Nwando Ebizie: POWER UP Music Creator
An unclassifiable polymath, British-Nigerian multidisciplinary artist Nwando fabulates speculative fictions and alternate realities at the intersection of live art, experimental music and multi-sensory installation. She proposes new myths, rituals and provocations for perceptual change, radical care and transformation of the self and community, drawing from science fiction, Black Atlantic ritual cultures, biophilia, neuroscience, her own neurodivergency and Nigerian heritage.
Awards include: An Ivor Novello nomination, an Oram Award, and the Steve Reid Innovation award. Her debut album was released in 2022 on Matthew Herbert’s Accidental Records to critical acclaim including features in The Wire. She self released her debut EP The Passion of Lady Vendredi on her own imprint Tears In The Rain records alongside a 3 week run of shows at Soho Theatre. She has performed at clubs and festival stages worldwide as her art-pop alter-ego Lady Vendredi (a blaxploitation heroine from another dimension), including performances at Latitude Festival, Kings Place, the Barbican, Southbank Centre, Bonobo (Tokyo), Tempo Festival (Rio de Janeiro), Blok (Zurich) and opening for Mykki Blanco, Peaches and Princess Superstar. Commissions include compositions for London Sinfonietta, Aurora Orchestra, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Zubin Kanga, Opera North and Sky Arts, Zubin Kanga, Juliet Fraser, Juice Vocal Ensemble, Laura Bowler, The Hermes Experiment, Estuary Festival, Yarmonics, Radiophrenia. Her work including live art gigs, sound art installations and curated happenings at Barbican, Southbank Centre, Wellcome Collection, Tempo Festival (Rio de Janeiro), Hepworth Wakefield, Melbourne Science Gallery, Tate Britain, Art/Science Museum, Singapore, Rewire and Donau Festivals.
Project Description:
Deep learning around orchestral composition and arrangement, live performance and self release.