ANNOUNCEMENT: Dr. Bongani Ndodana-Breen "Composing South Africa" Lecture, Univ. of Bayreuth, Virtual, 29 April 2021
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Thursday, April 29, 2021
6pm-7:30pm MESZ
Zoom - Registration Required
The Lecture Series “Oper bewegt”, hosted by the Musicology Department of the University of Bayreuth, presents a talk by Dr. Bongani Ndodana-Breen: "Composing South Africa: History, Resistance, Politics and Opera".
South African composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen explores how his operas "Winnie, The Opera" based on the life of Winnie Mandela and "Hani" based on slain activist Chris Hani, emerged out of his country’s turbulent socio-political history. Beyond the historical narrative, Ndodana-Breen will expound his ideas on African indigenous languages and culture in opera. The discussion includes the influence of African music and anti-apartheid protest music in his compositional style, and how these take up residency within his operatic work.
Dr. Bongani Ndodana-Breen was in 2019/2020 a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University and received his PhD in composition at Rhodes University in South Africa. He is not only well-known for his academic reflections on South African opera production but also received international acclaim for his opera composition "Winnie, The Opera", which premiered in 2011 in Pretoria. After Dr. Bongani Ndodoana-Breen’s talk we invite all participants to engage with us in a discussion on the topic.
For registration for the event please contact musiktheaterwissenschaft -at- uni-bayreuth.de until the latest noon of the 29th of April. After registration you will receive a mail with the zoom-link for the event.
6pm-7:30pm MESZ
Zoom - Registration Required
The Lecture Series “Oper bewegt”, hosted by the Musicology Department of the University of Bayreuth, presents a talk by Dr. Bongani Ndodana-Breen: "Composing South Africa: History, Resistance, Politics and Opera".
South African composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen explores how his operas "Winnie, The Opera" based on the life of Winnie Mandela and "Hani" based on slain activist Chris Hani, emerged out of his country’s turbulent socio-political history. Beyond the historical narrative, Ndodana-Breen will expound his ideas on African indigenous languages and culture in opera. The discussion includes the influence of African music and anti-apartheid protest music in his compositional style, and how these take up residency within his operatic work.
Dr. Bongani Ndodana-Breen was in 2019/2020 a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University and received his PhD in composition at Rhodes University in South Africa. He is not only well-known for his academic reflections on South African opera production but also received international acclaim for his opera composition "Winnie, The Opera", which premiered in 2011 in Pretoria. After Dr. Bongani Ndodoana-Breen’s talk we invite all participants to engage with us in a discussion on the topic.
For registration for the event please contact musiktheaterwissenschaft -at- uni-bayreuth.de until the latest noon of the 29th of April. After registration you will receive a mail with the zoom-link for the event.
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