Events at Stanford
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16:40 Jan 26, 2022
Date: Friday, January 28, 2022. 12:00 PM. Location: Online/Zoom Bongani Ndodana-Breen’s new musical composition, ‘Do not fear the past’, renders Zuhura Seng’enge’s poem of the same title in a setting for soprano solo and string quartet. It anchors a program that explores and questions the nature of remembrance and reconciliation amid tragedy. The result of a commission, his ‘Do not fear the past’ is an oblique response to the death of Stanford alumna, Amy Biehl (1967-93) during her stint as Fulbright fellow in Cape Town, South Africa, in the lead-up to that country’s first democratic election. It will be performed at the Bing Concert Hall (Studio) in April 2022. This event is an opportunity to discuss aesthetic, ethical and political dimensions of the work and its genesis. Speakers: Grant Parker and Bongani Ndodana-Breen The research and creative output of Bongani Ndodana-Breen (PhD in music composition from Rhodes University) engages with diversity and inclusion in classical music. His compositions draw hea...