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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Vicky Jessop

Behind the scenes of Classically Black: the event championing black British people in classical music

On Saturday, Classically Black makes its debut at King’s Place in London. The day has been a long time coming. Bringing together performers from across the country (who have themselves played across the world), this is set to be a celebration of black British people in classical music – and it coincides with the fourth anniversary of its organisers, Black Lives in Music.

And as co-founder Roger Wilson puts, it, “what better way to celebrate it than celebrate and elevate great musicians and artists of the past, those of the present and hopefully look to the future too?”

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