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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Antonia Windsor

‘It feels like the start of my career’: how a student musician got to showcase his work at the Brit Awards

Emeka Onyema-Mathews - BTS of MASTERCARD BRIT AWARDS
Music student Emeka Onyema-Mathews. Photograph: Christopher L Proctor

“I can’t wait to actually be at the Brits,” says 18-year-old Emeka Onyema-Mathews, who will be in the audience of the 2024 awards, thanks to being one of the winners of a creative challenge tied to the ceremony.

“I’ve never been before,” he says. “I came close a couple of years ago when I was in year 11. My eldest brother had a ticket and me and my other brother just came along, but we didn’t go in. I remember just looking from the outside and thinking: ‘I want to be here.’”

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