German, French Embassies Launch Abuja Music Show
Plans have been concluded by two world powers, Germany and France in collaboration with the Abuja Metropolitan Music Society (AMEMUSO) to launch a Nigerian international music event in the Federal Capital Territory, which comes with an OPERA performance on the November 16, 2007.
The maiden global event is tagged,’ Operaabuja 2007′, and is targeted at identifying, mobilising, harmonising and coordinating the abundant music potentials of the nation in the area of music. Already, FCT minister, Dr.Aliyu Umar Modibbo, FCT minister of state, Senator J.J Akpanudoedehe, and the secretary of FCT social secretariat, Olusegun Awolowo, are anxiously waiting to open the occasion.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja yesterday, the wife of the German Ambassador to Nigeria, and Chairman of AMEMUSO,Maria Cecilia Toledo de Schmillen, said the event is being organised for the love of music and the desire to use it to blend the cultural heritage of the nation, and also advance the cause of unity, friendship, entertainment, and above all, build bridges across the various divides of the multilinguistic ethnic and religious segment of the country.
Maria Cecilia, who is herself a graduate of international music of the famous Mozarteum University, Salzburg in Austria, and a renowned performer of classical music, Operaabuja 2007 is just first a tip of the iceberg, regarding what is to come in future. ‘This interestingly will be the opera concert in Abuja and will feature local and international performers of repute in a crossover performance’. Maria said she is leading an 80 man- combined choir, even though only 50 of them will sing and dance at the beautiful event, to thrill residents and other invited guests at the occasion. The choir has been training on various aspects of classical music for some months now.
AMEMUSO, she added, is all out to give professional training to future music instructors and those with talents and gifts and flair in music, with all the efforts geared towards building a first class Nigerian music sub sector, and the consequent establishing in the near future, of a conservatory of International standards in Abuja, especially for children and talented adults, which will be managed by both Nigerian and foreign experts.
The quest for this new musical adventure, Maria said, will be heralded with a press conference tomorrow at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja by 12pm at the Benue Room.
Via Leadership
