(Bongani Ndodana-Breen)
For Nelson Mandela’s centenary year, the acclaimed American
Minnesota Orchestra, in partnership with Classical Movements, will embark on a
five-city tour of South Africa in August. Conducted by Minnesota Orchestra
Music Director Osmo Vänskä, the tour marks the first-ever visit to South Africa
by a professional US orchestra.
A highlight of the tour will be a piece
specially commissioned as a tribute to Mandela by Classical Movements.
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.
The Durban concert will take place on August 12, 2018, at
17h00 in the Durban City Hall.
Ticket prices range from R100 to R600 and bookings can be
done through Computicket at www.computicket.com/music. For more information,
visit minnesotaorchestra.org/satour
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