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| Cyrill Ibrahim |
From September 2025, pianist Cyrill Ibrahim will be the new artist in residence at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens. A firm believer in bringing classical music into the mainstream, Ibrahim will support World Heart Beat’s mission to make music accessible to all, enriching lives. He will be taking part in series of immersive performances in both the auditorium and communal café at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens. He will also be taking part in masterclasses, mentoring and other engagement opportunities over the course of the year. Ibrahim will be joining existing artist in residence and patron, Julian Joseph, virtuoso pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, broadcaster.
On 26 September 2025, Ibrahim will be joining soprano Simona Mihai for Harmonie du Soir a recital in World Heart Beat’s Season of the Song concert series. The concert is inspired by Charles Baudelaire’s poem, Harmonie du Soir, published in his 1857 collection Les Fleurs du mal. The recital interweaves solo piano works by Liszt, Debussy, Philip Glass and two new commissions alongside Simona Mihai performing Liszt’s Tre sonetti di Petrarca.
World Heart Beat’s Season of the Song runs from September until the end of December, and will be an inspiring and immersive concert season celebrating the human voice in all its expressive beauty—across opera, jazz, folk, world, and contemporary music.
Wandsworth-based World Heart Beat Music Academy was founded in 2009 to meet the need for affordable music education, from grassroots to professional level, for South Londoners, no matter what their age, background or skills, and known for its inclusive global music programmes, youth-led approach, and contribution to a more diverse and representative music sector. In 2023, World Heart Beat opened World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, a state-of-the-art digital music education and concert venue in Nine Elms, featuring a 200-capacity auditorium and industry-standard recording studio.
Full details from World Heart Beat’s website.
