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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
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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.
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St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Friday 15 May 1.10pm
Yiannis, born in Limassol, presents a virtuosic piano solo recital with works by Messiaen, Schubert and Scriabin.
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
Oliver Messiaen: Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus (“The kiss of the Infant Jesus”) F. Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor, D 537 A Scriabin: Sonata No. 10, Op. 70
Artist Bio
Yiannis Archontides was born in Limassol, where he began piano lessons at the age of six. In 2018 he started his piano studies at the Cologne University of Music and Dance with Prof. Paulo Paulo Álvares. In 2020 he moved to Switzerland to continue his studies at the Zurich University of the Arts with Prof. Karl-Andreas Kolly, where he completed his Bachelor’s. Currently, he is pursuing a Master’s in Performance at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, and is expected to complete the degree in June 2026.
He has attended masterclasses and lessons with Ralf Gothóni, Jacob Leuschner, Norma Fischer, Andreas Frölich, Irina Kirilova, among others, and has performed in venues across the UK, Switzerland, Greece and Cyprus. In 2016 he won second prize at the Solon Michaelides Competition, where he met composer and pianist Christodoulos Georgiades, an important influence in his development. Besides piano, Yiannis has taken form and analysis classes with Swiss composer Mathias Steinauer during his studies in Zurich.
Chamber music plays an important role in his musical life. He is a co-founder of the Thyrsus Trio and also enjoys interdisciplinary projects, such as a 2023 concert in Zurich in collaboration with German light designer Marek Lamprecht and Farfalla Aromas, exploring some of Scriabin’s synaesthetic ideas.
He also maintains an active role as a piano teacher. From 2022 to 2024 he taught at the Volketswil Music School in Zurich, and since October 2025 he has been teaching at the Goldenlane Music School in London.
Yiannis gratefully acknowledges the A.G. Leventis Foundation, Help Musicians UK, and the Guildhall School Trust for their generous support.
