Europe’s first majority black orchestra makes US debut

After more than three decades in the classical music industry, British double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku began grappling with the question that had troubled her for years: Why was she consistently the only black musician onstage? In 2015 she founded Chineke!, Europe’s first majority black and ethnically diverse professional orchestra, taking a leading role in creating a more diverse future for classical music.

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