Friday, June 5, 2020

The African Concert Series London - Online Edition 2020






































The African Concert Series London - Online Edition 2020

As a follow up to last year’s highly successful concert series of African music at the October Gallery and at The Africa Centre, award-winning pianist Rebeca Omordia has now organised a week of similar concerts for Lockdown on the African Series Facebook page. This will feature performances by well-known and established artists from Nigeria, the UK, Morocco and America performing classical music from Africa.

The series will begin with Nigerian/Ghanaian composer and pianist Fred Onovwerosuoke and his wife flautist Wendy Hymes playing African Art music direct from St Lous USA; followed by Nigeria’s leading tenor Jo Oparamanuike, accompanied by Babatunde Sosan, the third in his family to be organist at Christ Church, Lagos, who will stream from Nigeria; then comes South African virtuoso bass player Leon Bosch playing music featured on his CD The South African Double Bass; Glen Inanga streaming Nigerian piano music from the Cayman Islands; acclaimed Moroccan pianist Marouan Benabdallah playing piano music from the Arab world streaming from Hungary; and finally from London, Rebeca Omordia herself concluding the series, playing Nigerian music from her highly acclaimed CD EKELE.

The complete African Concert Series, Online Edition 2020 is as follows:

22 June - African Art Music for Flute, Wendy Hymes flute, Fred Onovwerosuoke, piano
23 June - African Art Song, Jo Oparamanuike, tenor, Babatunde Sosan, piano
24 June - The South African Double Bass, Leon Bosch, double bass
25 June - Nigerian Odyssey: Piano Music from Nigeria, Glen Inanga piano 
26 June - Woodwind Quintets by African Composers, IMI Chamber Players 
27 June - Arabesque: Piano Music from the Arab World, Marouan Benabdallah, piano 
28 June - Organ Recital, Babatunde Sosan,organ
29 June - EKELE: Piano Music by African Composers, Rebeca Omordia, piano 

The music will be streamed live or pre-recorded especially for this programme and it will be broadcast live on The African Concert Series Facebook page on the scheduled dates at 6pm (GMT+1) London time. 


With thanks and best wishes,

Eni Fashanu

Fourchiefs Media Classical












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