Chineke! Orchestra
‘It’s my age that’s the talking point’: Toks Dada the Southbank’s head of classical music
With its new season opening this weekend, the Southbank Centre’s 32-year-old leader talks about how he’s shaping the venue to reflect classical music today, the magic of live music, and the challenge of keeping the lights – and the heating – on
Erica Jeal
21, Sep, 2022 @3:43 PM
Lucerne festival 2022 review – strength through diversity
From Chineke! to a beguiling Golda Schultz, the Swiss fixture made a bold and varied return, but the Vienna Phil stole the show
Fiona Maddocks
10, Sep, 2022 @11:00 AM
The week in classical: Chineke! Orchestra; Alcina – review
A once-lost work by Florence Price soars in the hands of Jeneba Kanneh-Mason. And minimalist Handel with thrills to spare
Fiona Maddocks
28, Aug, 2021 @11:30 AM
Fate Now Conquers: Kanneh-Mason/Chineke!/Edusei review – fine sounds of celebration
Chineke! Orchestra had the deserved honour of welcoming audiences back to the venue, with work inspired by BLM protests and a swashbuckling finale
Erica Jeal
30, May, 2021 @6:50 PM
Let’s not ‘get back to normal’: the Southbank Centre will reflect our changed world
From postponed Meltdowns to melted icecream, shutting down an 11-acre multi-venue site has made for a challenging 15 months at London’s Southbank Centre. But, as it reopens, there have been gains as well as losses
Gillian Moore
25, May, 2021 @1:24 PM
Chineke! Orchestra review – broadening horizons
A spirited revival for the work of an African American composer of the 30s; and a turbulent Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Fiona Maddocks
03, Oct, 2020 @11:00 AM
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History review – challenging orchestrated racism
From Chevalier De Saint-Georges to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, black classical musicians and composers have been largely written out of the canon. This fascinating one-off asks why
Phil Harrison
27, Sep, 2020 @9:30 PM
Home Listening: Rhian Samuel, Chineke! Orchestra and Beethoven Unleashed
Welsh composer Rhian Samuel features on two fine new discs; six composers impress on Chineke!’s latest; and Beethoven’s epic 1808 concert revisited
Fiona Maddocks
19, Jan, 2020 @5:30 AM
Classical music is overwhelmingly white and male. My orchestra shows that can change | Chi-chi Nwanoku
This year’s Proms include too few female and BME composers and musicians, says Chi-chi Nwanoku, founder of Europe’s first majority BME orchestra
Chi-chi Nwanoku
26, Jul, 2019 @3:10 PM
The week in classical: Chineke!; Steve Reich’s Different Trains; LPO: Perséphone – review
Chineke! reopened the refurbished Queen Elizabeth Hall in celebratory style, closely followed by trains, a dame and yawning schoolboys
Fiona Maddocks
15, Apr, 2018 @6:30 AM
RSPO/Oramo/Chineke!/Edusei review – rounded, exquisite, played to perfection
A stellar performance by Renée Fleming and the first appearance by the BAME Chineke! Orchestra made Proms 61 and 62 a privilege to attend
Martin Kettle
31, Aug, 2017 @1:49 PM
Hannah Kendall: ‘I’m a millennial composer! I have to make money to survive’
The composer on her forthcoming Proms debut, her jazz musician grandfather – and her dream collaborator…
Interview by Fiona Maddocks
20, Aug, 2017 @8:00 AM
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