Anthony Adkins BEM Piano Concert

About this event

Anthony Adkins BEM returns to St Richard's for the 31st year. The concert takes place in St Richard's School Hall with interval refreshments served in the church. This is a fundraiser for St Richard's Church Restoration Appeal since the roof covering urgently needs replacing and major repairs are required to the damaged beams and windows. The concert interval in the church provides an opportunity to find out more about how the project is progressing as we try to secure the church's future in the community for the next 60 years.

Programme

WA Mozart (1756-1791)

Sonata in C major, K330

1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante cantabile
3. Allegretto

M Ravel (1875-1937)

Sonatine

1. Modéré
2. Mouvement de Menuet
3. Animé

F Chopin (1810-1849)

Impromptu in Ab major, op.29

Nocturne in Db major, op.27 no.2

Mazurka in B major, op.56 no.1

Polonaise in C# minor, op.26 no.1

Nocturne in B major, op.62 no.1

Mazurka in A minor, op.59 no.1

Variations Brillantes, op.12

About Anthony Adkins BEM

Anthony Adkins was born in Northampton, educated in London and won scholarships to both the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music. Accepting the latter, he studied for five years with Eric Harrison and Bernard Roberts and represented the college in foreign tours and master classes, including some with Nadia Boulanger. He was a finalist in the Chappell Gold Musical Competion.

Soon after leaving the Royal College of Music, New Era International Concerts awarded him a London debut recital at the Wigmore Hall. The concert was received with such rare critical acclaim that he was invited back only six months later. He then won the coveted Chopin Fellowship from the Polish government enabling him to work with the eminent Professor Jan Hoffman at the Academy of Music in Kraków. On completion of these intensive studies Professor Hoffman's assessment was profoundly simple - 'a great artist'.

Since then, Anthony Adkins has played for innumerable important occasions and has frequently appeared at the Wigmore Hall and the South Bank, London. He has toured the UK extensively and engagements abroad have included Austria, France, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Poland, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and the USA.

Anthony Adkins has often been invited to be on jury panels for international piano competitions, including in Poland and Hong Kong. A programme about him was recorded for BBC Radio and he has broadcast on on Radio Poland as well as appearing on German and Sri Lankan television. Engagements this year and in the coming season include the Polish Hearth Club and St Brides, Fleet Street in London, Oxford, Northampton, Szafarnia and Warsaw in Poland and Paris. And last but not least, The Mayor of Richmond upon Thames' Charity Concert. Tonight's concert is the 31st in his series at St Richard's, in which he has already raised nearly £60,000. Anthony was awarded the British Empire Medal in King Charles' Birthday Honours 2023.

His outstanding reviews from far and wide confirm and emphasise the extent of his formidable international reputation:

'A virtuoso technique at the service of a perceptive musical mind' The Daily Telegraph/UK

'Command of tone and colour' The Times/UK

'A brilliant pianist' Sudkurier/Germany

'The audience was spellbound' The Times/Richmond

'Anthony Adkins' performance was inspiring and engaging. His stillness at the piano created an aura of quiet intensity, and his playing was both sensitive and exciting.' Washington DC/USA

'His playing was amazing' Sud Ouest/France

'A stellar perforance' The Daily Mirror, Columbo, Sri Lanka

'Adkins is the devil of a pianist' Fairfield Hall/UK

Practical information

Internationally renowned pianist, Anthony Adkins BEM, will be performing music by Mozart, Ravel and Chopin.

Ticket price: £25

Date and time: Saturday 11 October 2025, 19.30 - 21.30 BST

Location: St Richard's C E Primary School, Ashburnham Road, Ham, Richmond TW10 7NL.

Doors open at 19.00

Please bring your tickets with you, which include interval refreshments. Since this is a fundraiser there will be no refund if you are unable to attend the event. Thank you for your understanding.

There is free car parking in the church car park, Tesco car park and the surrounding streets. The school is on the 371 bus route between Richmond and Kingston.

There is disabled access into the chuch and school.

If you have Covid symptoms and test positive, please do not attend the event.

If you have questions or require further information, please contact [email protected]

Host or Publisher St Richard's Church, Ham