The African Concert Series
@africanseries.bsky.social
🪘🪈🎶The world's first ever home for African and Black classical music.
📍Wigmore Hall, London
📍Wigmore Hall, London
⛏️🪘African Instrument-Making Series 🎶
Discover the West African Balafon Making with Koroleko Moussa.
#africaninstrumentmaking #balafon
Discover the West African Balafon Making with Koroleko Moussa.
#africaninstrumentmaking #balafon
January 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
⛏️🪘African Instrument-Making Series 🎶
Discover the West African Balafon Making with Koroleko Moussa.
#africaninstrumentmaking #balafon
Discover the West African Balafon Making with Koroleko Moussa.
#africaninstrumentmaking #balafon
⛏️🪘African Instrument-Making Series 🎶
Richard Olatunde Baker shows us how the Yoruba talking drum comes to life.
#africaninstrumentmaking #talkingdrum @richardolatunde.bsky.social
Richard Olatunde Baker shows us how the Yoruba talking drum comes to life.
#africaninstrumentmaking #talkingdrum @richardolatunde.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
⛏️🪘African Instrument-Making Series 🎶
Richard Olatunde Baker shows us how the Yoruba talking drum comes to life.
#africaninstrumentmaking #talkingdrum @richardolatunde.bsky.social
Richard Olatunde Baker shows us how the Yoruba talking drum comes to life.
#africaninstrumentmaking #talkingdrum @richardolatunde.bsky.social
Reposted by The African Concert Series
The African Concert Series is both deeply personal and expansive in scope, it bridges cultures by presenting Africa’s musical richness alongside Western classical traditions, promoting collaborations between African & diaspora artists, sharing new sounds & stories with audiences.
January 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM
The African Concert Series is both deeply personal and expansive in scope, it bridges cultures by presenting Africa’s musical richness alongside Western classical traditions, promoting collaborations between African & diaspora artists, sharing new sounds & stories with audiences.
Reposted by The African Concert Series
It’s been a joy to curate The African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall - 2026 Season.
🎶 🗓️ www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/ser...
🎶 🗓️ www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/ser...
The African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall
Devoted to celebrating music and musicians from Africa, as well those of African heritage, inspired and created by pianist Rebeca Omordia
www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
January 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM
It’s been a joy to curate The African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall - 2026 Season.
🎶 🗓️ www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/ser...
🎶 🗓️ www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/ser...
Reposted by The African Concert Series
We are thrilled to welcome Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE as a Patron of the African Concert Series!
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
We are thrilled to welcome Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE as a Patron of the African Concert Series!
January 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
We are thrilled to welcome Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE as a Patron of the African Concert Series!
Reposted by The African Concert Series
Spotted in Wigmore Hall’s 2025/26 brochure 👀
The African Concert Series 🎶.
Full line-up of concerts at the link in comments. 🔗👇
#africanclassicalmusic #theafricanconcertseries #africanartmusic @wigmore-hall.org.uk @leonenriquebosch.bsky.social
The African Concert Series 🎶.
Full line-up of concerts at the link in comments. 🔗👇
#africanclassicalmusic #theafricanconcertseries #africanartmusic @wigmore-hall.org.uk @leonenriquebosch.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Spotted in Wigmore Hall’s 2025/26 brochure 👀
The African Concert Series 🎶.
Full line-up of concerts at the link in comments. 🔗👇
#africanclassicalmusic #theafricanconcertseries #africanartmusic @wigmore-hall.org.uk @leonenriquebosch.bsky.social
The African Concert Series 🎶.
Full line-up of concerts at the link in comments. 🔗👇
#africanclassicalmusic #theafricanconcertseries #africanartmusic @wigmore-hall.org.uk @leonenriquebosch.bsky.social
Reposted by The African Concert Series
African Pianism belongs on major concert stages. In 2026, my work continues to focus on performance, curation, and canon expansion.
January 2, 2026 at 10:32 PM
African Pianism belongs on major concert stages. In 2026, my work continues to focus on performance, curation, and canon expansion.
Reposted by The African Concert Series
🎹 African Pianism🌍
Piano music rooted in African classical & contemporary traditions. Coined by Nigerian composer Akin Euba, expanded by 20th‑century composers of the Schools of African Art Music into a rich, diverse piano repertoire.
#AfricanPianism #GlobalClassical
Piano music rooted in African classical & contemporary traditions. Coined by Nigerian composer Akin Euba, expanded by 20th‑century composers of the Schools of African Art Music into a rich, diverse piano repertoire.
#AfricanPianism #GlobalClassical
January 4, 2026 at 11:12 AM
🎹 African Pianism🌍
Piano music rooted in African classical & contemporary traditions. Coined by Nigerian composer Akin Euba, expanded by 20th‑century composers of the Schools of African Art Music into a rich, diverse piano repertoire.
#AfricanPianism #GlobalClassical
Piano music rooted in African classical & contemporary traditions. Coined by Nigerian composer Akin Euba, expanded by 20th‑century composers of the Schools of African Art Music into a rich, diverse piano repertoire.
#AfricanPianism #GlobalClassical
☔️☔️ African Art Song: “Ojo Maa Ro” (Let it Rain!) by Ayo Bankole
🎤Omo Bello
🎹 Rebeca Omordia 🪘 Richard Olatunde Baker
🎤Omo Bello
🎹 Rebeca Omordia 🪘 Richard Olatunde Baker
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
☔️☔️ African Art Song: “Ojo Maa Ro” (Let it Rain!) by Ayo Bankole
🎤Omo Bello
🎹 Rebeca Omordia 🪘 Richard Olatunde Baker
🎤Omo Bello
🎹 Rebeca Omordia 🪘 Richard Olatunde Baker
Akin Euba (1935–2020) was a distinguished Nigerian composer, musicologist, and pianist known as the pioneer of “African Pianism” and “creative ethnomusicology”. His work uniquely blended traditional African musical elements, especially Yoruba rhythms, with Western classical music techniques.
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Akin Euba (1935–2020) was a distinguished Nigerian composer, musicologist, and pianist known as the pioneer of “African Pianism” and “creative ethnomusicology”. His work uniquely blended traditional African musical elements, especially Yoruba rhythms, with Western classical music techniques.
Samuel Akpabot - Akwa-Ibom (1932–2000) was a renowned Nigerian composer, ethnomusicologist, author, and sports journalist. He is known for blending African traditional music and Western classical styles in his compositions, most notably his orchestral works.
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Samuel Akpabot - Akwa-Ibom (1932–2000) was a renowned Nigerian composer, ethnomusicologist, author, and sports journalist. He is known for blending African traditional music and Western classical styles in his compositions, most notably his orchestral works.
FELA SOWANDE (1905–1987)
ℹ️A prominent Nigerian musician, composer, organist, and educator, widely regarded as the “father of modern Nigerian art music”, his works effectively blending Western classical techniques with traditional African, particularly Yoruba, melodies and rhythms.
ℹ️A prominent Nigerian musician, composer, organist, and educator, widely regarded as the “father of modern Nigerian art music”, his works effectively blending Western classical techniques with traditional African, particularly Yoruba, melodies and rhythms.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
FELA SOWANDE (1905–1987)
ℹ️A prominent Nigerian musician, composer, organist, and educator, widely regarded as the “father of modern Nigerian art music”, his works effectively blending Western classical techniques with traditional African, particularly Yoruba, melodies and rhythms.
ℹ️A prominent Nigerian musician, composer, organist, and educator, widely regarded as the “father of modern Nigerian art music”, his works effectively blending Western classical techniques with traditional African, particularly Yoruba, melodies and rhythms.
Part of our African flute series, the ọjà flute of the Igbo people of Nigeria plays a central role in their social, cultural & spiritual events. It is considered the “soul” of Igbo cultural music and is a key communication tool, often referred to as a “talking instrument”.
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Part of our African flute series, the ọjà flute of the Igbo people of Nigeria plays a central role in their social, cultural & spiritual events. It is considered the “soul” of Igbo cultural music and is a key communication tool, often referred to as a “talking instrument”.
🎶 Flautist Rowland Sutherland plays Okwanjula Kw’Endere (Introduction of the Flute) by composer Justinian Tamusuza (b. 1951, Uganda) 🇺🇬part of Music from East Africa Concert at @wigmore_hall on 21 March 2026.
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🎶 Flautist Rowland Sutherland plays Okwanjula Kw’Endere (Introduction of the Flute) by composer Justinian Tamusuza (b. 1951, Uganda) 🇺🇬part of Music from East Africa Concert at @wigmore_hall on 21 March 2026.
When the European flute is used to express certain features of African traditional music, creating a new genre - African art music for flute, a blend of Western classical music and African traditional music. Nigerian composer Akin Euba is a leading figure of the Nigerian School of art music.
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
When the European flute is used to express certain features of African traditional music, creating a new genre - African art music for flute, a blend of Western classical music and African traditional music. Nigerian composer Akin Euba is a leading figure of the Nigerian School of art music.
The Fula flute, European flute and the balafon are increasingly found in cross-genre music,often in fusion collaborations that blend traditional West African music with Western styles, bridging the traditional West African scales with the chromatic possibilities of Western instruments.
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Fula flute, European flute and the balafon are increasingly found in cross-genre music,often in fusion collaborations that blend traditional West African music with Western styles, bridging the traditional West African scales with the chromatic possibilities of Western instruments.
Reposted by The African Concert Series
🪈🎶 Baba Gallé Kanté plays the Fula flute. Considered the national instrument of the Fulani people of West Africa, the Fula flute holds significant cultural value, used in traditional music for storytelling, ceremonies, and connecting with ancestral traditions.
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🪈🎶 Baba Gallé Kanté plays the Fula flute. Considered the national instrument of the Fulani people of West Africa, the Fula flute holds significant cultural value, used in traditional music for storytelling, ceremonies, and connecting with ancestral traditions.
⭐️ Can you name African flutes? ⭐️
🪈The flute holds great significance in Africa for its roles in communication, spiritual practices and cultural expression.
⚱𓂀⚒🏺Flutes in Africa have a long history, with evidence of bone and reed flutes dating back to the Later Stone Age.
🪈The flute holds great significance in Africa for its roles in communication, spiritual practices and cultural expression.
⚱𓂀⚒🏺Flutes in Africa have a long history, with evidence of bone and reed flutes dating back to the Later Stone Age.
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
⭐️ Can you name African flutes? ⭐️
🪈The flute holds great significance in Africa for its roles in communication, spiritual practices and cultural expression.
⚱𓂀⚒🏺Flutes in Africa have a long history, with evidence of bone and reed flutes dating back to the Later Stone Age.
🪈The flute holds great significance in Africa for its roles in communication, spiritual practices and cultural expression.
⚱𓂀⚒🏺Flutes in Africa have a long history, with evidence of bone and reed flutes dating back to the Later Stone Age.
Reposted by The African Concert Series
African Pianism as exemplified in Igbo music in this Igbo dance for piano by Christian Onyeji from Nigeria, performed with Ogbu oja Gerald Eze at the @africanseries.bsky.social @wigmore-hall.org.uk! #igbomusic #africanpianism
September 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
African Pianism as exemplified in Igbo music in this Igbo dance for piano by Christian Onyeji from Nigeria, performed with Ogbu oja Gerald Eze at the @africanseries.bsky.social @wigmore-hall.org.uk! #igbomusic #africanpianism
Reposted by The African Concert Series
🖼️🤔👓 New on ArtMuseLondon, my round-up of the most recent @africanseries.bsky.social day @wigmore-hall.org.uk, plus a look ahead to future events AND some listening recommendations. It’s all here…
artmuselondon.com/2025/09/02/t...
artmuselondon.com/2025/09/02/t...
Through roots: an African Concert Series update (and more)
This is a public service announcement! – an all-purpose post rounding up some recent African Concert Series activity, with a look ahead to some events and releases to come. The latest African…
artmuselondon.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
🖼️🤔👓 New on ArtMuseLondon, my round-up of the most recent @africanseries.bsky.social day @wigmore-hall.org.uk, plus a look ahead to future events AND some listening recommendations. It’s all here…
artmuselondon.com/2025/09/02/t...
artmuselondon.com/2025/09/02/t...
Reposted by The African Concert Series
Exploring African Pianism - I enjoyed writing this article for the Gramophone magazine exploring the African piano repertoire and highlighting techniques of African pianism.
👓 www.gramophone.co.uk/features/art...
👓 www.gramophone.co.uk/features/art...
August 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Exploring African Pianism - I enjoyed writing this article for the Gramophone magazine exploring the African piano repertoire and highlighting techniques of African pianism.
👓 www.gramophone.co.uk/features/art...
👓 www.gramophone.co.uk/features/art...
Jamaican Medley (excerpt) by Eleanor Alberga performed by Maria Thompson Corley | African Women at The African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall 2025.
#womencomposers #jamaican
#womencomposers #jamaican
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Jamaican Medley (excerpt) by Eleanor Alberga performed by Maria Thompson Corley | African Women at The African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall 2025.
#womencomposers #jamaican
#womencomposers #jamaican
Glorious ✨🎶Psalm to Windrush by Shirley J Thompson performed by Nadine Benjamin soprano & Maria Thompson Corley piano | African Women at The African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall 2025.
August 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Glorious ✨🎶Psalm to Windrush by Shirley J Thompson performed by Nadine Benjamin soprano & Maria Thompson Corley piano | African Women at The African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall 2025.
Dancing into the Bank Holiday weekend on Gambian rhythms. ✨🎶Tunde Jegede & the African Classical Music Ensemble | The African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall 2025
August 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Dancing into the Bank Holiday weekend on Gambian rhythms. ✨🎶Tunde Jegede & the African Classical Music Ensemble | The African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall 2025