Chi-chi Nwanoku
Born: 1st June 1956, Fulham, London, England
Nationality: British
Artist's website: https://www.chi-chinwanoku.com
Chinyere Adah "Chi-chi" Nwanoku is a British double bassist and professor of Historical Double Bass Studies at the Royal Academy of Music. Nwanoku was a founder member and principal bassist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, a position she held for 30 years.
Of Nigerian and Irish descent, she is the founder and Artistic Director of the Chineke!
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Obituary,
Benjamin Luxon (1937-2024)
The Cornish baritone, who created the title-role in Britten's Owen Wingrave and excelled in English song repertoire, has died aged 87.
Interview,
Chi-chi Nwanoku on Chineke!'s debut recording
David talks to the orchestra's founder about their first album, and about the relationship between European and non-European musical styles in Dvorak's famous 'New World' Symphony.