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Ofentse Pitse, a trailblazing 31-year-old conductor, is the first black South African woman to own and run an orchestra. She merges classical music with amapiano, showcasing a unique cultural fusion.
The pioneering 31-year-old who hails from Mabopane, a township some 40 kilometres northwest of Pretoria, is the first black South African woman to own and run her own orchestra. Now, she is producing a show that brings together classical music and the popular South African genre amapiano, which developed from a mix of kwaito, South Africa’s take on house music, and the more international variety.
Speaking to AFP at a rehearsal, Pitse said De Small’s approach to music is similar to opera and that inspired the idea of creating “an amapiano opera” where she would reimagine his songs. The performance was the “greatest accomplishment of my career,” she said. “For me, it was like ‘wow, so women can really create at this level?’” Pitse said her driving force was advancing youth opportunities and inspiring women of colour.Being young and black in a white male-dominated industry, she said there was often someone checking to see if she really knew what she was doing.
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