Elisha Abas and Duke Amayo

As I wrote in my last post about combining rock and classical music, I came across a fascinating cooperation between Elisha Abas, a world famous concert pianist and Duke Amayo, the band leader of the Afro-beat ensemble, Anti Balas.

Abas and Mayo both believe that music is for everyone and they held a joined concert at the performing and music education space Afro-Spot in Brooklyn.

The aim was to attract many young people to hear music of all genres. Abas played pieces by the classical composers Chopin and Rachmaninoff and Amayo followed Abas' performance with a dance set of Afro-beat music.