Tunde Jegede

Tunde Jegede is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who works between contemporary classical, African and pop music. He performs on cello, kora, piano and percussion, and is also a prolific producer and songwriter. His website calls him a "21st Century Renaissance Man".

His catalogue includes the albums Nomad, Heritage, Lamentation, There Was a Time, Testimony, Still Moment and How Many Prophets. His compositions include a Kora Concerto, an Invocation Cello Concerto, String Quartet No. 2, Exile & Return and Let the Elements Sing & Dance. He has also written music for film.

He set up the African Classical Music Ensemble to celebrate the distinct acoustic classical traditions of Africa. The ensemble is rooted in the griot tradition under the late Master of the Kora, Amadu Bansang Jobarteh. Tunde plays kora in the group, alongside Juldeh Camara on riti and vocals and Sona Maya Jobarteh on vocals and guitar.

The ensemble has worked and recorded with Kasse Mady Diabate, Oumou Sangare, Juldeh Camara and Toumani Diabate. It has contributed to film and television soundtracks. It has also collaborated with the London Sinfonietta, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Brodsky Quartet, New World Renaissance Orchestra and Pan African Orchestra.

His projects also include work with Art Ensemble of Lagos, Renu Hossain, Derek Gripper and the Brodsky Quartet, as well as the Nomadic Mystics and an Irish project.