Viva Vuvuzuela

August 2010

Blow your horn

Since the football World Cup introduced the vuvuzela to  the rest of the world, this 50cm has been tagged the scourge that drives even the most committed terrace-goer crazy with its unrelenting drone. Time out for a different take on the horn, as music educator Pedro Espi-Sanchis makes the case for music lovers to embrace vuvuzelas.

Music educator Pedro Espi-Sanchis with the Orchestra he takes with him on a world tour to teach people how to play the tuned vuvuzela. © Photo: Karl Simons

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Veerle Devos

Veerle Devos (aka VOS) is a historian who has been active in journalism for many years, working with DAMNº since 2005. She's co-founder of the Office for Urban Reporting, a research centre and production house that investigates and communicates about 21st-century urbanisation. In her free time she’s preparing a personal travel guide for Portugal.