'LISTEN Magazine' recommends the DVD 'Kinshasha Symphony' (2011)

[Kinshasha Symphony DVD (2011)]

AfriClassical followed the progress of the film project which resulted in the DVD Kinshasha Symphony:

Feb. 23, 2010

Agence France Presse: 'DR Congo orchestra brings Mozart to heart of Africa'

Aug. 17, 2010

'Kinshasha Symphony' is Film on 'L'Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste' in D.R. Congo

Listen: Life With Classical Music recommends the DVD Kinshasha Symphony (2011) in a review in the Spring 2012 issue. It is a documentary by Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer, and has been released internationally. The DVD is widely available at music websites:

LISTEN Magazine

Spring 2012

Lucia Rahilly

“Kinshasha Symphony tells the against-all-odds tale of the amateur Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste as it prepares for a highly publicized open-air concert in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the independence of the Democratic Republic of Congo.”

“Stirring, suspenseful and at times genuinely astounding, Kinshasha Symphony weaves the stories of eight individual musicians into the vividly colored fabric of the orchestra's collective project and the chaos and frustrations of Congolese urban life.”