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We offer daily services and a creative programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
We are delighted to announce that from 6 Jan until early Apr 2025, work will take place to reinstate the church’s South Door onto Jermyn Street, part of Sir Christopher Wren’s original design.
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.
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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.
New walkways, a restored courtyard and re-landscaped gardens will provide fully accessible, beautiful spaces for everyone to enjoy as well as improving our environmental performance.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Wednesday 29 November 1.10pm
Presented by Korean Cultural Centre
Getting here
We are at 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, about 200 yards from Piccadilly Circus.
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 1:10pm.
Please note this concert will be slightly longer than our usual lunchtime programme.
Pianist Soohong Park will open this November’s House Concert, he holds the distinction of being the first Korean to be accepted as a Jungstudent at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Germany. In 2016 he completed an Artist Diploma with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Pianist Park’s artistry has resonated internationally, with regular performances in Germany and the UK, including celebrated appearances at Carnegie Hall in New York and the renowned Barbican Hall in London as part of the Guildhall Artists Ensemble. He further enriched his musical experience by participating in the IMS Prussia Cove in the UK in 2018 and reaching the finals of the prestigious Tongyeong Isang Yoon International Music Competition in 2019. His talents were further recognised when he clinched the Guildhall Gold Medal in 2020.
Pianist Soohong Park also explores the realm of composition. His composition, inspired by the remarkable female divers of Jeju Island garnered him the grand prize from the Jeju World Cultural Preservation Society.
Sarah Chae & Won Choi
In the second half of the concert audiences will meet the soprano Sarah Seung-hwa Chae, a Young Artist at the London National Opera, and tenor Won Choi, renowned for his captivating voice.
Sopreno’s Chae remarkable talents were recognized when she was awarded a prestigious Wagner Stipendium Bayreuth in December 2019. Additionally, she received a special accolade from Vesselina Kassarova for her exceptional contribution to a production at the State Opera Stara Zagora during the 2019/2020 season. From April 2020 onwards, she has been under the tutelage of Prof. Yaron Windmüller at Saar University of Music, Saarbrücken, where she is diligently working toward her postgraduate degree.
Tenor Won Choi holds a master’s degree from Hochschule für Musik Saar in Germany and an advanced degree (Spécialisation) from Conservatoire Strasbourg in France. In 2021, he graced the stage as Gaston in Verdi’s La Traviata at the Teatro Alfieri di Asti in Italy, showcasing his vocal prowess. In 2023, he enthralled the audience by performing Strauss’s Salome Zweite Nazarene at the Mainz National Theater in Germany. Choi Won’s musical journey takes him across Europe and Korea.
F.Liszt Piano Sonata in b minor, S.178
Sooin Lee- River flows in my heart (내 맘의 강물)