AFRICAN CONNECTIONS WITH JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC
For about two hours, the serene Agip Recital Hall of MUSON Centre resonated with a rich potpourri of classical, jazz, and traditional music of contemporary Nigeria and South America, this Saturday evening. The hash sunny weather had given way to a breezy alluring evening for live theatre, in this case, a concert. The event was the opening day of the ongoing New Horizons: New Worlds – a monthly concert series aimed at developing talents and giving them a platform to express themselves. It is conceived by the Artistic Director of the MUSON, Tunde Jegede, with the full backing of society’s management, and it will hold from February to June. Thrilling the audience penultimate weekend, include Ranti Ihimoyan, an opera and crossover singer who is versatile in various genres of music including folk, jazz, pop and classical; Diana Baroni, a brilliant evocative singer and flautist who “lures those who listen to her like siren”; Raphael Guel, a guitarist and mult...