They were the first to hear composer Edmond Dédé ... States – in the person of Dédé – Black people were (already) participating in classical music.” Dédé grew up in a New Orleans ...

Alberga is a composer of great ... of public focus on music by women and by composers of diverse backgrounds. “The interest in women and the interest in Black people” has been making a ...

To mark Black History Month – as well as the Chineke! Orchestra’s Black Legacies concert, available on BBC Sounds – we explore the profound contribution black composers are making to ...