Last year I crossed paths with the inspiring young pianist and stage artist, Djuwa Mroivili! Djuwa is not only a talented and exciting musician but also someone very busy challenging the status quo and trying to make a societal difference with her art. Djuwa introduced me to a slew of classical composers whom I’d never heard of before but whose music was undeniably beautiful and before we knew it we had come up with a whole programme together that combined music by very well known composers like Brahms, Dvorak and Gershwin with some of their lesser-known (but no less worthy) contemporaries, Florence Price, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and William Grant Still.
Last week we had the pleasure of recording this programme together with record producer Jonathan Allen and I’m excited for you to hear the finished result later this year!