EP 8: Pioneering change with Ofentse Pitse

This podcast embarks on a series of culturally-rich conversations seeking to explore, inform and create a unique definition and discovery of African luxury.


MEET MY GUEST

A true pioneer, Ofentse is an orchestra owner, conductor, classical music arranger, producer, musician and curator of intimate musically inspired/ influenced spaces and experiences. She draws her inspiration from the matriarchs in her life, giving reverence to both her mother and grandmother.


She is on a continuous journey of self-mastery with education being a central and pervasive theme for her life. She deems herself a creative academic drawn from her passion for art and Africa, ensuring that each project she takes on is innovative and of academic excellence. Ofentse has managed to masterfully create a brand that truly reflects her core values, character, people and heart - all of which are vital ingredients for a history-making change agent and rising influential cultural voice and a key player in the orchestral world.



IN THIS EPISODE

Ofentse's enchantment with this beautiful continent and her dreams for AfricaHer journey from architecture to conducting, arranging and curating musicHow African music, musical sounds and practices of indigenous people has influenced different musical genres such as classical musicThe evolution of music in Africa, it's iterations over the centuries and how it shapes contemporary genres such as amapiano



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