🎶 Rehearsals are underway for the African Songs concert with soprano Gweneth Ann Rand and pianist Allyson Devenish. Stay tuned as we share our journey of learning a rich and diverse collection of songs in preparation for the performance at @wigmore-hall.org.uk on 21 March. #africanartsong

⛏️🪕African Instrument Making Series : the making of the #Kenyan nyatiti (part 2) by Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno. #nyatiti #africaninstrumentmaking

⛏️🪘African Instrument-Making Series 🎶 Discover the West African Balafon Making with Koroleko Moussa. #africaninstrumentmaking #balafon

The African Concert Series is both deeply personal and expansive in scope, it bridges cultures by presenting Africa’s musical richness alongside Western classical traditions, promoting collaborations between African & diaspora artists, sharing new sounds & stories with audiences.

A supporter of the African Concert Series since its inception, we are honoured to have his continued support alongside Professor Emeritus Julian Lloyd Webber, as we celebrate and promote African classical music! 🎶 Read more about this appointment here🔗 theafricanconcertseries.co.uk/2026/01/09/1...

We are thrilled to welcome Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE as a Patron of the African Concert Series!

I’m honoured and excited! #AfricanClassicalMusic

Spotted in Wigmore Hall’s 2025/26 brochure 👀 The African Concert Series 🎶. Full line-up of concerts at the link in comments. 🔗👇 #africanclassicalmusic #theafricanconcertseries #africanartmusic @wigmore-hall.org.uk @leonenriquebosch.bsky.social

For me, AFRICAN PIANISM was not a formal academic term I studied as a child, but rather a lived experience of my heritage that I later reconciled with my Western classical training. Read more 👇

Grâce à @rebecaomordia.bsky.social , je découvre sur Idagio le répertoire africain, en matière de musique classique app.idagio.com/albums/afric...

@rebecaomordia.bsky.social I will be able to discover your talent app.idagio.com/profiles/reb...

🎹 African Pianism🌍 Piano music rooted in African classical & contemporary traditions. Coined by Nigerian composer Akin Euba, expanded by 20th‑century composers of the Schools of African Art Music into a rich, diverse piano repertoire. #AfricanPianism #GlobalClassical

Holding on so tight to the good stuff right now

African Pianism belongs on major concert stages. In 2026, my work continues to focus on performance, curation, and canon expansion.

✍️Thank you Andrew Plant for this wonderful review of my John Ireland Resonus Classics album in the British Music Society’s Journal. “[Omordia’s] presentations of Ireland reveal fresh beauties in this remarkable music … A highly recommended issue, and an excellent introduction to Ireland’s oeuvre”.

🎥A short documentary about my journey performing John Ireland’s piano music coinciding with the release of John Ireland’s Piano Works 💿 on Resonus Classics.

Superb evening! Especially pleased to discover composers Majoie Hajary & Ludovic Lamothe.

Collecting a new venue tonight - the Dutch Centre - for ‘The Black Mozart and other Forgotten Composers’, with speaker Orville Breeveld giving us an insight into the lives of these lost artists, & @rebecaomordia.bsky.social bringing their works back to us.

Discover African Pianism album series, a rich and diverse genre that has been historically underappreciated. The series showcases a wide variety of African art music, the intersection of Western classical music and traditional African music, demonstrating how the piano can express African idioms.

Little Missenden Festival starts on Friday! We are excited to welcome an array of performers including @rebecaomordia.bsky.social @stileantico.co.uk Full details at www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...

You can listen now to the beautiful ‘April’ by John Ireland from my upcoming album on Resonus Classics on @Spotify or wherever you get your music👉🎶https://orcd.co/3akr2pa

African Pianism as exemplified in Igbo music in this Igbo dance for piano by Christian Onyeji from Nigeria, performed with Ogbu oja Gerald Eze at the @africanseries.bsky.social @wigmore-hall.org.uk! #igbomusic #africanpianism

Tuesday 7 October African Pianism recital at Little Missenden Festival. Catch me play piano music by composers of the African art music schools as well as new discoveries from the African diaspora. ℹ️🎫https://www.little-missenden.org/2025-programme/rebeca-omordia.html

Listen now on @redditapplemusic.bsky.social #applemusicclassical or wherever you get your music👉https://orcd.co/elmvbo0

A wonderful artist in glorious repertoire!

Great joy to bring to the world a very special project - my new solo album Piano Works by British composer John Ireland, out on Resonus Classics on 17 October! Watch this space.

Less than a month to go before this year's festival. We look forward to welcoming @piattiquartet.bsky.social @rebecaomordia.bsky.social @stileantico.co.uk and many other amazing performers. Details and tickets at www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...

Gorgeous piece of music by Ayo Bankole, brought to us by the awesome @rebecaomordia.bsky.social

Nigerian composer Ayo Bankole explores African Pianism beautifully in ‘Egun Variations’ based on an Egun theme of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. 🎥Video courtesy of Onassis Stegi, Athens, part of my African Pianism recital programme.

Exploring African Pianism - I enjoyed writing this article for the Gramophone magazine exploring the African piano repertoire and highlighting techniques of African pianism. 👓 www.gramophone.co.uk/features/art...

Jamaican Medley (excerpt) by Eleanor Alberga performed by Maria Thompson Corley | African Women at The African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall 2025. #womencomposers #jamaican

Glorious ✨🎶Psalm to Windrush by Shirley J Thompson performed by Nadine Benjamin soprano & Maria Thompson Corley piano | African Women at The African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall 2025.

Happy birthday John Ireland! English composer John Ireland was born on this day in 1879, a significant figure in 20th-century British music known for his many piano pieces and distinctly English musical style. Here’s a snippet of The Island Spell from Decorations.

Friends' priority booking opens today! See www.little-missenden.org/2025-program... for details of this year's wonderful programme including @stileantico.co.uk and @piattiquartet.bsky.social General booking opens on 18th August.

Another superb @africanseries.bsky.social day @wigmore-hall.org.uk draws to a close. Lovely programme tonight shuffling combinations of African & Western instruments to life-affirming effect. 🙏 💐 to @rebecaomordia.bsky.social for impeccable piano / curation / organisation skills!

Thank you to everyone who supported the 7th African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall and to those who attended our concerts! See you in 2026 for another special series of concerts on 21 March!

🗞️African Pianism Review in Nottingham Post of my recital with Moussa Dembele at Nottingham Chamber Music Festival! www.pressreader.com/uk/nottingha...

If you can't wait until October to hear Rebeca Omordia at Little Missenden, you can hear her @wigmore-hall.org.uk on July 19th as part of the African Concert Series. See www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...

Meet the Artist: Maria Thompson Corley, pianist & writer, ahead of her performance at @wigmore-hall.org.uk this Saturday!

Hello South Yorkshire! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 At Bradfield Festival of Music playing a British Music programme by Bliss, John Ireland & Vaughan Williams, solo and with wonderful colleagues Mark Bebbington & Chu-Yu Yang.

🎶 19 July, 11.30AM at @wigmore-hall.org.uk 🌗 Moon Waters with Tunde Jegede. 🎫 £5 under 35s www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...

And if you happen to be in Norfolk on Saturday 14th June, Rebeca Omordia and I will perform a recital of music by Beethoven, Philip Herbert, Ivor Hodgson and my transcriptions of 18 Negro Spirituals for double bass and piano. musicintheburnhams.com/whats-coming...

Double bass virtuoso Leon Bosch introduces the Ubuntu Ensemble ahead of their performance at @wigmore-hall.org.uk on 19 July. 🎶 www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202... 🎫 £5 under 35s [sing up first]

African Classical Music at @wigmore-hall.org.uk ! 🗓️ Join us as we return with another day of concerts on 19 July! 🎫 £5 under 35s! www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/ser...

🎶 Acclaimed Nigerian artist Gerald Eze, known as Ogbu-Ọjà, master performer of the Ọjà performs at the series on 🗓️ Saturday, 19 July, 7.30pm at @wigmore-hall.org.uk alongside @richardolatunde.bsky.social @rebecaomordia.bsky.social & Ubuntu Ensemble 🎫 www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...

BBC Radio 3 Breakfast Now Playing Nabil Benabdeljalil & Rebeca Omordia Nocturne No.6 for piano

“One was struck, time and again, by her musical taste and technical refinement. Polished playing of the highest order was presented right through.” REVIEW African Pianism at Cape Town Concert Series by Albert Combrink Full review: weekendspecial.co.za/rebeca-omord...

Honoured to give a lecture at the Wits University in Johannesburg today. African Pianism consists of a substantial piano repertoire with generations of composers writing major piano works.

Thank you Cape Town Concert Series! So so special to play African Pianism here! So moved by the standing ovation! 🙏❤️❤️❤️

South African College of Music Honoured to present African Pianism at South African College of Music today - thank you Grant McLachlan for having me! Loved also hearing some lovely African piano pieces from the composition students.