Chineke! Orchestra: An American in Paris
Southbank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall, SE1 8XX , [Venue Details]Sample a sonic menu of exquisite music from around the world, with Indian, Hungarian and American influences.
In the centenary year of his death, the orchestra begins with Charlestonian Rhapsody by Edmund Thornton Jenkins, an American composer who emigrated to London and found success as both a performer and composer.
Next up is music by Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist Award winner Jasdeep Singh Degun, whose concerto for sitar and orchestra, Arya, brings together Indian and European sounds.
‘It’s really not a matter of different worlds meeting,’ he reflects. ‘It’s just me: as much as I’m immersed in Indian classical music, I’m a product of this country; I’m a British composer.’
He wrote his sitar concerto during a residency at Benjamin Britten’s home in Aldeburgh, and his approach to music-making is always instinctive, organic and unprejudiced.
Then after the interval he rounds off his performance with another short piece combining the sitar with the western sounds of the orchestra in Lament.
Zoltan Kodály’s Dances of Galánta draws on folk songs of his motherland to paint the musical image of the small Hungarian market town of Galanta, famous for its gypsy band.
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Admission: To be confirmed
Performer name: Chineke! Orchestra
Other key names: Harish Shankar - conductor, Jasdeep Singh Degun - sitar
Age restriction: For ages 7+
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Chineke! Orchestra: An American in Paris
Friday, 30 Jan 2026 @7.30pm
Southbank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall, SE1 8XXMore Information
Sample a sonic menu of exquisite music from around the world, with Indian, Hungarian and American influences.
In the centenary year of his death, the orchestra begins with Charlestonian Rhapsody by Edmund Thornton Jenkins, an American composer who emigrated to London and found success as both a performer and composer.
Next up is music by Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist Award winner Jasdeep Singh Degun, whose concerto for sitar and orchestra, Arya, brings together Indian and European sounds.
‘It’s really not a matter of different worlds meeting,’ he reflects. ‘It’s just me: as much as I’m immersed in Indian classical music, I’m a product of this country; I’m a British composer.’
He wrote his sitar concerto during a residency at Benjamin Britten’s home in Aldeburgh, and his approach to music-making is always instinctive, organic and unprejudiced.
Then after the interval he rounds off his performance with another short piece combining the sitar with the western sounds of the orchestra in Lament.
Zoltan Kodály’s Dances of Galánta draws on folk songs of his motherland to paint the musical image of the small Hungarian market town of Galanta, famous for its gypsy band.
Admission: To be confirmed
Performer name: Chineke! Orchestra
Other key names: Harish Shankar - conductor, Jasdeep Singh Degun - sitar
Age restriction: For ages 7+
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