ECHEZONACHUKWU NDUKA
PIANIST | POET | SCHOLAR
Schedule
April - May, 2025 (TBA)
Resounding African Pianism
2PM| Piano Craft Gallery,
793 Tremont St, Boston, Massachusetts.
August 17, 2024
Resounding African Pianism
2PM| Casual Concerts
Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo, New York.
695 Elmwood Ave Buffalo, NY 14222.
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April 28, 2023
World Premiere of LIBATION: A Double String Quartet with Piano by the composer Innocent Okechukwu.
7PM| Pickman Hall
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
April 17, 2023
Guest Artist in Conversation with Timothy Ogene
Theme: African Art Music and African Pianism in the Age of Afrobeats.
African Literary and Cultural Studies.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
December 7, 2022
Diaspora Central Spotlight (with Host Gil Ingles)
12-2PM | Houston, TX
August 13, 2022
4:00 - 6PM
"Reimagining the Quotidian": A Virtual Poetry Masterclass for SOBAFEST'22.
August 18, 2021
5:30 - 7PM
Beach Bards Virtual Poetry Reading.
July 10, 2021
6:30 PM (UTC)
J.H. Kwabena Nketia Centenary Commemoration Concerts
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June 9, 2021
7PM
Virtual Local Author Showcase
Ocean City Free Public Library
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April 29, 2021
5PM
Schiavo Library, Strathmere, NJ
National Poetry Month: The Poetry of Echezonachukwu Nduka
Virtual Poetry Event.
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April 8, 2021
6PM
Schiavo Library,
Strathmere, NJ
Virtual Poetry Reading.
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February 28, 2021
3:30PM
Virtual concert with Andrew Egbuchiem & Jasmine Thomas.
November 18, 2020.
7:30PM
Ocean City Free Public Library, NJ.
Book Reading of Waterman [Virtual].
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November 13, 2020
7PM
Virtual Concert with Andrew Egbuchiem
& Jasmine Thomas featuring songs and arias from Handel, Purcell, Scarlatti, Caldara, Vivaldi, and Offenbach.
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October 16, 2020
12noon EST
Waterman Virtual Book Launch.
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February 15, 2020
2PM
Chris Maloney Lecture Hall,
Ocean City Free Public Library, Ocean City, NJ.
Public Lecture: Perspectives on African Pianism II.
February 7, 2020
8PM
Marc A. Scorca Hall, National Opera Center,
7th Ave, New York.
In Concert with Andrew Egbuchiem (Countertenor) and Jasmine Thomas (Soprano).
Piano works by A.O Adeogun, J.H Kwabena Nketia, Fred Onovwerosuoke, and Christian Onyeji.
November 12, 2019
7PM
Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point, NJ.
Lecture-recital:
Perspectives on African Pianism: The Piano Music of Nigerian & Ghanaian Composers.
June 21, 2019
7PM
St. Paul's Church Flatbush,
Brooklyn, New York.
In concert with Andrew Egbuchiem (Countertenor), and Jasmine Thomas (Soprano).
Piano works by Schumann, Uzoigwe, Chopin, Onovwerosuoke, and Onyeji.
May 19, 2019
7PM
Transformation Church Mays Landing, NJ.
Spring Piano Recital.
Works by Chopin, Onyeji, and Onovwerosuoke.
May 18, 2019
2PM
Schiavo Library,
Strathmere, NJ.
Poetry Reading.
April 24, 2019
7PM
Otto Bruyns Public Library of Northfield,
Northfield, NJ.
Poetry Reading.
April 10, 2019
7PM
April in Paris: An Evening of Spoken Words & Music,
Greate Bay Country Club, Somers Point.
Poetry Reading.
April 3, 2019
6:30PM
Ocean City Free Public Library, Ocean City.
Poetry Reading.
February 7, 2019
5PM
Vineland Public Library
Vineland, NJ.
Poetry Reading.
January 19, 2019
12noon
Atlantic County Library,
Mays Landing, NJ, USA.
Poetry Reading
December 12, 2018
7PM
Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University,
Atlantic City, NJ, USA.
Poetry Reading.
October 28, 2018
5PM
Pleasantville, NJ, USA.
RECITAL
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor Op.90
SCHUMANN: Traumerei, Kinderszenen Op. 15, No. 7
Arabesque in C, Op. 18
CHOPIN: Mazurka in B flat, Op 7 No. 1
Prelude Op.28 No. 22 "Impatience"
BRAHMS: Waltz Op. 39, Nos. 1, 2, 10, 15
PROKOFIEV: Montagues and Capulets (from Romeo & Juliet: Ten Pieces for Piano, Op.75 no.10)
UZOIGWE: Nigerian Dance No.1
ONOVWEROSUOKE: 24 Studies in African Rhythms for Piano (Selections)
August 17, 2018
St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
RECITAL & CHAMBER MUSIC
PROKOFIEV: Montagues and Capulets (from Romeo & Juliet: Ten Pieces for Piano, Op.75 n.10)
NGOBILI: Echezonachukwu
ONOVWEROSUOKE: 24 Studies in African Rhythms Nos. 22, 23.
*Chamber Music Performances with Wendy Hymes (Flute) and Sami Junnonen (Flute).
April 29, 2018
6PM
Mays Landing, NJ, USA
RECITAL
PROKOFIEV: Prelude Op. 12, No.7
SCHUMANN: Arabesque in C, Op. 18
ONOVWEROSUOKE: 24 Studies in African Rhythms Nos. 1,3, 15, 22, 23, 24.
NGOBILI: Echezonachukwu [World Premiere]
ONYEJI: Ufie III
Echoes of Traditional Life
SYLVANUS: Obodom [US Premiere]