Chineke! performs the first movement of Beethoven's Septet, Op. 20

Chineke! performs the first movement of Beethoven's Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 (Adagio - Allegro con brio)

In many ways, the Chineke! Orchestra is both simple and difficult to describe. Founded in 2015, the group’s rallying cry is that it’s “Europe’s first majority black and multi-ethnic orchestra” — as in, almost all the musicians in the (up to) 75-person ensemble are people of color. This extraordinary effort to explicitly provide career opportunities to black and multi-ethnic classical musicians (and build a world-class orchestra in the process) has attracted some major attention, not just in Europe, but internationally. The Chineke! Orchestra has already begun to build bridges to people and communities who otherwise feel like outsiders in the classical world.

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