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Chineke! Orchestra

Championing change and celebrating diversity in classical music

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Founded in 2015 by Chi-chi Nwanoku CBE, the Chineke! Orchestra is Europe’s first majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra.

‘That exclamation mark says it all. Chineke! likes to startle and amaze with the sheer joyousness of its music-making’

The Daily Telegraph

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Chineke! Orchestra

Synonymous with the Southbank Centre from the very beginning, Chineke! Orchestra launched right here, in our Queen Elizabeth Hall.

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