ELENA URIOSTE & CHINEKE! ORCHESTRA

When Chi-chi Nwanoku, a double bass player with Nigerian roots, was asked by a 2014 inquiry of the British Ministry of Culture why there were hardly any Black musicians in orchestras, the artist was confronted with a state of affairs she had accepted as a given up to that point. Only a few days later, the idea for a foundation to support an ethnically diverse orchestra was born: Chineke!. This orchestra, which is special and outstanding in many ways and whose name stands for »God, creator of the world and goodness« in the Nigerian Igbo language, caused a stir when it made its debut at London’s Southbank Centre in 2015. Two years later, it was invited to the legendary BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Today, the ensemble tours international stages with great success and finally comes to the Dresdner Musikfestspiele, accompanied by the American violinist Elena Urioste as the soloist in Max Richter’s modern version of Vivaldi’s »Four Seasons«.

ELENA URIOSTE VIOLIN
ROSIE BERGONZI HANDPAN
CHINEKE! ORCHESTRA

Fela Şowándé »African Suite«
Cassie Kinoshi Handpan Concerto (world premiere)
Max Richter »The New Four Seasons. Vivaldi Recomposed«

»EXPERIENCE«
6:30 pmARTIST CONVERSATION WITH THE FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE CHINEKE! ORCHESTRA, CHI-CHI NWANOKU (KULTURPALAST, EVENT SPACE OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, 1ST FLOOR).
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