Music’s Inner Vision with Victoria Oruwari

Victoria Oruwari is a blind singer who has performed on stage with many orchestras including the Paraorchestra, and the Inner Vision Orchestra just to name a couple.

During the Covid lockdown Victoria was invited to sing at the famous BBC Maida Vale Studios for a Radio 3 concert during Disability Week and in-between the two songs she sang Victoria was also interviewed for Radio 3 time. The Producers of the concert liked Victoria’s voice so much when they were interviewing her that they asked her whether she would like to present a programme on Radio 3.

This was an opportunity Victoria could not miss and she quickly began working with the producers on her recent two part BBC Radio 3 programme ‘Music’s Inner Vision’.  

Victoria’s two part Radio 3 programme ‘Music’s Inner Vision’ showcased  a number of blind and partially sighted composers and performers both past and present to provide greater awareness of how blind and partially sighted composers and musicians write music and perform.

Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Victoria to find out more about ‘Music’s Inner Vision’, how Victoria found the process of working with the Producers on the programme, how Victoria made her choices on which composer and performer to include in the two programmes and whether there were any surprises for her when doing her research for ‘Music’s Inner Vision’.

Victoria’s two part BBC Radio 3 programme ‘Music’s Inner Vision’ is still available to listen again via the BBC Sounds App with part one available up till the end of Tuesday 28 December and part two available up til the end of Tuesday 4 January 2022.

To find out more about Victoria, her music and details of any of her up-coming performances do visit her website - http://www.victoriaoruwari.com

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