This month we have started presenting the first group of interviews and performances introducing the ten participating composers: J.D. Allen, Bokani Dyer, Sarathy Korwar, Nduduzo Makhathini, Siya Makuzeni, Elaine Mitchener, Corey Mwamba, Thandi Ntuli, Luis Carlos Pérez and Leyanis Valdés Reyes. Each of these musicians were invited by Reece Ewing to create a piece for solo piano around one minute in length responding to the changes to daily life during the global coronavirus outbreak. These individual pieces have all been interpreted and performed by the project’s first Artist-in-Residence, Cuban New York-based Pianist, Composer and Band Leader Elio Villafranca, throughout the duration of the project. The platform begins with:
THANDI NTULI