Person Open DS/UK/21556 Nwanuko; Chi-chi (1956-); OBE; English Professor, double-bass player Nwanuko Chi-chi 1956- English Professor, double-bass player Female (cisgender) Chinyere Adah Nwanoku

Chinyere Adah Nwanoku OBE (born June 1956, London) is a double bass player and professor of Historical Double Bass Studies at the Royal Academy of Music. She was a founder member and principal bassist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, a position she held for 30 years. Of Nigerian and Irish descent, she is the founder and Artistic Director of the Chineke! Foundation, the first professional orchestra and junior orchestra in Europe to be made up of a majority of Black and minority ethnic (BME) musicians. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHEHarper 7/17/2017 RAHAKirkbride 12/6/2022 0b5b455e-2b49-48cb-b4fb-bb3da7a96a57