Umculi odumile emhlabeni wonke uYo-Yo Ma umangaze abantu emigwaqeni yase-Nairobi ngesikhathi efaka umsebenzi wakhe we-Bach Project enkabeni yemakethe yedolobha eliphithizelayo lase-Kenya.
Njengoba aziwa ngomsebenzi wakhe wokusabalalisa injabulo ngomculo ka-Johann Sebastian Bach, uMa ungene emlenzeni wokugcina wohambo lwakhe lweminyaka emihlanu lwe-Bach Project ngokudlulisela umculo wakhe ngaphandle kwamahholo ekhonsathi.
Phakathi namabhusha osa inyama kanye nabacwali bezinwele ababanga amakhasimende uMa obehambisana nomculi wase-Kenya uKasiva Mutua bacule ingxubevange yomculo ehlanganisa isigqi sezigubhu nezingoma ezikhangayo ze-cello yakhe.
Ngesikhathi evakashele e-Nairobi uMa wamukele isiko lendawo wazihlanganisa nabaculi base-Kenya.
Ngokusetshenziswa kwe-sheng ngezikhathi ezithile kanye nendlela yokuphila yase-Nairobi eyingqayizivele ufike emakethe ngelinye lamabhasi anomsindo womculo aziwa ngokuthi ama-matatus wafike wavala izikhala kanye nemibono ehlukene ehlobene nomculo wakudala.
Lo mculi osewine izindondo zama-Grammy amahlandla angu-19 oseke waba sezingeni eliphezulu emhlabeni ubonakale esekhaya emigwaqeni.
I-Bach Project uhambo lomhlaba wonke oluhlanganisa amazwekazi ayisithupha futhi isebenze njengomzamo kaMa wokuxhumanisa amasiko nabantu ngobuhle obungapheli bamagumbi e-cello.
I-Nairobi nenkundla yayo yobuciko egqamile ibiyinketho efanelekayo yesiphetho esihle salolu hambo. Umculo kaMa onezigaba eziyisithupha uhlonipha amandla angapheli kanye nekhono lawo lokuqeda izikhathi ezinezinkinga.
Ecabanga ngokubaluleka kwamanothi e-Bach empilweni yakhe uMa uthe ahlinzeka ngokudla, induduzo, kanye nenjabulo phakathi neminyaka. Naphezu komculo owaqanjwa eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-300 edlule ithonya lawo elijulile liyaqhubeka nokudonsa izithameli futhi livusa imizwelo enamandla.
I-Bach Project bekuwuhambo “lokulalela nokufunda” olubungaza abantu abajwayelekile kanye nolwazi lwabo oluhlukahlukene.
Ikhonsathi kaMa ebise-Kenya National Theatre ihehe isixuku sakudala kanti amathikithi athengwe wonke ngosuku. Esiteji uMa udalule ukuxhumana kwakhe okujulile namasiko nokuthi kumsize kanjani ukuthi athuthuke.
Ngale komculo wakhe uMa uzibandakanye nomphakathi wendawo ehlola imigwaqo yase-Nairobi esebenzisana nabaculi bendawo futhi uvakashele ikhempu lababaleki lase-Kakuma ukuze ahlanganyele umculo nabanye abaculi.
Isiphetho se-Bach Project e-Nairobi siphawule enye ingqophamlando ohambweni lukaYo-Yo Ma lokweqa imingcele nokuhlanganisa abantu ngolimi lomhlaba wonke lomculo.
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