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Name: Rebeca Omordia
City/Place: London
Country: United Kingdom
Hometown: Craiova, Romania

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What's Up? "Rebeca Omordia is half Romanian, half Nigerian – and it’s a powerful combination! Rebeca’s technique knows no bounds but, more importantly, she plays with a depth of insight and understanding which is all too rare today."
- Julian Lloyd Webber, London Magazine

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Bio: London based award-winning Nigerian-Romanian pianist Rebeca Omordia was born in Romania to a Romanian mother and a Nigerian father. Having begun to establish a profile in her native country, she moved to the UK to study at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and later at Trinity College of Music in London. She holds Doctor in Music degree from the National University of Music in Bucharest, Romania.

Recently featured on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, and as Artist of the Month in the Classical Music Magazine, Rebeca Omordia is known as a vibrant, exciting virtuoso throughout the UK and overseas whose work has changed the face of classical music.

Described by the Guardian, Nigeria as “the pianist who cast a spell on Lagos”, in recent seasons Rebeca Omordia has toured Nigeria and the USA as a recitalist and she has performed as a soloist with MUSON (Musical Society of Nigeria) Symphony Orchestra and with Romanian National Radio Orchestra.

An “African classical music pioneer” (BBC World Service) , Rebeca released her CD “EKELE” in 2018, featuring piano music by African composers, described as an "appealing album" (BBC Music Magazine), "fascinating programme" (Gramophone Magazine) and “beautifully delivered recital" (The Sunday Times). In 2019 she launched world's first ever African Concert Series in London, a series of monthly concerts featuring music by African composers.

Rebeca Omordia has worked with an array of international musicians, including a three year- partnership with world renowned British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber; they toured the UK performing in venues such as the Wigmore Hall and Kings Place in London, at Highgrove, the residence of Prince of Wales, and they made live broadcasts for BBC Radio 3. Further musical partnerships have included performances and recordings for Meridian Records with South African double bass virtuoso Leon Bosch, a recording for English Music Records with cellist Joseph Spooner and collaborations with cellists Raphael Wallfisch, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber and Chineke! Chamber ensemble. Rebeca's CD with British pianist Mark Bebbington, “The Piano Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams”, reached no. 3 in the UK’s Specialist Classical Music Chart. Rebeca’s arrangement for cello and harp of “Seal Lullaby” by Grammy-winning American composer Eric Whitacre was released on Deutsche Grammophon.

Rebeca was a jury member in the 13th HRH Princess Lalla Meryem International Piano Competition in Rabat, Morocco.

In 2016 she was awarded the Honorary Membership Award from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for her services to music.

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Rebeca Omordia introduces The African Concert Series 2019
An overview of The African Concert Series 2019 The first ever African music series featuring African Art Music at the October Gallery, London, the richly diverse genre of music which forms a bridge between Western classical music and African traditional...
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