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CHI-CHI NWANOKU BASS NOTES

When she was at college studying the double bass, Chi-chi Nwanoku was told she’d never have a career in classical music because she played a “man’s” instrument.

Fast forward almost four decades and Chi-chi will be taking centre stage at the Royal Albert Hall on 1 September at the BBC Proms with Chineke!, the orchestra she founded in 2015.

Made up of young black and ethnically diverse musicians, the

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