Ify Iwobi is a Wales born & bred, Award Winning Welsh/Nigerian Contemporary Pianist, Songwriter, Composer and Producer. She is almost fluent in Welsh. She studied Music Performance at Brunel University in Uxbridge London. Ify has performed around Wales as a solo artist and with her ensemble of 10 musicians. She has also performed internationally in London, America and Nigeria.
Ify has performed in a LIVE show with Phyno and Flavour.
Ify was the sole supporting performer for Elvis Costello’s show at New Theatre Cardiff. Here is what he had to say: “It’s been more than a year since I found myself a guest on a BBC Radio 4 programme along with Ify Iwobi and first heard her impressive and original piano compositions.
Steve Nieve and I were fortunate to have Ify on the bill of our recent show at the Cardiff New Theatre and I was so impressed by the way she engaged and charmed an audience that was probably not expecting an instrumentalist playing over prepared sound textures and rhythms.
I look forward to whatever Ify chooses to do next…”
@ElvisCostello2024
Ify Iwobi is a BBC Radio Welsh A-List artist and has just broken a record as the first Black Welsh female artist of Nigerian heritage to have 10 consecutive singles to be A-Listed by BBC Radio Wales. She has become a regular feature on BBC Radio Wales A- List and has been added to the Welsh Mix by Bethan Elfyn from HorizonsCymru, and Creative Wales top playlist.
Her music has been played on BBC 2, BBC 6, in 5 stations in Antigua Motown Mondays, Tech Talk Tuesday, Live Lounge Wednesdays, Antigua Music Thursdays and TGI Fridays Club music in the mix.
These tracks have all been assessed and assigned the Welsh A List status by BBC Radio Wales:
‘Thinking About You’ – 2020,‘Love Rapsody’ – 2020, ‘Solo’ – 2020, ‘Ambition’ – 2021, ‘Rise’ – 2021, ‘History’ – 2022, ‘True To You’ – 2022, ‘Let The Rain Fall’ – 2023, ‘Looking For Me’ – 2023. Ify has performed around Wales, UK and internationally at some 225 venues.