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Welcome to LSO St Luke’s, the London Symphony Orchestra’s venue and rehearsal space, and the home of LSO Discovery, our education and community programme.

The doors of LSO St Luke’s were first opened to the public in 2003, transforming the shell of a deconsecrated church into a thriving hub for music-making and creativity. LSO St Luke’s is now a quality performance venue, a rehearsal and recording space for the London Symphony Orchestra, home to LSO Discovery, and a striking space for conferences, dinners and other events. Throughout the year, we host a range of events, from chamber music concerts to contemporary and jazz gigs, musical workshops for families and insightful talks.

Today's Open Morning is a chance for everyone to explore our venue, enjoy live music, and take part in activities. You can find out more about what's taking place throughout the day in this digital programme, and read more about the musicians and music featured in today's performances.

If you have any questions, come and visit our Information desk in the Jerwood Hall on Level G. We'd love to say hello!

Free Activities

Interactive Drama Experience: Jobs on the Docks with London Museum Docklands

10.30am, 11.15am & 12pm, Clore Room 2 (Lower Ground Floor)
Step into the bustling docks where little adventurers become sailors, dockers, and fish porters! Haul the ropes, sort the catch and help load the boats, in a lively interactive drama experience designed especially for children under 5.

Suitable for children under-5 and an accompanying adult. Spaces are limited, and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. You can sign up in person from 10am at the information desk in the Jerwood Hall.

Interactive Music Workshops

10.30am & 11.30am, Gamelan Room (Lower Ground Floor)
Get stuck into a music workshop designed especially for young people, run by animateur Natasha Zielazinski, with the LSO’s Youth Ambassadors and musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra.

Suitable for young people aged 7+. No previous musical experience necessary! Spaces are limited, and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. You can sign up in person from 10am at the information desk in the Jerwood Hall.

Come and Sing! Workshop with Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir

11.45am–12.30pm, Hawksmoor Space (Lower Ground Floor)
The inspiring Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir share their passion for collective singing in this short, inclusive workshop.

Suitable for everyone aged 5+. No previous experience necessary! Spaces are limited, and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. You can sign up in person from 10am at the information desk in the Jerwood Hall.

Family Trail

All Morning
Explore the building and learn more about our history by following this self-guided trail, which will take you all around the building. Pick up a printed guide from the Jerwood Hall to get started.

Suitable for all ages.

Free Performances

LSO Conservatoire Scholars

10.15–10.45am, Jerwood Hall
Chamber music performances by talented instrumentalists on LSO Discovery’s Emerging Artists Programme, including solo performances on harp, violin and piano.

Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir

11–11.30am, Jerwood Hall
An uplifting performance of gospel music by the Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir, from traditional spirituals to contemporary songs.

LSO Conservatoire Scholars

12–12.30pm, Jerwood Hall
Chamber music performances by talented instrumentalists on LSO Discovery’s Emerging Artists Programme, including solo performances on harp, violin and piano.

THE MUSIC

Johannes Brahms Rhapsody in G Minor No 2
George Enescu Ménétrier from Impressions d'enfance
Franz Liszt La leggierezza from 'Three Études de Concert'
Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi arr Stephen Hough Moscow Nights
Ferruccio Busoni Elegy No 4, ‘Turandot Frauengemacht’
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fantasia in D minor

Lin Deng piano
Elfida Su Turan violin
Radu-Gabriel Stoica piano
Misha Kaploukhii piano
Tannaz Beigi harp

Lin Deng, piano

LSO Conservatoire Scholar 2025/26

Lin Deng, originally from China, has been passionately engaged in music since the age of four when she began learning the piano. She graduated from the Royal College of Music in London and is currently pursuing her postgraduate studies there, studying a Master's degree in Music in Performance. 

Her achievements include winning the Gold Award in the solo piano competition at the 2017 British International Festival in Cardiff. In March 2024, she won the first prize in the Sevenoaks Young Musician of the Year Competition in the UK, as part of which she performed George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F major with the Lydian Orchestra at their December 2024 concert. Additionally, she earned the Gold Award in the Professional Artist Category Group A of the United Kingdom Division at the IPPA Conero International Piano Competition in May 2024.

Elfida Su Turan, violin

LSO Conservatoire Scholar 2025/26

Described as a violinist of exceptional artistry, Turkish violinist Elfida Su Turan is a winner of the International Haslemere Strings Competition, and is known for her technical precision and emotional depth. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music under the guidance of So-Ock Kim.

Her recent prizes include the RAM Concerto Competition, the Ilona Fehér Competition in Budapest, and first prize at the International Haslemere Strings Competition. She has received the ‘Future’s Women Stars’ Prize from the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts.

Radu-Gabriel Stoica, piano

LSO Conservatoire Scholar 2024/25

Born in Alexandria, Southern Romania, Radu-Gabriel Stoica started studying the piano at the age of seven. He is a C Bechstein scholar, supported by Mr Lewis and a 2024/25 LSO Conservatoire Scholarship holder, studying a Master's in Performance at the Royal College of Music in London, under the tutelage of Ian Jones, Dmitry Alexeev and Dorian Leljak.

Misha Kaploukhii, piano

LSO Conservatoire Scholar 2024/25

Misha Kaploukhii is a graduate of the Moscow Gnessin College of Music, where he studied under Mikhail Egiazaryan. He has completed his undergraduate studies at the Royal College of Music and is now pursuing a Master of Performance under the guidance of Professor Ian Jones. Misha’s studies are supported by many awards. He is honoured to be one of the recipients of the LSO Conservatoire Scholarships 2024/26 and is a Musicians’ Company Lambert Scholar, supported by the Maureen and Harold Adams Scholarship. Mikhail has also been awarded Hattori Foundation Senior Award 2025/26, an ABRSM Scholarship and grants from the Drake Calleja Trust and Eileen Rowe Musical Trust. His career is supported with the help of Keyboard Charitable Trust, the Razumovsky Trust, the Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation and Talent Unlimited.

Tannaz Beigi, harp

LSO Conservatoire Scholar 2025/26

Tannaz Beigi is a distinguished Iranian harpist and the first from her country to study harp at London’s Royal College of Music under the mentorship of Ieuan Jones. She recently completed her bachelor’s degree and will begin her Master’s at the RCM in September 2025 on a full scholarship, as an LSO Scholar and recipient of the Countess of Munster Musical Trust Award (2025/26).

At just 15, Tannaz made history performing Boieldieu’s Harp Concerto with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Shahrdad Rohani – the first performance of its kind in Iran since the revolution. She subsequently served as the orchestra’s harpist until 2021 and later returned as soloist in Debussy’s Danses sacrées et profanes.

THE MUSIC

Trad, as performed by In HIS Presence Gospel Choir Ride On King Jesus
Stephen Hurd Let It Rise
Bill Withers, Kirk Franklin and Skip Scarborough Lovely Day
Cody Carnes, Elevation Worship and Kari Jobe The Blessing
Richard Smallwood Total Praise
Kygo and Whitney Houston Higher Love

Clarence Hunte choir director
Peter Yarde Martin piano
Bukky Abdul, Erica Hesketh, Genia Da Silva, Magdalena Supel and Minnie Oliver soprano
Jade Elliot, Miriam Richardson-Eligon, Rachel Owusu-Agyei and Thea Smartt Henry alto
Alexis Constantinou, Antony Fernandopulle, Ethan Hackett and Moh D tenor

Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir

Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir (SSGC) is a London-based gospel choir committed to creating contemporary gospel music of the highest standard and performing it as widely as possible, especially in the places where gospel’s power to raise the human spirit is most needed.

Since the choir was founded in 2005, SSGC’s mission has been to spread a message of faith, hope and love through gospel music. They create performances full of life-affirming joy and soulful celebration, collaborating with other artists and art forms, and support work with a diverse range of like-minded churches, charities and communities.

SSGC has had the privilege of performing and ministering on many stages – whether intimate settings such as regular church services and events at St James’ Piccadilly and St-Martin-in-the-Fields, prison ministry or performing to larger live audiences at Christian festivals such as Greenbelt and Big Church Day Out.

SSGC’s reach also goes further into the world of studio recording, film and TV. They have provided vocals for the Rambert dance company’s production of Note To Self in 2021, the TV series The Chelsea Detective, the feature film Greatest Days and ITV’s Royal Christmas Concert alongside Freya Ridings in 2023 and JP Cooper in 2024. SSGC was also chosen by Mica Paris, Britain’s premier soul singer, to be her backing choir in the 2023 Festival of Remembrance on BBC 1 and on her 2020 maiden gospel album, Gospel.