Ayanna Witter-Johnson

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Ayanna Witter-Johnson is a singer/songwriter, cellist, pianist and composer from London (UK). After graduating with a first-class degree from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (BMus) and the Manhattan School of Music (MMus), Ayanna participated in the London Symphony Orchestra’s Panufnik Young Composers Scheme. Soon after, as Emerging Artist in Residence at London’s Southbank Centre, Ayanna performed as a featured artist with Courtney Pine’s Afropeans: Jazz Warriors. Later, whilst studying in the USA at New York’s Manhattan School of Music, she became the only non-American to win ‘Amateur Night Live at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NYC.

A MOBO Award Nominee and winner of the 2023 Nordoff & Robbins O2 Silver Clef Classical Award, she has a phenomenal mastery for seamlessly crossing the boundaries of classical, jazz, reggae, soul and R&B, to imprint her unique musical signature with her virtuosic tap, strum and bow with her cello into her sound and vibe.

An acclaimed and celebrated performer, Ayanna has collaborated with many stellar artists, including Nitin Sawhney, Andrea Bocelli, Jools Holland, Peter Gabriel and Sitarist Anoushka Shankar with whom she co-wrote and featured on her single ‘Those Words’ from the Grammy-nominated Love Letters EP. She has also toured extensively across the UK, Europe and the US.

As a composer, Ayanna has been commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra, Güerzenich Orchester, Ligeti Quartet, Kronos Quartet and The Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company to name but a few. She was also selected as an arranger/orchestrator for the London Symphony Orchestra (Hugh Masekela, Belief) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Urban Classic).

Ayanna has released three EPs (‘Truthfully’, ‘Black Panther’ & ‘Ella, Reuben & Ay’) and put out her debut album ‘Road Runner’ in 2019, with its two subsequent singles’ Nothing Less’ and ‘Crossroads’, via her own independent record label (Hill and Gully Records). Ayanna has worked with producers Marc Mac (4Hero), James Yarde (Terri Walker, Jamelia, Eric Benet) and recorded with featured artists, including pianist Robert Mitchell and rapper Akala. She has just released a new EP - Colour War and is currently recording her sophomore album due for release in October 2024.

Top dalok

15
To Whom it May Concern
Jools Holland
Pianola. PIANO & FRIENDS
03:12
Zeneszerzők: Jools Holland - Nitin Sawhney
04
Give in to Sin (2b3 Productions Soul Remix)
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Truthfully Still
04:14
01
Give in to Sin
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Truthfully Still
04:01
03
Truthfully
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Truthfully Still
03:51
02
Let Me Go
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Truthfully Still
04:35

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Albumok
London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
2023-10-27
Ocean Floor
01
Applause
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Ocean Floor
00:17
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
02
Unconditionally
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Ocean Floor
05:20
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
03
All Roads
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Ocean Floor
02:04
Zeneszerzők: Gwilym Simcock
04
Chariot
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Ocean Floor
04:01
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson - Ofei Sakyi
05
Falling
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Ocean Floor
04:14
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson - Alex Webb
06
Holding
Gwilym Simcock
Ocean Floor
05:40
Zeneszerzők: Gwilym Simcock
07
Tidal Warning
Gwilym Simcock
Ocean Floor
05:05
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Megnézem a teljes albumot (12 zeneszám)
(P) 2023 Delphian Records
2023-10-27
Painted Light
01
Devotions (String Quartet No. 3): I.
Solem Quartet
Painted Light
02:11
Zeneszerzők: Edmund Finnis
02
Devotions (String Quartet No. 3): II.
Solem Quartet
Painted Light
02:08
Zeneszerzők: Edmund Finnis
03
Devotions (String Quartet No. 3): III.
Solem Quartet
Painted Light
04:15
Zeneszerzők: Edmund Finnis
04
Devotions (String Quartet No. 3): IV.
Solem Quartet
Painted Light
01:59
Zeneszerzők: Edmund Finnis
05
Devotions (String Quartet No. 3): V.
Solem Quartet
Painted Light
02:34
Zeneszerzők: Edmund Finnis
06
Devotions (String Quartet No. 3): VI.
Solem Quartet
Painted Light
01:40
Zeneszerzők: Edmund Finnis
07
Devotions (String Quartet No. 3): VII.
Solem Quartet
Painted Light
02:51
Zeneszerzők: Edmund Finnis
Megnézem a teljes albumot (15 zeneszám)
(P) 2019 Hill and Gully Records
2019-04-26
Road Runner
01
Road Runner
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Road Runner
04:40
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson - James Yarde
02
Crossroads
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Road Runner
05:00
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
03
Rise Up
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Road Runner
04:25
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson - Akala - James Yarde
04
Nothing Less
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Road Runner
02:43
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
05
Chariot
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Road Runner
02:26
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson - Ofei Sakyi
06
Falling
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Road Runner
03:22
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson - Alex Webb
07
Roxanne
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Road Runner
03:40
Zeneszerzők: Gordon Sumner
Megnézem a teljes albumot (11 zeneszám)
EP-k
(P) NMC Recordings
2022-10-28
Composers' Academy, Vol. 5
01
Equinox
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Composers' Academy, Vol. 5
10:23
Szerző: Ayanna Witter-Johnson / Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
02
Levels of Affection
Alex Paxton
Composers' Academy, Vol. 5
10:32
Zeneszerzők: Alex Paxton
(P) 2021 Hill and Gully Records
2021-01-08
Rise Up
01
Rise Up
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Rise Up
04:25
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson - Akala - James Yarde
02
Declaration of Rights
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Rise Up
04:41
Zeneszerzők: Bernard Collins
03
Rise Up Riddim
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Rise Up
03:04
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
(P) 2018 Hill and Gully Records
2018-05-23
Truthfully Still
01
Give in to Sin
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Truthfully Still
04:01
02
Let Me Go
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Truthfully Still
04:35
03
Truthfully
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Truthfully Still
03:51
04
Give in to Sin (2b3 Productions Soul Remix)
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Truthfully Still
04:14
(P) 2018 Hill and Gully Records
2018-03-05
Ella, Reuben & Ay
01
The Nearness of You
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Ella, Reuben & Ay
02:08
Zeneszerzők: Hoagy Carmichael
02
Misty
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Ella, Reuben & Ay
02:55
Zeneszerzők: Erroll Garner
03
Cry Me a River
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Ella, Reuben & Ay
04:07
Zeneszerzők: Arthur Hamilton
04
Someone to Watch over Me
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Ella, Reuben & Ay
03:53
Zeneszerzők: George Gershwin
(P) 2014 Ayanna Music
2014-01-26
Black Panther
01
Black Panther
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Black Panther
03:20
02
Grandma's Hands
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Black Panther
03:08
03
A Single Sun
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Black Panther
03:05
04
Denied
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Black Panther
05:07
Dalok
℗ 2023 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
2023-09-15
Ayanna Witter-Johnson: Forever
01
Forever
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Ayanna Witter-Johnson: Forever
09:20
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
℗ 2023 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
2023-08-11
Ayanna Witter-Johnson: Ocean Floor Suite, II. Pioneers
01
Ocean Floor Suite: II. Pioneers
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Ayanna Witter-Johnson: Ocean Floor Suite, II. Pioneers
04:21
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
(p) 2020 Positiv LLP under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
2020-09-25
Movement - Variation II (feat. Ayanna Witter-Johnson)
01
Movement - Variation II (feat. Ayanna Witter-Johnson)
Nitin Sawhney
Movement - Variation II (feat. Ayanna Witter-Johnson)
03:38
Szerző: Nitin Sawhney - Ayanna Witter-Johnson / Zeneszerzők: Nitin Sawhney - Ayanna Witter-Johnson
(P) 2019 Hill and Gully Records
2020-01-23
Crossroads
01
Crossroads
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Crossroads
05:00
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Szerepelt
A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2025 Parlophone Records Limited
2025-11-07
Gaïa
01
Sequence for Gaïa
Gautier Capuçon
Gaïa
04:35
Zeneszerzők: Max Richter
02
Towards the Forest
Gautier Capuçon
Gaïa
03:59
Zeneszerzők: Bryce Dessner
03
Wake
Gautier Capuçon
Gaïa
04:12
Zeneszerzők: JB Dunckel
04
Forever Home
Gautier Capuçon
Gaïa
04:03
Zeneszerzők: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
05
Air
Ludovico Einaudi
Gaïa
04:09
Zeneszerzők: Ludovico Einaudi
06
Prélude
Gautier Capuçon
Gaïa
05:39
Zeneszerzők: Joe Hisaishi
07
Boreas
Gautier Capuçon
Gaïa
05:42
Zeneszerzők: Armand Amar
Megnézem a teljes albumot (17 zeneszám)
℗ 2021 Mercury KX, a division of Decca Music Group Limited
2020-02-07
Love Letters P.S. (Deluxe)
01
Bright Eyes
Anoushka Shankar
Love Letters P.S. (Deluxe)
06:24
Zeneszerzők: Anoushka Shankar - Alev Lenz
02
Those Words
Anoushka Shankar
Love Letters P.S. (Deluxe)
04:11
Szerző: Shirin Anandita / Zeneszerzők: Anoushka Shankar - Ayanna Witter-Johnson
03
Lovable
Anoushka Shankar
Love Letters P.S. (Deluxe)
03:21
Zeneszerzők: Anoushka Shankar - Lisa Kainde Diaz Zayas
04
Space
Anoushka Shankar
Love Letters P.S. (Deluxe)
02:20
Zeneszerzők: Anoushka Shankar - Alev Lenz
05
Wallet
Anoushka Shankar
Love Letters P.S. (Deluxe)
03:30
Zeneszerzők: Anoushka Shankar - Alev Lenz
06
In This Mouth
Anoushka Shankar
Love Letters P.S. (Deluxe)
04:31
Zeneszerzők: Anoushka Shankar - Alev Lenz
07
Sister Susannah
Anoushka Shankar
Love Letters P.S. (Deluxe)
06:34
Szerző: Nikita Gill / Zeneszerzők: Anoushka Shankar - Alev Lenz
Megnézem a teljes albumot (10 zeneszám)
℗ 2020 Mercury KX, a division of Decca Music Group Limited
2020-02-07
Love Letters
01
Bright Eyes
Anoushka Shankar
Love Letters
06:24
Zeneszerzők: Anoushka Shankar - Alev Lenz
02
Those Words
Anoushka Shankar
Love Letters
04:11
Szerző: Shirin Anandita / Zeneszerzők: Anoushka Shankar - Ayanna Witter-Johnson
03
Lovable
Anoushka Shankar
Love Letters
03:21
Zeneszerzők: Anoushka Shankar - Lisa Kainde Diaz Zayas
04
Space
Anoushka Shankar
Love Letters
02:22
Zeneszerzők: Anoushka Shankar - Alev Lenz
05
Wallet
Anoushka Shankar
Love Letters
03:30
Zeneszerzők: Anoushka Shankar - Alev Lenz
06
In This Mouth
Anoushka Shankar
Love Letters
04:31
Zeneszerzők: Anoushka Shankar - Alev Lenz