Gwilym Simcock at 1901 Arts Club, Waterloo, London ( Part of Mood Indigo Events Autumn 2025 Jazz Piano Series).

Date: Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Featuring: Gwilym Simcock

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An intimate journey into the heart of solo piano

Following the resounding success of our inaugural year, the MIE Jazz Piano Series returns for its second season - this time as the Autumn 2025 Jazz Piano Series. Set once again in the enchanting surroundings of the 1901 Arts Club in Waterloo, this series invites you to experience the art of solo jazz piano like never before.

Each artist will perform an intimate solo set, exploring the full sonic potential of the Club’s magnificent Steinway Model C grand piano - all within the warm, salon-style ambience of this beautifully restored Edwardian building.

With only a limited number of seats available, every concert promises a deeply personal connection between artist and audience - a rare opportunity to witness these outstanding musicians up close, immersed in their craft. Whether you’re a lifelong jazz enthusiast or a curious newcomer, the Autumn 2025 Jazz Piano Series offers a spellbinding journey into the soul of the music.

Join us this autumn for an unforgettable celebration of creativity, virtuosity, and the timeless allure of solo piano.

Gwilym Simcock - 7th October
Gwilym Simcock has carved out a career as one of the most gifted pianists and imaginative composers on the European scene.  He moves effortlessly between jazz and classical music, with a ‘harmonic sophistication and subtle dovetailing of musical traditions’. Gwilym has been hailed as a pianist of ‘exceptional’, ‘brilliant’ and ‘dazzling’ ability, and his music has been widely acclaimed as ‘engaging, exciting, often unexpected, melodically enthralling, complex yet hugely accessible’, and above all ‘wonderfully optimistic’.
Gwilym’s influences are wide ranging, from jazz legends including Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny, to classical composers including Maurice Ravel, Henri Dutilleux, Béla Bartók and Mark-Anthony Turnage. Although principally a jazz artist, Gwilym has composed numerous works for larger Classical ensemble that combine through-composed elements with improvisation, creating a sound that is distinctive and very much his own.
In the last few years, Gwilym has become renowned for his solo performances, releasing a critically acclaimed album ‘Good Days at Schloss Elmau’ in 2011 and touring throughout Europe and to places as far afield as Australia, the USA, Canada, Korea and China to name but a few.
“Gwilym’s an original. A creative genius” Chick Corea
“Gwilym is one of the most exceptional musicians that I have ever known ..he’s a really significant force in music”  Pat Metheny

Find Us;

1901 Arts Club, 7 Exton Street, Waterloo, London SE1 8UE.

A few minutes’ walk from Waterloo mainline station. Using the BFI IMAX roundabout and St John’s Church that faces it as strong Waterloo landmarks, Exton Street is the small street that runs beside the church yard.

Parking:
A car parking station is available in Cornwall Road and at the National Theatre on Belvedere Road.  Limited meter parking is available in the surrounding streets.  Unfortunately there is no on-site parking at 1901 Arts Club.

Tube:
Waterloo Station
(Jubilee Line, Northern Line, Bakerloo Line, Waterloo & City Line)

Mainline Rail:
Waterloo Station and Waterloo East

Buses:
1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 77, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 211, 243, 341, 381, 507, 521, RV1, X68

Mood Indigo Events are run by Kingston based vocalist Janet McCunn and Hampton based pianist Terence Collie combining their efforts to bring great jazz music to SW London and beyond. This is all done without any funding and is reliant solely on your continued support in attendance at our events.
https://www.moodindigoevents.co.uk/