Arts-In-The-Heart 2024

January 19, 2024 – Amadi Azikiwe, Violist-Violinist with Javacya Elite Chamber Orchestra -Works by Florence Price, Saint-Georges, DaSean Stokes and Mozart  7:30 p.m. – St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral – Theme: The Truth About Black Composers Past and Present

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INFORMATION ABOUT ARTIST:
Amadi Azikiwe has been heard in recitals in major cities throughout the United States and abroad. Currently, Azikiwe is the Music Director of the Harlem Symphony Orchestra, the Community Engagement Director of the Harlem Chamber Players, and a member of the Pressenda Chamber Players.

“I have no doubt that Amadi Azikiwe will be a great addition to our faculty. An extremely well regarded artist and educator, Amadi brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that will benefit the students immensely,” said Executive Dean Richard Kessler.

At Mannes, Azikiwe will serve on the major lesson faculty in the String Department. He will also collaborate with students and faculty across the college in a wide range of special projects, productions, and courses.

“With the greatest respect and gratitude to Dean Kessler and the leadership of the string department, I look forward to joining the musical community at the Mannes School of Music. Passing along the experience of decades on the stage is something all of my musical mentors did and are doing with love and dedication. What an honor it is to be able to do this in a place like Mannes.” said Azikiwe.

Amadi Azikiwe has been heard in recitals in major cities throughout the United States such as New York, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Houston, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C., including an appearance at the U.S. Supreme Court. Azikiwe has also been a guest of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at the Alice Tully Hall and the Kennedy Center. Abroad, he has performed throughout Israel, Canada, South America, Central America, Nigeria, India, Japan, and Hong Kong.

As a soloist, Azikiwe has appeared with the Prince George’s Philharmonic, Delaware Symphony, Virginia Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Fort Collins Symphony, Virginia Beach Symphony, Roanoke Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, Western Piedmont Symphony, Salisbury Symphony, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, the City Island Baroque Ensemble of New York, the National Symphony of Ecuador, and at the Costa Rica International Music Festival.

As an orchestral musician, he has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and guest principal violist of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra.

A native of New York City, Azikiwe was born in 1969. After early studies with his mother, he began training at the North Carolina School of the Arts as a student of Sally Peck. His studies continued at the New England Conservatory with Marcus Thompson and at Indiana University as a student of Atar Arad.