While the temperature outside is falling, the temps inside the classical music scene are heating up in anticipation of the new fall season. Hyde Park presenters have some exciting offerings,
In the Zulu language, Oluzayo means “what lies ahead, and this five-day festival aimed to present new African music that circumvented familiar patterns of reception and presentation. The organization behind this festival is the Cologne-based African Futures, regularly presenting a program of panels, lectures, workshops and discussions. Innovation wasn’t always compulsory, as some of the acts involved maintained deep traditional roots. Whatever might be “new” usually possessed familiar traits and elements at the core of its style.