The Chineke! Orchestra did not play God Save the King at a performance in Switzerland during the period of mourning for the Queen, at the direction of its founder and artistic director Chi-chi Nwanoku.
In an email seen by the Mail on Sunday Ms Nwanoku, 66, wrote “The Chineke! Orchestra is full of musicians who are not from the UK and many who are the direct result of their ancestors being enslaved. We will not be playing the National Anthem in Lucerne.”
It has previously played at the Proms and has received hundreds of thousands of pounds in funding from Arts Council England.
