IF MY DAYS ARE NUMBERED, I SHALL….

This is a piano Illuminologue by pianist and composer Julien Lee.

Piano Illuminologue — from illuminare (to bring light) and logos (speech, expression) — is a journey where sound becomes light and music becomes revelation. It is not merely a concert, but a dialogue between the soul and its own radiance — between the seen and the unseen. Through piano, electronic sound, and poetic storytelling, the artist becomes an “Illuminologue”: one who speaks through light.

In this chapter, If My Days Are Numbered, I Shall…, we follow a man who learns that his time is running out. Faced with death, he discovers an urgent tenderness for life — a longing to reach out to the one he once loved and lost. What begins as a search for reunion unfolds into something deeper and unforeseen: a confrontation with love itself, in its most fragile and luminous form.

Set within the stunning Grade I listed St. John the Baptist Church, Holland Road, London, this performance invites you into a journey that spans birth, passion, death, and resurrection. Through the lens of memory, intimacy, and raw humanity, Julien blends voice-note inspired narratives, classical piano, electronic textures, saxophone, violin, organ, and live improvisation to create a multi-sensory world where music, light, and imagery intertwine.

At the heart of the experience is the grand acoustic piano, the emotional anchor from beginning to end, weaving together the layers of sound, movement, and feelings. Narrations that carry the confessions, longing, and reflections of the performer, while live music, improvisational dance, and projections envelop the audience in a cycle of life and transcendence.

May this journey leave you the scents of graves and heaven, the sweat and mud of passion, the heat of the inferno, and the bliss of euphoria — a true ode to life.

Experience it live — feel the intensity, intimacy, and euphoria as a single, living story unfolds before you.

Instrumentation:

Grand Piano | Violin | Saxophone | Vocal | Improvisational Dance | Church Organ | Digital Synthesizers | Keyboard | Ableton Live Set with Launchpad & Controller | Live Soundscape

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About the artist

Julien Lee is a pianist poet, and electronic artist who resides in London. Born in Hong Kong in 1994. He started piano at the age of 6. When he was 18, in order to gain a new perspectives, he went to study cinematography in Beijing. After graduated from the film school, he took inspiration from the rebellious characters - the passion of youth has led him to start his wandering journey in the world.

He frequently performs in different important venues and occasions around London like at London fashion week, Royal St. Katherine Foundation, St Stephen Walbrook of the city of London, Armourer Hall at London wall, Queen Mary University, London Scottish House, St Michael’s Highgate, Hampstead Burgh house, as well performed abroad in Italy, Israel, Denmark, Hong Kong, Switzerland. His music has been featured on BBC radio and has over 100000 streams on Spotify. He has studied for three years at Jerusalem Academy of Music with leading Israeli pianist prof Yaron Rosenthal, who was a student of Murray Perahia. Throughout the years, Julien has developed his passion for Spanish classical piano repertoire, improvisation and chamber music. He has attended piano masterclass with many renowned pianist included prof. Norma Fisher from Royal college of Music in London, prof. Christian Pohl from the University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig, and Grammy nominated pianist Andrius Zlabys. Professor Yaron Rosenthal commented on his unique playing, ‘His ability in projecting deep emotions to audiences with nobility in his expressive playing regarding him as one of the most unique musicians I know’. He has recently studied with Prof. Mikhail Kazakevich from Trinity Conservatoire in London.

About the venue

St John the Baptist Church, Holland Road on Holland Road, a hidden masterpiece of Victorian Gothic. Built between 1872 and 1910 by the architect James Brooks, this Grade I listed church rises with cathedral-like ambition from its busy Kensington terrace, its West front crowned by a dramatic wheel window, soaring lancets, and flying buttresses.

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