Tunde Jegede Net Worth 2024, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

Explore Tunde Jegede net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! In this article, we will discover how old is Tunde Jegede? Who is Tunde Jegede dating now & how much money does Tunde Jegede have?

Tunde Jegede Biography

Tunde Jegede is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on January 28, 1972 in London, England, United Kingdom. Tunde Jegede was born in London in 1972 to an Nigerian father and an English mother (of Irish descent – the film-maker and painter Galina Chester). He was the son of Emmanuel Taiwo Jegede was artist-in-residence at the North London’s Keskidee Centre, Britain’s first Black Arts Centre, where Tunde’s interest in African diaspora culture was cultivated and fostered. At an early age, he was exposed to residents and visiting artists who operated in a multidisciplinary style which included Bob Marley, Walter Rodney, Edward Brathwaite, Angela Davis and Linton Kwesi Johnson. It was in this context that his career as an artist started.

He introduced African Classical music in the UK through the first National tour for the African Classical Music Ensemble, which helped to develop his music composer skills.

Over the years, Jegede has kept his creative diversity intact by working closely with singers, vocalists, and spoken-word artists from a wide range of traditions, including opera, pop, R’n’B, reggae, hip hop, and jazz. In 2002, he started ACM Productions with the primary goal of creating accessible quality productions across a small spectrum of genres, namely: Urban, Pop, Classical and jazz.

Jegede is known for the score of 500 Years Later, directed by Owen ‘Alik Shahadah, as well as the score of PBS production Hopes on the Horizon. In 2006, he co-wrote the short film The Idea.

In 1988, Jegede began to be awed by jazz. He toured and played with former members from The Jazz Warriors founded by Courtney Pine and Cleveland Watkiss. Jegede created his own jazz group, The Jazz Griots, with the intention of exploring the connection among African and African diaspora forms of music.

NameTunde Jegede
First NameTunde
Last NameJegede
OccupationComposer
BirthdayJanuary 28
Birth Year1972
Place of BirthLondon
Home TownEngland
Birth CountryUnited Kingdom
Birth SignCapricorn
Full/Birth Name
ParentsEmmanuel Taiwo Jegede, Galina Chester
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseNot Known
Children(s)Not Available

Ethnicity, religion & political views

Many peoples want to know what is Tunde Jegede ethnicity, nationality, Ancestry & Race? Let's check it out! As per public resource, IMDb & Wikipedia, Tunde Jegede's ethnicity is Not Known. We will update Tunde Jegede's religion & political views in this article. Please check the article again after few days.

Tunde Jegede Net Worth

Tunde Jegede is one of the richest Composer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tunde Jegede's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Tunde Jegede (born 28 January 1972) is a composer and multi-instrumentalist in contemporary classical, African and pop music, who was born in England and as a child travelled to Africa to learn the art of the kora. He is a producer/songwriter and has worked in various genres, both as an artist (cello as well as piano, kora, and the percussion) as well as a producer. He is an expert kora player and is a specialist with his West African classical music tradition that dates back to the time of Sundiata. The sister of his is Sona Jobarteh who is one of the very first women kora virtuoso of the genre to come from a family of griots. He is the son of Nigerian musician Emmanuel Taiwo Jegede.

Jegede’s journey into African music started in 1978 and was further refined in 1982, when he traveled to The Gambia to study the old griot tradition from West Africa, with Amadu Bansang Jobarteh who was the master of the Kora (West African harp-lute). The Jobarteh family is one of the five primary musicians families in the hereditary oral tradition that dates to thirteenth-century. Jegede’s interest in Western Classical music began with his grandfather’s passion for Bach and through watching his role as an organist.

In 1995, a BBC TV documentary called Africa I Remember was done on Tunde Jegede’s music and focused on his orchestral work. In this programme, he performed new compositions alongside the London Sinfonietta, which was conducted by Markus Stenz.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeComposer
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Tunde Jegede height Not available right now. Tunde weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

HeightUnknown
WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
Eye ColorNot Available
Hair ColorNot Available
Feet/Shoe SizeNot Available

Born to a Nigerian father and Irish mother, Tunde Jegede had to learn to balance cultures and carve out an identity from an early age. Music was his refuge. Leaving England as a child, Tunde traveled to Africa to train with master of kora Amadu Bansang Jobarteh, whose family has held the ancient griot tradition since the 13th century. Here, Tunde found a sense of home and belonging, a place “where my inner and outer voice began to merge.” He was shown that music is a way of life, an integral part of society. In parallel to studying kora, Tunde also studied cello in the Western classical tradition, but played these instruments in isolation from each other. Only later, after a quest for a universal truth in music that took him through improvisational jazz and musical collaboration, did he finally find the space that allowed him to weave together all his musical threads. He says, “Living between worlds allowed me to form my identity, embrace my path of a nomad.”

Who is Tunde Jegede Dating?

According to our records, Tunde Jegede is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Tunde Jegede’s is not dating anyone.

Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Tunde Jegede. You may help us to build the dating records for Tunde Jegede!

Facts & Trivia

Tunde Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Tunde Jegede celebrates birthday on January 28 of every year.

You may read full biography about Tunde Jegede from Wikipedia.

ncG1vNJzZmiZnKGzornOrqqboaKptaWt2GeaqKVfqcKvsMRmoZ6flZmycA%3D%3D