Chineke! Orchestra
British majority ethnically diverse professional orchestra / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the British orchestra. For the village in the Sakha Republic, see Chineke. For the Igbo deity, see Chukwu.
Chineke! Orchestra (/ˈtʃɪnɛkeɪ/[needs Igbo IPA]) is a British orchestra, the first professional orchestra in Europe to be made up of majority Black & ethnically diverse musicians. The word Chineke derives from the Igbo language meaning "God".[1] The orchestra was founded by musician Chi-chi Nwanoku CBE and their debut concert was in 2015 at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.