Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Nokuthula Ngwenyama (b. 1976), African American Violist, at “Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival”

[Nokuthula Ngwenyama (b. 1976); Photo by Darla Furlani]

VailDaily.com
Bravo! pays homage to the classics this week

Associate artistic director Lynne Mazza share her personal upcoming concert favorites
Lynne Mazza
Vail CO, Colorado

Wednesday is Bravo’s afternoon Casual Classics at the Vail Chapel, a lovely space for chamber music. Mozart’s renowned duo for violin and viola, with violinist Rachel Barton Pine, making her Bravo debut, joins festival favorite violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama. There is a charming story behind the composition of this piece; come to the concert and read about it in the festival program. All are familiar with Mendelssohn’s magnificent, and only, Octet, but we at Bravo are excited to introduce a new octet by Joachim Raff (who also only wrote one), who worshipped Mendelssohn; though Mendelssohn’s influence is obvious, Raff has his own style.” Full Post Nokuthula Ngwenyama is an acclaimed African American violist and violinist who is profiled at AfriClassical.com She is also a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Notre Dame. She records on the EDI Records label and her website is: http://www.ngwenyama.com/new/home.html






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