80 years ago on Monday June 24th, Ballet Negres, Europe’s first Black ballet company, performed live on BBC Television. This ground-breaking and innovative company was formed in London in 1946 by Jamaicans Berto Pasuka and Richie Riley, with dancers from the Caribbean, Africa and Britain. There were some non-black members of the company including my…
Eleven Caprices for Two Violins The video of violinists Ryo Koyama and Maho Harada playing Leonard Salzedo’s Eleven Caprices for Two Violins is now live on YouTube and also features on the Leonard Salzedo website and and on Leonard Salzedo Society’s Instagram It is a wonderful piece, written in 1951, showcasing many different styles, and…
On this, the 26th anniversary of my father Leonard Salzedo’s death, I am again celebrating friendship. As I said in the New Year post, along with the quality of my father’s music, it is friendship that keeps the Leonard Salzedo Society going. For more information, you can go to this website which includes a catalogue…
It is friendship that keeps the Leonard Salzedo Society together. This heartening thought came to me as I looked around the Society AGM in November. A network of friends in Nottingham, a wider network of friends in other parts of the country, and last but not least, cousins on both sides of the family who…
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