Eugenia Zukerman Interviews Rachel Barton Pine and Nokuthula Ngwenyama July 22

[Nokuthula Ngwenyama, African American Violist and Violinist. Photo by Darla Furlani]

Daily Staff Report, Sunday July 20, 2008
“VAIL — On Tuesday at 5 p.m., Eugenia Zukerman, the artistic director of Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival and the arts correspondent for 'CBS Sunday Morning,' will interview Rachel Barton Pine and Nokuthula Ngwenyama in the lobby of the Vilar Performing Arts Center. A provocative interviewer and an accomplished musician, Zukerman’s repartee will provide informative and interesting insight to the world of classical music from the string perspective. The discussion is free and open to the public. Pine, a violinist, has received worldwide acclaim for her thoughtful interpretations, which she applies to an extremely diverse repertoire.

Ngwenyama (pronounced “En-gwen-ya-ma”) has been celebrated in the press as providing “solidly shaped music of bold, mesmerizing character” (Gramophone magazine). She has performed extensively across the U.S. and abroad, including concerts with the Atlanta, Baltimore and Indianapolis symphonies as well as the National Symphony Orchestra. Ngwenyama’s recitals have taken her from Tokyo’s Suntory Hall to the Louvre, to the White House. Ngwenyama will be featured on the viola. [Nokuthula Ngwenyama is profiled at AfriClassical.com]
Eugenia Zukerman
Rachel Barton Pine
Nokuthula Ngwenyama
African American Violist & Violinist
Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
Vilar Performing Arts Center