Ian Hall (musician)

Professor
Ian Hall
Born(1940-01-18)18 January 1940
Georgetown, Guyana
Died11 May 2022(2022-05-11) (aged 82)
London, England
Alma materKeble College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, organist, educator
Known forFounder of the Bloomsbury International Society

Ian Hall (18 January 1940 – 11 May 2022) was a Guyanese-born British musician, composer, organist and educator. Also a human rights activist, Hall was quoted in 2003 as saying: "My real thing in life has been promoting racial harmony through the arts."[1] He was founder of the Bloomsbury International Society, through which he orchestrated musical performances "merging Western instruments with sounds from the Caribbean, Asia and Africa."[2]

Hall is considered to have been the first black graduate of Oxford University's music school.[1]

  1. ^ a b Basu, Moni (22 October 2010). "Ian Hall, Musician". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 12 May 2022 – via Guyana Graphic.
  2. ^ "Ian Hall (1940-)". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 12 May 2022.