What Is It?
All in honor of Nelson Mandela. The acclaimed American Minnesota Orchestra, in partnership with Classical Movements, will embark on a five-city tour of South Africa in August 2018. Conducted by Minnesota Orchestra Music Director Osmo Vänskä, the tour marks the first-ever visit to South Africa by a professional U.S. orchestra. World-acclaimed composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen is writing the tribute, titled Harmonia Ubuntu, which will also feature soprano Goitsemang Oniccah Lehobye.
The piece will be performed at concerts in Minnesota in July, after which Vänskä and the Orchestra will travel to South Africa to perform in Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg, as well as at the historic Regina Mundi Roman Catholic Church in Soweto.
When Is It?
Friday, 17 August 2018 at 19:00.
Where Is It?
Regina Mundi Roman Catholic Church, Johannesburg.
How Much Is It?
Tickets cost R100 to R600 at www.computicket.com.
For More Information.
For more information visit www.computicket.com.
Leading US Orchestra To Tour SA With Music For Mandela
Joburg Admin / February 19, 2018
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