Nwando Ebizie
As composer, live events include: The Birth of Venus – Juice Vocal Ensemble, Hildegard: Visions [& performer] (Kings Place).
As performer, live events include: Lady Vendredi: Neon Dream (Bounce Festival/Latitude Festival/Oram Awards/Albany/UK tour); Lady Vendredi: All the Right Notes (Camden People’s); The Passion of Lady Vendredi (Soho/Rich Mix); Kondi Band Salone Albume (European tour).
As curator, live events include: Distorted Constellations (Waltham Forest Borough of Culture/Brighton Festival/Push Festival); Crystal Opening (Site Gallery, Sheffield); Your Reality is Broken Festival (Guest Projects).
Awards include: Oram Award Special Commendation; Steve Reid Innovation Award; Cultural Olympiad Award; British Council Emerging Artist Award.
Nwando is a musician, producer, dancer, DJ and performance artist. She has composed music for numerous artists and live events as well as performing DJ sets across the UK. As Lady Vendredi, she performed tracks including
‘What Time is It?’ and ‘Battle Cry’ for feature film Been So Long. She was previously Musician-in-Residence for the British Council in Brazil and was made a South West Creative Technology Network Fellow in Immersion.