{"id":30632,"date":"2023-07-14T09:57:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T07:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=186611"},"modified":"2023-07-14T10:40:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T08:40:04","slug":"who-is-aaron-akugbo-a-guide-to-the-nigerian-scottish-trumpeter","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/who-is-aaron-akugbo-a-guide-to-the-nigerian-scottish-trumpeter\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Aaron Akugbo? A guide to the Nigerian-Scottish trumpeter"},"content":{"rendered":"

An introduction to the fast-rising Nigerian-Scottish trumpeter Aaron Akugbo, who has performed with Chineke!, at the BBC Proms and more <\/p>

By Steve Wright\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 14 July 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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An introduction to the fast-rising Nigerian-Scottish trumpeter Aaron Akugbo, who has performed with Chineke!<\/strong><\/a>, at the BBC Proms and more.<\/p>\n

Who is Aaron Akugbo?<\/h2>\n
Aaron Azunda Akugbo, to give him his full name, is a young trumpeter of Nigerian-Scottish descent who\u2019s already making big waves in the classical music landscape, having performed with the likes of Chineke!, the Philharmonia Orchestra and more.<\/p>\n\n<h2>How old is Aaron Akugbo?<\/h2>\n<p>Akugbo was born in 1998.<\/p>\n<h2>And where is Aaron Akugbo from?<\/h2>\n<p>He is of Nigerian-Scottish descent, and grew up in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\""Aaron\" akugbo=\"\" the=\"\" spider=\"\" and=\"\" fly=\"\" over=\"\" jordan=\"\" suite=\"\" benjamin=\"\" britten=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""113"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C7k9Rz9aOLA?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h3>Who are Aaron Akugbo\u2019s musical influences?<\/h3>\n<p>Akugbo was classically trained, but cites the great jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong as his biggest musical inspiration.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a class=\""standard-card-newarticle-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/best-jazz-trumpet-players-ever\/"\">15 best jazz trumpet players ever<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a class=\""standard-card-newarticle-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/greatest-jazz-saxophonists-ever\/"\">25 greatest jazz saxophonists of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Where did he study?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"""\">Aaron Akugbo studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He was also principal of the <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/what-is-the-national-youth-orchestra-of-great-britain\/"\"><strong>National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\""Aaron\" akugbo=\"\" trumpet=\"\" concerto=\"\" in=\"\" eb=\"\" major=\"\" joseph=\"\" haydn=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""113"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4oeTLkj3puM?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h3>And which orchestras has Akugbo played with?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"""\">He has performed with some of the UK\u2019s most prestigious orchestras including the Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"""\">He also performed the Haydn Trumpet Concerto with Chineke!, Europe\u2019s first black and minority ethnic orchestra, at the Royal Festival Hall in 2020.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a class=\""standard-card-newarticle-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/best-black-composers-you-should-know-about\/"\">The best black composers you should know about<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a class=\""standard-card-newarticle-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/composer-shirley-thompson-on-the-black-composers-who-changed-classical-music-forever\/"\">Composer Shirley Thompson on the black composers who changed classical music forever<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"""\">In fact, Aaron has made numerous appearances with Chineke!, including at their BBC <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/bbc-proms\/"\"><strong>Proms<\/strong><\/a> debut in 2017, which also featured cellist <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/who-sheku-kanneh-mason\/"\"><strong>Sheku Kanneh-Mason<\/strong><\/a>. He also took part in the orchestra\u2019s tour of Europe, which featured performances in some of the continent\u2019s most famous concert halls \u2013 such as the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam and K\u00f6lner Philharmonie.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a class=\""standard-card-new__article-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/cellist-sheku-kanneh-mason-on-the-music-that-shaped-him\/"\">Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason on the music that shaped him<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> An introduction to the fast-rising Nigerian-Scottish trumpeter Aaron Akugbo, who has performed with Chineke!, at the BBC Proms and more <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":30633,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-aaron-akugbo-a-guide-to-the-nigerian-scottish-trumpeter.png",802,556,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-aaron-akugbo-a-guide-to-the-nigerian-scottish-trumpeter-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-aaron-akugbo-a-guide-to-the-nigerian-scottish-trumpeter-300x208.png",300,208,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-aaron-akugbo-a-guide-to-the-nigerian-scottish-trumpeter-768x532.png",768,532,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-aaron-akugbo-a-guide-to-the-nigerian-scottish-trumpeter.png",800,555,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-aaron-akugbo-a-guide-to-the-nigerian-scottish-trumpeter.png",802,556,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023\/07\/who-is-aaron-akugbo-a-guide-to-the-nigerian-scottish-trumpeter.png",802,556,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"An introduction to the fast-rising Nigerian-Scottish trumpeter Aaron Akugbo, who has performed with Chineke!, at the BBC Proms and more","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/30632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}