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Ethiopian Piano Music: Girma Yifrashewa plays Ambassel
βAmbasselβ from Piano Music from Ethiopia with Girma Yirfrashewa at the African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall, 2025.
Listen now: youtu.be/8f3ypoYtKq4?...
08.08.2025 15:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Thank you to everyone who supported the 7th African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall and to those who attended our concerts!
See you in 2026 for another special series of concerts on 21 March!
21.07.2025 13:36 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Cast of thousands* (*10) for this enticing βAfrican Odysseyβ programme, the finale to todayβs ace @africanseries.bsky.social day @wigmore-hall.org.uk. Excited to hear these performers back in this space!
19.07.2025 18:29 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Concert 2 of @africanseries.bsky.social was a gem - scintillating solo piano selections from Maria Thompson Corley with Nadine Benjamin guesting on some beautiful songs. Back tonight for part 3! @wigmore-hall.org.uk
19.07.2025 17:22 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Maria Thompson Corley & Nadine Benjamin are sound checking ahead of this afternoonβs concert at Wigmore Hall.
πΆ Join us for a programme of music by women composers of African descent starting at 3pm. β¨
19.07.2025 12:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Tunde Jegede, Jan Hendrickse and Vincent Ademola are sound checking ahead of this morningβs concert at @wigmore-hall.org.uk, starting a wonderful day of concerts.
πΆ Joins us from 11.30AM! β¨
19.07.2025 09:48 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Suitably tropical conditions (!) for @africanseries.bsky.social Day. Take shelter @wigmore-hall.org.uk: kora at 11.30, song at 3, chamber at 7.30. Get involved! (And dry!)
19.07.2025 08:18 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Thank you BBC Radio 3 for featuring us on In Tune ahead of our 19 July series at @wigmore-hall.org.uk
Did you hear @koroleko_moussa playing the balafon?
Join us for our concerts this Saturday!
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16.07.2025 19:58 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
BBC Radio 3 - In Tune, Live music at drivetime
With Gabriella Swallow, Alexandra Whittingham, Rebeca Omordia and Moussa Dembele.
Pianist Rebeca Omordia and balafon player Moussa Dembele are on BBC In Tune with Katie Derham this evening ahead of @africanseries.bsky.social at Wigmore Hall on Saturday πΆ
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16.07.2025 15:44 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
This just in from Gerald Eze πͺ
Gerald will perform on his α»jΓ as part of @africanseries.bsky.social this Saturday at Wigmore Hall πΆ
With three concerts throughout the day, join us for a celebration of music and musicians from Africa, as well as those of African heritage β¨
15.07.2025 14:54 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Meet the Artist:
Maria Thompson Corley, pianist & writer, ahead of her performance at @wigmore-hall.org.uk this Saturday!
14.07.2025 19:17 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Maria Thompson Corley, pianist & writer
βI make music in a way that I respect, sharing from the depths of my heart and soul.β
βI make music in a way that I respect, sharing from the depths of my heart and soul.β
#MeetTheArtist interview with Maria Thompson Corley, pianist & writer
meettheartist.online/2025/07/13/m...
13.07.2025 15:04 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
πΆ 19 July, 11.30AM at @wigmore-hall.org.uk
π Moon Waters with Tunde Jegede.
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17.06.2025 11:48 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
A new work by star- rising composer Nneka Cummmins, βJiri Agbaβ will be premiered at @wigmore-hall.org.uk by Ubuntu Ensemble on 19 July. Jiri Agba, in Nigerian Igbo language expresses the concept of colourful work.
Many thanks to Hinrichsen Foundation for supporting the development of this work.
10.06.2025 10:27 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Double bass virtuoso Leon Bosch introduces the Ubuntu Ensemble ahead of their performance at @wigmore-hall.org.uk on 19 July.
πΆ www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202... π« Β£5 under 35s [sing up first]
06.06.2025 08:51 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
African Classical Music at @wigmore-hall.org.uk !
ποΈ Join us as we return with another day of concerts on 19 July!
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04.06.2025 06:15 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
πΆ Acclaimed Nigerian artist Gerald Eze, known as Ogbu-α»jΓ , master performer of the α»jΓ performs at the series on
ποΈ Saturday, 19 July, 7.30pm at @wigmore-hall.org.uk alongside @richardolatunde.bsky.social
@rebecaomordia.bsky.social & Ubuntu Ensemble
π« www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...
23.05.2025 07:53 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
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.
12.05.2025 05:06 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
πΆ Sat, 19 July, 3pm @wigmore-hall.org.uk
Maria Thompson Corley performs her own music as well as piano works & songs by female composers of African descent, she will be joined by soprano Nadine Benjamin.
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02.05.2025 09:39 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
βSanctuaryβ by Maria Thompson Corley combines her own arrangements of Spirituals, βI Want Jesus to Walk With Meβ and βMotherless Child,β while featuring other thematic material.
02.05.2025 09:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
African Women | Saturday, 19 July, 3.00PM @wigmore-hall.org.uk
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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30.04.2025 12:01 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
βRaging Riverβ from 24 Studies in African Rhythms by Fred Onovwerosuoke with added percussion! Great working with Moussa Dembele on this project! #africanpianism
06.04.2025 09:32 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
πΆ Saturday, 19 July: The African Concert Series at @wigmore-hall.org.uk
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05.04.2025 08:30 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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