"Rebeca Omordia is half Romanian, half Nigerian – and it’s a powerful combination! Rebeca’s technique knows no bounds but, more importantly, she plays with a depth of insight and understanding which is all too rare today."
Julian Lloyd Webber, London Magazine
Hailed as an “African classical music pioneer” (BBC World Service) and “a classical music game changer” (Classical Music), London-based award-winning pianist Rebeca Omordia is an exciting virtuoso with a wide-ranging career as soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and artistic director.
Rebeca’s many recordings include the BBC Music Magazine Award-winning Piano Concerto by Errollyn Wallen, composed especially for her, with BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by John Andrews.
Pianist Rebeca Omordia has spent the last decade pioneering repertoire by African classical composers, she has been unearthing and recording compositions by some of the continent’s influential past and present composers. She has toured worldwide her piano solo programme African Pianism described as “wild and shimmering piano gems” (The Guardian) and “Appealing and pioneering in equal measure” (Gramophone).
In 2019 she launched the world’s first ever African Concert Series in London with the aim of creating a platform for the African classical music to be performed, featuring monthly concerts of music by African composers. The series was self-funded until 2021 when Rebeca was awarded a grant from the Arts Council England and in 2022 the series was given recognition by joining Wigmore Hall’s Family of Partners, becoming resident at the iconic Wigmore Hall in London in 2023.
Performing and recording British Music has been another major project for Rebeca Omordia. “Delius Prize” won in 2009 opened the door to a three year- partnership with world renowned British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. They toured the UK as duo partners performing chamber repertoire by British composers in prestigious venues and on live broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. Rebeca’s Doctoral thesis focused on the piano music of British composer John Ireland, a project that materialised in the publishing of a book in Romanian language and a tour of the UK, Romania and Nigeria performing solo and chamber music repertoire by British composers.
In 2019 Rebeca became duo partners with South African double bass virtuoso Leon Bosch, partnership consisting in a recording project featuring “The South African Double Bass” and “The 21st Century British Double Bass”.
Rebeca was born in Romania to a Romanian mother and a Nigerian father. Having begun to establish a profile in her native country, after graduating from National Music University in Bucharest in 2006, where she studied with acclaimed Romanian pianist and professor Dana Borsan, she continued her studies in the UK at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and Trinity College of Music in London with professor Mikhail Kazakevich. Rebeca holds a Doctor in Music degree from the National University of Music in Bucharest, Romania.