You don’t have to love pop music to appreciate the artistry and soul in today’s video.
For today’s Daily Joy, we’re sharing a clip from FTT’s appearance on NPR Music’s Tiny Desk. It’s cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing’s moving performance of the tune “Evergreen.”
Chicago, Illinois Ifetayo performed February 11th, 2018 on Show 349 in Boston, Massachusetts.
At 16, Ifetayo appeared on From the Top’s series Where Music Lives with Kevin Olusola. Check it out!
Her bio from 2018:
Ifetayo Ali-Landing (cello), 15, lives in Chicago, Illinois where she has studied at the Hyde Park Suzuki Institute and with Hans Jensen at Northwestern University School of Music. Ifetayo was the 2017 Sphinx Competition Junior Division First-Place Laureate and performed as soloist with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. She has also performed with the Wilmington (NC) Symphony, New World Symphony, and Detroit Symphony, and her favorite musical experience has been performing at the Gateways Music Festival in Rochester, New York. Ifetayo also enjoys fashion, computer coding, soccer, acting, and creating video content.
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