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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
Tuesday 1 September – end of October
Losing Identity explores the silent grief and resilience of women fleeing Ethiopia and Eritrea across the Mediterranean Sea in unsafe, overcrowded boats.
The Sunday Forum is an open online group, that runs parallel to the coffee after the service, from 12.30pm to 1pm on a Sunday, open to all.
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.
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We aim to be a place where you can belong. We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. Our community commits to faith in action: social and environmental justice; creativity. and the arts
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It costs £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St James’s open to all who already 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.
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St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Friday 2 October 1.10pm
Zeju Fan is a London-based pianist whose recital programmes are conceived as carefully structured artistic arguments.
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 1:10pm.
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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
L. V. Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 “Waldstein” A. Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1 F. Liszt: Scherzo and March, S.177
Artist Bio
Zeju Fan is a London-based pianist whose recital programmes are conceived as carefully structured artistic arguments. Trained at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Purcell School, he studied with William Fong on full scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, where he continues as a postgraduate artist from September 2026. Under Fong’s direction, he has developed a discipline of clarity and control, pursuing the expressive potential of each phrase through detailed, structural work rather than surface effect.
His programming reflects a sustained engagement with musical form and its transformation. He is drawn to programmes that trace a continuous arc: from the structural certainty of late Classicism, through the dissolution of post-Romantic language and the fragmentation of Modernism, to the large-scale expressive architecture of Liszt. Each work in such a sequence reshapes the listener’s perception of what precedes it.
Alongside his solo work, Fan is an active chamber musician, with a particular commitment to the cello–piano duo and piano quintet repertoire. He is a member of Talent Unlimited, a London-based organisation supporting emerging professional musicians.
Presented in association with Talent Unlimited
