Coffee Concert: Beatrice Nicholas

The American Piano concert showcases America's diverse musical and ethnic melting pot through accessible classical piano music and smatterings of jazz.

The concert represents both male and female African American, American Indian and European American composers with a mixture of familiar and new classical works for piano.Beatrice Nicholas takes the voltage of the concert grand and drives it beyond the expected grid.

A concert pianist with one hand in history and the other on the switch, she re-routes the circuitry of classical music - amplifying unheard voices, fusing classical and jazz, and re-charging the canon for both today's audiences and a newly connected generation.Rooted in the rigour of classical training, she performs internationally as both soloist and collaborator at leading venues including Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, Ronnie Scotts, Kings Place, Snape Maltings and Edinburgh Queen's Hall.

Whether performing as a solo artist at 10 Downing Street, in a broadcast on BBC Radio 3 or appearing on the Hollywood Blockbuster 'The Beekeeper' she stands at the forefront of a cultural shift within classical music.Beatrice's acclaimed release Black and Classical, throws a spotlight on music by Black women composers and was described by Bandcamp as a "stunning record".

The release led to her invitation to perform at 10 Downing Street in celebration of Black History Month 2025.

She is a champion of diversity in classical music and often performs works my black ethnic and First Nation composers in her concerts.