“A remarkable pianist by any standard” The Observer.

A fantastic evening featuring one of the brightest stars on the contemporary jazz scene, MOBO Award winner Zoe Rahman. 

DATE: Friday 2nd February 2018, 8pm

VENUE: Christ Church West Wimbledon - 2 Cottenham Park Rd, SW20 0RZ

A vibrant and highly individual pianist and composer, Zoe Rahman’s style is deeply rooted in jazz yet it reflects her classical background, British/Bengali heritage and her very broad musical taste. Known for her powerful technique, wide-ranging imagination and exuberant performance, she has become a highly sought-after musician, working most recently with the likes of George Mraz, Courtney Pine and Jerry Dammers’ Spatial AKA Orchestra.

Zoe’s latest album, “Dreamland”, showcases the depth and breadth of her musical imagination, featuring new compositions alongside tracks by Duke Ellington, Jessica Williams, Rabindranath Tagore, as well as solo renditions of some of Zoe’s back catalogue. A former MOBO Award winner, Mercury Prize nominee, Jazz FM Award nominee and British Jazz Award winner, Zoe has established herself as a unique presence in the British music industry. This is a rare opportunity to hear one of the UK’s most gifted jazz pianists in an intimate solo piano setting.

Dreamland album reviews:

“A joy to find Zoe fully in the spotlight, uninterrupted, on this dazzling solo session. A milestone” ***** BBC Music Magazine

“An exciting solo set, brilliantly performed and totally absorbing” **** The Observer

“An arresting work suffused with enormous feeling, and bursts of surprising delicacy and power….Rahman shines on her own” **** Evening Standard

“Always exciting, playful, muscular and a tiny bit unhinged, that’s what I love about Zoe Rahman” Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio 2

“A powerful testament to this fine pianist’s authority” *** Guardian

You can purchase tickets online by clicking above, in person at the Lantern Coffee House or at the door.

A FREE, fun and interactive workshop where children aged 3+ will be led by members of the Jigsaw Players' Concert series in an exploration of sounds and movement. 

"Animal and their Song"

presented by Kate Wakeling

Jigsaw's Poet-in-Residence & 2017 CLiPPA Award-Winner

Jigsaw Juniors present a concert for the whole family intertwining musical masterpieces with words specially-selected and presented by Jigsaw Poet-in-Residence, Kate Wakeling, including extracts from her 2017 CLiPPA award-winning poetry collection for children, "Moon Juice". 

Entitled "Animals and their song", the celebrated Jigsaw Players will perform works by Saint-Saens, Rimsky Korsakov, Gershwin and many other greats. To conclude the concert children will be given an opportunity to sing and dance as we spin the Jigsaw Song Wheel. A fun morning not to be missed! 

Piano provided with generous support from Markson Pianos and  sponsored by an Anonymous Donor. 

• Schumann: From Scenes from Childhood:  Of Foreign Lands and Peoples & A Curious Story
• Schubert: The Trout theme
• Saint-Saëns: From the Carnival of the Animals: The Swan & The Elephant
• Gershwin: Promenade - Walking the Dog
• Fauré: Le Papillon & Au bord de l'eau
• Ibert: Le Petit Âne Blanc
• Prokofiev: Extracts from Peter and the Wolf 
• Debussy: Clair de Lune
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee

VENUE: Baillie Gifford Big Tent, 10.30am

TICKETS: £15 (incl one child) £7.50 (additional tickets)

Our 2017 winner is Kate Thomas aged 9. Congratulations! 

"Music begins where Words end"

Presented by Jigsaw's Poet-in-Residence, Kate Wakeling

For this exceptional event as part of the Wimbledon Bookfest, the Jigsaw Players will be performing a concert entitled "Music begins where Words end" - Art of Words, Art of Sounds.

Musical extracts will be intertwined with extracts from works by Plato, Shakespeare, Proust, Baudelaire and Tolstoy, recited by Jigsaw Poet-in-Residence, 2017 CLiPPA Award-winner Kate Wakeling.

Musicians for this programme:

Victoria Sayles, violin - Emmanuella Reiter, viola - Ashok Klouda, cello - Sophia Rahman, piano

Extracts from:  

- Johann Sebastian Bach: Gamba sonata n.1 BWV 1027 for cello and piano

- Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet arranged by Vadim Borisowsky for viola and piano

- Ludwig van Beethoven: Kreutzer Sonata no.9 Op.47 for violin and piano

- Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet Op.47 for violin, viola, cello & piano

VENUE: Baillie Gifford Big Tent

TICKETS: £10

Piano provided with generous support from Markson Pianos.