About Ayo Bankole
Ayo Bankole was born in Jos, Nigeria, into a musical family: his father, Theophilus Abiodun Bankole was an organist and Choirmaster at St. Luke's Anglican Church in Jos. His mother was a music instructor for several years at Queen's School, Ede, Osun State, a Federal government high school. Bankole studied in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. There he met drama student and poet Brian Edward Hurst and set one of Hurst's poems, "Children of the Sun", to music; this was performed at the Guildhall School in 1960.
Top Tracks
Egun Variations in G Major
Nigerian Suite: V. Warrior March
Variations for little Ayo
Ya Orule
Piano Sonata No. 2 in C-Major 'The Passion': I. And they sought about for to kill Him
Nigerian Suite: II. Oyaka Kongs
Nigerian Suite: IV. October Wind
Piano Sonata No. 2 in C-Major 'The Passion': III. Mary's Song or Mary's Rondo
Piano Sonata No. 2 in C-Major 'The Passion': II. And He was crucified
Nigerian Suite: III. Orin Fun Osumare
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