TheGuardian.com: Ten black composers whose works deserve to be heard more often [George Walker, born in 1922 and still working today]

Chi-chi Nwanoku

(Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi)

George Walker (b. 1922) 

has a website at http://georgetwalker.com/

and is featured at AfriClassical.com

On June 2, 2015 AfriClassical posted:

TheGuardian.com: Chi-chi Nwanoku: 'I want black musicians to walk on to the stage and know they belong' ['Chineke!' is 'Europe’s first professional black orchestra']

Composer George Walker sends the link for the related article, "Ten black composers whose works deserve to be heard more often," beginning with Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-99) and concluding with George Walker (b. 1922):

The Guardian

John Lewis

Tuesday 2 June 2015

"The newly formed Chineke orchestra aims to include a work by a composer of ethnicity in each of its concert programmes. John Lewis looks at some of the neglected writers whose music might finally get an airing"

"And George Walker, born in 1922 and still working today, was the first black American composer to win the Pulitzer prize for music (for Lilacs, a piece for voice and orchestra, in 1996). However, for all his acclaim, he still remains a cult figure in the world of contemporary composition."

Comments by email:

1) So happy about all of this activity we are generating here in UK, about time! Thank you.  Best wishes,  Chi-chi  [Chi-chi Nwanoku] 

2) Thank you, Bill.  George  [George Walker]