Rebeca Omordia is a pioneering virtuoso whose revelatory album African Pianism has changed the face of classical music. From a delicate Nocturne expressing Moroccan composer Nabil Benabdeljalil’s intense joy at roaming the Middle Atlas mountains after lockdown, to the pianistic recreation of Nigerian drum techniques by Christian Onyeji, and David Earl’s nostalgia for childhood fishing trips with his father in South Africa, this is ear- and eye-opening music.

African Pianism
Ayo Bankole Variations for Little Ayo / Egun Variations
Christian Onyeji Ufie, Igbo dance
Kwabena Nketia Volta Fantasy
Nabil Benabdeljalil Three Nocturnes
David Earl Scenes from a South African Childhood Princess Rainbow
Fred Onovwerosuoke Aye dance 1 / Aye dance 3 / Pende / Sanza / Raging River dance 2

Rebeca Omordia is a pioneering virtuoso whose revelatory album African Pianism has changed the face of classical music. From a delicate Nocturne expressing Moroccan composer Nabil Benabdeljalil’s intense joy at roaming the Middle Atlas mountains after lockdown, to the pianistic recreation of Nigerian drum techniques by Christian Onyeji, and David Earl’s nostalgia for childhood fishing trips with his father in South Africa, this is ear- and eye-opening music.

‘wild and shimmering piano gems’ The Guardian

‘Rebeca Omordia is half Romanian, half Nigerian – and it’s a powerful combination! Her technique knows no bounds but, more importantly, she plays with a depth of insight and understanding which is all too rare today’  Julian Lloyd Webber

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Tickets: £16, £5 (UNDER 18)