John Malveaux: 'Meet Michele Rivet and learn about Kimbanquist Symphony Orchestra via CBS 60 Minutes and KUSC Arts Alive'

November 15, 2007

Georges Octors (b. 1923), Congolese Violinist & Conductor in Belgium

AfriClassical first wrote of the connection between the Congo and Classical Music in 2007.  In 2010 we learned Maestro Michael Morgan of the Oakland East Bay Symphony Orchestra had visited the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra in 2001.  From 2010 to the present, a documentary film and CBS News reports have gradually begun to create awareness in the United States of the remarkable achievement of a locally-created Symphony Orchestra by performers living in one of the world's poorest nations.

February 23, 2010

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

August 17, 2010

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

April 9, 2012

John Malveaux: Links on coverage of the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra on CBS 60 Minutes

Meet Michele Rivet and learn about Kimbanquist Symphony Orchestra via CBS 60 Minutes and KUSC Arts Alive

http://www.kusc.org/blog/artsalive/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10529790
 
Thanks
John Malveaux
www.musicuntold.com


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The segment, Joy in the Congo, repeated Easter Sunday on 60 Minutes http://www.cbsnews.com/news/music-in-the-heart-of-the-congo/  [John Malveaux]