CAS Annual lecture: Mbira Concert. Saturday 09 May at 7pm, at SOAS (Brunei gallery lecture theatre)

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CONCERT

Centre of African Studies

Annual Lecture

 

Mbira performance with Mbira dzaVadzimu aficionados and longtime collaborators, Paul Berliner and Cosmas Magaya.

 

Paul and Cosmas last performed in London in 1983 along with renowned mbira group, Mhuri yekwaRwizi. Featuring a combination of performance and storytelling, this concert will be at once a tribute to the mbira greats that have since passed away, and a poignant exposition of the intersection between social life and music in Zimbabwe.

 

Brunei Gallery Lecture theatre, SOAS, Russell Square campus on Saturday, May 9th starting at 19:00.  Entrance is free!

 

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Paul Berliner is Professor of Ethnomusicology at Duke University, USA.

 He is the author of 'The Soul of Mbira' and 'Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation'. Cosmas Magaya is an internationally recognized master of the mbira dzaVadzimu. He has gained national and international acclaim for his extraordinary talent as a musician and teacher, and has taught master classes at top universities throughout the USA and Canada.

 

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1 Comment

  1. Patch | 10 May 2009 17:21

    Hi everyone - I'm living in London and would like to know if there is somewhere I can get / learn to play a mbira??

    If you have any ideas please email me at

    patchbodenham@gmail.com

    thanks!

     

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