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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
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
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Wednesday 5 November 1.10pm
Joanna Lam commenced piano lessons at the age of 8, proceeding to win prizes at several national music festivals.
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 1:10pm.
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Free admission | Donations welcome
St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.
Artist bio
Joanna has appeared in Masterclasses with Søren Rastogi, Noriko Ogawa, Vanessa Latarche, Norma Fisher and Frédéric Aguessy. She has performed at London’s Royal Festival Hall, the Steinway Hall, Bridgewater Hall, EPTA’s annual conference, the Barbican, and Milton Court Concert Hall in London. Joanna is the winner of Essex Young Musician of the Year 2024 and has become a regular soloist at Hitchin Festival and the Iris Axon recital series in London. She was awarded the prestigious Jellinek Prize as a winner of the Una Clark Young Artists’ Competition, leading to a performance of Rachmaninov’s 1st Piano Concerto with Guildford Symphony Orchestra. She has performed with Chineke! Foundation and appeared as the soloist in performances of concertos by Fauré and Saint-Saëns, working with conductors Daniel King-Smith and Levon Parikian. An experienced chamber musician, Joanna has collaborated with the renowned clarinettist and Principal of the Royal Northern, Linda Merrick, and is a Song Easel Young Artist along with baritone Geoff Clapham. She plays regularly with the Orelia piano trio who were this year’s winners of the Ivan Sutton Chamber Prize and who have made their debut in France and Canada this year.
Joanna is passionate about elevating the platform for lesser known and female composers, and sharing these works with audiences. In 2022 she performed as part of Sarah Cahill’s marathon project The Future is Female at the Barbican, promoting music by unsung female composers. Most recently she has been a semifinalist of Birmingham International Piano Competition and prizewinner at the Coulsdon & Purley Festival, North London Festival, and Guildhall’s Beethoven and Romantic Prizes. She has been selected for Le Foyer des Artistes Concerto Award Piano Spectacle in Collaboration with YAMAHA Europe, and performed in their prestigious Final at St. Columb’s Hall in Ireland. Joanna has recorded for Prima Facie Records and has directed the Music Academy at the Felsted International Summer School several times. She holds an award from the Wayne Sleep Foundation and is thrilled to continue her studies through the Artist Diploma programme at Guildhall. She is proud to be a Talent Unlimited Artist.
