne reception takes place twenty minutes before the concert begins. The church also has plenty of bars and restaurants nearby to complete the night.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/chopin-champagne-by-candlelight-47721/", "official_url": "https://stmarylestrand.com/event/chopin-champagne-by-candlelight-22/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4a9bfd004999cdc8c3048cf5bf908b27c566c71c0b9f7684caea4a1aa52d9d96-2000.webp"}]}