The 2010 MUSON Festival continued with the showcasing of a classical concert on October 31 at the Agip Recital Hall of the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. The concert, which was supported by the Consulate General of Italy, began at 6pm.
This year’s MUSON Festival is themed ‘Nigeria at 50’. Organisers said one of the objectives of the festival is to promote inter-cultural relations with other nationalities and this was exhibited at the concert as a decent turnout of Nigerians and foreigners trooped in to see opera performances in Italian, English, Yoruba and Igbo.
Billed to perform were; Italian-born Anna Corvino, a Soprano, Maria Asseeva an excellent Piano recitalist and accompanist, Joseph Oparamanuike also known as Mr. Tenor and another Tenor, Guchi Egbunine. Both Corvino and Asseeva are renowned international performers.
Asseeva, a resident tutor at the MUSON Centre, has recorded a compact disc featuring works of Frederic Chopin while Corvino has given concerts and performed as a soloist at festivals in places like Rome, Naples and Israel.
Oparamanuike and Egbunine have been trained by professionals and have also performed locally and internationally. Oparamanuike is a voice teacher at the MUSON School of music in addition to being a member of the MUSON choir.
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