Professional Classical Music Recitals at Acton Hill Church
in the magnificent acoustic provided by London's largest unsupported wooden barrel-vault ceiling
Iris Axon Concert Series 2025-26 Promoting young professional musicians
Join us on the first Sunday of every month (except January and August) at 4pm-5pm. Programmes at the door: Adults £10.00, concessions & children £5.00. Crèche facilities are available.
Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, “Pastoral” - Ludwig van BeethovenThe Lark - M.Glinka/M.Balakirev “Poisson d’or” from Image Book II - Claude Debussy Dugong (2025, World Premiere) - Joe Cutler Transcendental Etude, No. 8 “Wilde Jagd” - Franz Liszt Waldszenen, Op. 82 - Robert Schumann
Described as “a brilliant pianist between worlds” (Der Kessener), Ikuko Inoguchi is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist, performer-scholar, musicologist, and educator. She is particularly interested in exploring repertoire which displays cross-cultural influences and the music of Japanese composers. Ikuko brings her artistic pursuit and intellectual curiosity to her musical activities. As a prize-winning pianist, Ikuko has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in concert series and festivals across Europe, the US, and Asia. She has premiered a number of works by living composers, such as Paul Chihara, William Drabkin, Joe Cutler, and Yasunoshin Morita. As a performer-scholar and musicologist, she was invited to present lecture-recitals at a study day in The BBC Total Immersion: Music from Japan series, a Takemitsu Society meeting, The Contemporary Music Research Centre at the University of York, and Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music, and the Royal Musical Association conferences. Recently, she returned to her alma mater in the US to present a workshop on the Japanese concept of ma in the context of concert art music. In association with ABRSM, she also contributed an educational video for piano teachers, discussing the Japanese composer Yuasa Akira’s work.
