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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.
Revd Dr Ayla Lepine met with curator and art historian Alayo Akinkugbe for a conversation about justice, beauty and hope expressed in Che Lovelace’s paintings and Cugoano’s memorial.
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. This is a place for everyone who’s wondering about life’s big questions and striving for a better world.
We host a year-round cultural programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word, drawing on St James’s rich cultural history including artists, writers and musicians Mary Beale, Mary Delany, William Blake, Ottobah Cugoano and Leopold Stokowski.
We try to put our faith into action by educating ourselves and speaking out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, earth and racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
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.
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St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Friday 18 October 1.10pm
Born in Italy to an Anglo-Italian family, Thomas started playing piano at the age of 7, studying first at the local music school and then privately with Italian concert pianist Chiara Bertoglio.
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At 12, he debuted with a solo recital in Siena at Teatro dei Rozzi, going on to win several national and international competitions in subsequent years.
At the age of 15, he began commuting between Italy and London to attend the Junior Guildhall Music Program where he won the Piano Prize, was a Lutine Prize finalist, and a Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition finalist in Manchester.
Thomas continued his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, working alongside Carole Presland, Paul Roberts, Joan Havill, Charles Owen and Lucy Parham. Graduating with a first-class bachelor’s degree, he was awarded a Concert Recital Diploma, and is currently in the second year of his master’s degree. Thomas regularly attends masterclasses with Konstantin Bogino with whom he has worked since aged 10.
During his studies in London, Thomas has regularly performed solo recitals and piano concerts in both England and Italy, worked with the UBU Ensemble, and has been a session player at the Abbey Road Studios.
Presented in association with Guildhall School of Music and Drama
