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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
Sun 29 June – Sun 27 July
For Pride this year, St James’s will exhibit new work by the artist Ariel Collier (she/they/we/our) in the Side Chapel. Collier is a London based conceptual artist, writer, researcher and curator originally from South Florida.
Saturday 19 July 9am
Join us for the walk through the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside, which will take us from Harpenden to St Albans.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
We aspire to be a home where everyone can belong. We’re known locally and globally for our unique history and beauty, as well as faith in action, creativity and the arts, and a commitment to social and environmental justice.
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
The work of St James’s, it costs us £5,000 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Friday 5 September 1.10pm
Rebekah Yinuo Tan was born in August 2006 in Shanghai. Inspired to become a concert pianist after hearing Chopin’s music in a live concert when she was 7 years old.
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 1:10pm.
Support our Creative Programme
Whether £5 or any amount you’re able to give. Donations can be made in cash in the basket on your way out, or by tap donation at the machines at our exits. Your generosity helps support our cultural events and charitable services. Thank you.
Free admission | Donations welcome
Programme
tbc
St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.
Artist bio
She has played in many concerts in China, including in the Shanghai Oriental Art Centre, and won the First Prize in Category C of the China National Finals in the Asian Young Pianists’ Competition. In 2017, she participated in the Manchester International Piano Concerto Competition and was awarded highly commended and received a full scholarship to attend Chetham’s Piano Summer School. In Nov 2017, Rebekah joined Chetham’s School of Music to study with Marta Karbownicka, and then with Helen Krizos from 2019. Since September 2024, Rebekah has been studying at Royal College of Music in London, under Professor Dmitri Alexeev.
During her time at Chetham’s, Rebekah won both the junior and senior categories of the Chetham’s Concerto Competitions, which are open to all instruments, at the age of 13 with the Grieg Piano Concerto, as the only pianist selected in the school. As a result, she gave two public concerto performances in The Stoller Hall, Manchester. This includes a performance of Prokofiev’s 3rd Piano Concerto in Feb 2022, under the baton of Jonathan Bloxham with the Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra.
As a soloist, Rebekah has performed in many concerts in England and abroad. Highlights include St Martin-in-the-Fields (London), Sidney Sussex College (Cambridge), the Bridgewater Hall, and Legnica Art Centre, as well as solo recitals at The Bridge (Shanghai), Chester Methodist Church, Manchester Cathedral, and Bury Parish Church. Competition successes include being the national winner of the EPTA 12-and-under category, and in the following year, the 15-and-under. In 2021 she won the Gold Hands Prize in the Carls and Sofia Piano Competition in the Emergent Class (ages 17-21), and in 2023 she won the Chetham’s Beethoven Competition. Recently, she took part in the 2022 Ettlingen International Piano Competition (Category B), and the 2023 Junior Hilton Head International Piano Competition. She was the recipient of the Vernon D Farley Piano Prize in her final year at Chetham’s. She was also selected as a Junior Drake Calleja Trust Scholar from 2023-2024. Since 2024 she has been kindly supported by Talent Unlimited.
Rebekah has had the privilege to work with top musicians in masterclasses. These include Boris Berman, Piotr Paleczny, Vanessa Latarche, Stephen Hough, Freddy Kempf, Charles Owen, Steven Osborne, Dina Yoffe, Kathryn Stott, and Yoshikazu Nagai. She is also very grateful for having been mentored by Christopher Elton.
Rebekah is also an avid collaborative pianist. She has worked with many string chamber groups, which led to performances in venues including the Bridgewater Hall (as part of the BBC Philharmonic Preconcert Series), and St James Piccadilly (London). As a repetiteur, she has worked with many vocalists and choruses in concerts, opera scenes, and in the Manchester Song Festival.
Presented in association with Talent Unlimited
