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The African Concert Series

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The world's first ever African Concert Series. A celebration of African Art Composers and African Classical Music. Resident series at Wigmore Hall.

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Spectacular climax to The African Concert Series Wigmore Hall with Tunde Jegede & the African Classical Music Ensemble: spellbinding solo kora work by Jegede himself, with thrilling traditional & contemporary rep for the band. Brilliant, brilliant day.

Spectacular climax to <a href="/AfricanSeries/">The African Concert Series</a> <a href="/wigmore_hall/">Wigmore Hall</a> with Tunde Jegede &amp; the African Classical Music Ensemble: spellbinding solo kora work by Jegede himself, with thrilling traditional &amp; contemporary rep for the band. Brilliant, brilliant day.
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The 7th African Concert Series began yesterday at Wigmore Hall feat. piano music from Ethiopia with Girma Yifrashewa, traditional music from Gambia with Tunde Jegede & The African Classical Ensemble and Violin Music of the African Diaspora with Aisha Syed Castro & Rebeca Omordia

The 7th African Concert Series began yesterday at <a href="/wigmore_hall/">Wigmore Hall</a> feat. piano music from Ethiopia with Girma Yifrashewa, traditional music from Gambia with Tunde Jegede &amp; The African Classical Ensemble and Violin Music of the African Diaspora with Aisha Syed Castro &amp; Rebeca Omordia
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« Soirée au Hoggar » from Miniatures Algériennes by Salim Dada, inspired by “Tindi”, a traditional rhythm played by Tuareg women on a camel-skin drum stretched over a hollowed-out gourd. #algerian #africanpianism SOMM RECORDINGS

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Thank you Adrian Ainsworth for this piece on the African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall and for reviewing our 15 March concerts! 👓 Read More at the link below artmuselondon.com/2025/03/24/new…

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“Raging River” from 24 Studies in African Rhythms by Fred Onovwerosuoke with added percussion! Great working with Moussa Dembele on this project! #africanpianism

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African Women | Saturday, 19 July, 3.00PM Wigmore Hall Jamaica-born pianist, composer, writer and poet Maria Thompson Corley has spent her career promoting women composers of African descent both in concert and on record. She will be joined by soprano Nadine Benjamin.

African Women | Saturday, 19 July, 3.00PM <a href="/wigmore_hall/">Wigmore Hall</a> 
Jamaica-born pianist, composer, writer and poet Maria Thompson Corley has spent her career promoting women composers of African descent both in concert and on record. She will be joined by soprano Nadine Benjamin.
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“Sanctuary” by Maria Thompson Corley combines her own arrangements of Spirituals, “I Want Jesus to Walk With Me” and “Motherless Child,” while featuring other thematic material.

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🎶 Sat, 19 July, 3pm Wigmore Hall Maria Thompson Corley performs her own music as well as piano works and songs by female composers of African descent, she will be joined by soprano Nadine Benjamin. 🎫 £5 under 35s wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/20250…

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Honoured to give a lecture at the Wits University in Johannesburg today. African Pianism consists of a substantial piano repertoire with generations of composers writing major piano works.

Honoured to give a lecture at the Wits University in Johannesburg today. 
African Pianism consists of a substantial piano repertoire with generations of composers writing major piano works.
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🎶 Acclaimed Nigerian artist Gerald Eze, known as Ogbu-Ọjà, master performer of the Ọjà performs at the series on 🗓️ Saturday, 19 July, 7.30pm at Wigmore Hall alongside RichardOlatundeBaker Rebeca Omordia & Ubuntu Ensemble 🎫 wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/20250…