Composers
Akin Euba
1935 - 2020About
Akin Euba was a Nigerian composer, composer, pianist, and musicologist. He studied at the University of Ghana, Legon. He taught at the University of Lagos, University of Ife, and the University of Pittsburgh, and he was the director of the Center for Intercultural Musicology at Cambridge University.
Founder and director of Centre for Intercultural Musical Arts, London, Euba organized festivals and symposia on African Pianism and Composition in Africa and the Diaspora. He composed for multiple combinations of African, Asian, and Western instruments and explored the percussive nature of the piano in his works, which include Four Pictures from Oyo Calabashes, Saturday Night at Caban Bamboo, Scenes from Traditional Life, Studies in African Jazz
, and Themes from Chaka, his major opera.Related Information
Piano music of Africa and the Diaspora vol 2Works by Akin Euba
| Title | Work | Instrumentation | Level | Number of Movements | Accompanied | Size | Duration Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igbá Kerin - Àwon abàmì Eye (Supernatural Birds) | Piano | Intermediate | 1 | No | Solo | ||
| Igbá Kìnní - Akèrègbè Baba Emu (The Gourd Master of the Palm Wine) | Piano | Intermediate | 1 | No | Solo | ||
| Scenes from Traditional Life No. 1 | Piano | Advanced | 1 | No | Solo |