Maswabi Legwale: It is people like Koapeng who are taking classical music by the scruff of the neck and [dragging] it screaming into the 21st century [Africans compose]

Mokale Koapeng

On July 9, 2016 AfriClassical posted:

South African Pianist, Choral Conductor and Choral Composer Mokale Koapeng Sends Poster of "Cluster of the Harvest Choir" He Directed and Conducted in 2015

Maswabi Legwale Commented on July 11, 2016:

It is people like Koapeng who are taking classical music by the scruff of the neck and drag it screaming into the 21st century, thus emphatically saying that Africans - wherever they are in the world - can also compose, conduct, play and sing classical music like everyone does in Europe, if not better.