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Festivals
MUSIC AND ARTS OF SOUTH AFRICA
October 10–November 5, 2014
South Africa is a dizzying
patchwork of cultures and
languages with 11 official
tongues, including isiZulu,
isiXhosa, Sesotho, Afrikaans,
and English. From this
diversity emerges a dynamic
and impassioned cultural
life like none other on earth.
Carnegie Hall salutes this
vibrant nation with a festival
called UBUNTU: Music and Arts of South Africa.
Roughly translating to mean “I am because you
are,” ubuntu is a philosophy
from Southern Africa that
emphasizes the importance
of community, influencing
recent moves of reconciliation
and inclusion in South
Africa that were fostered by
the late Nelson Mandela.
Dedicated to Mandela’s legacy,
Carnegie Hall’s UBUNTU
festival celebrates the many
threads that make up South Africa’s vibrant
musical culture.
Photos: Mandela (1994) by Peter Turnley © Corbis, Makeba courtesy of Carnegie Hall Archives.
Legendary trumpeter and
composer Hugh Masekela
is joined by singer Vusi
Mahlasela in Twenty Years
of Freedom. World-renowned
singers Ladysmith Black
Mambazo and guests are featured in Voices
of South Africa. Grammy Award–
winning singer and activist Angélique
Kidjo celebrates legendary vocalist
and cultural figure Miriam Makeba
in Mama Africa. There is also the
powerful spirituality and ecstasy of
maskandi music of
the Zulu people, two
thrilling generations
of South African jazz,
and unique Cape
Malay choral singing
that blends Dutch folksongs with beautifully
ornamented Malaysian vocal
traditions. In addition, two critically
acclaimed South African classical
vocalists make their Carnegie Hall
recital debuts.
Lead funding for UBUNTU: Music and Arts of South Africa is provided by a grant from the Ford Foundation.