Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
Coco Zhao & Huang Juanji with Special Guest Asanda Mqiki / Photo: Jonathon Rees
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Once a student of western classical piano and composition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Coco Zhao discovered a new world in jazz vocals and has since been immersed in finding the unique cross-sections between Chinese traditional music, western classical music and jazz.
His unique voice, imagination and expressive singing style have made him one of China’s most creative artists and, dubbed “China’s most promising young Jazz musician”, by Youth Daily, his fast rise to international recognition has seen him receive invitations to music festivals worldwide.
Here he presents his “[Dream Situation]” album: a project of rearranged 1920 – 1930’s traditional Shanghai songs brilliantly reworked into a contemporary jazz framework and with the addition of a South African angle.
Touring with him is pianist Huang Juanji – the first Master’s graduate in Jazz from the Shanghai Conservatory and one of the most cosmopolitan jazz musicians presently based in Shanghai.
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Bombshelter Beast is one of Marcus Wyatt’s latest projects – unconventional, skillful and wonderfully entertaining. This star-studded ensemble combines old-school Kwaito with House, Drum n’ Bass, Dancehall, Dub, Ska, Balkan, Boeremusiek, Hip Hop, Ghoema, Rock, and sneaky bits of Jazz – all laced together with singing, rapping and live improvisations.
Company: Standard Bank Jazz Festival
Trumpet: Marcus Wyatt
MC: Pule
Voice: Deone Song, Mihi Matshingana
Sax: Sisonke Xonti, Janus van der Merwe
Trombone, accordion: Justin Sasman
Trombone: Murray Buitendag
Sousaphone: Alex Hitzeroth
Guitar: Michael Bester
Bass: Romy Brauteseth
Drums: Riaan van Rensburg
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
The KwaZulu Natal Youth Orchestra – Children’s Concert / Photo: Mark Wessels
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The KwaZulu-Natal Youth Orchestra conducted by Lykele Temmingh will present this year’s Children’s Concert. The KZN Youth Orchestra comprising talented young musicians from around KwaZulu-Natal will showcase their different instruments in a fun and interactive way in the Monument’s Fountain Foyer.
The KwaZulu-Natal Youth Orchestra comprises the best of young musical talent in the province, and is open to all KZN youth between the ages of 12 and 22. Membership of the youth orchestra is a prestigious accomplishment.
They perform under the baton of maestro Lykele Temmingh, who is the resident conductor with the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, with which the youth orchestra is affiliated, and Cathy Peacock, the sub principal trumpet player with the KZN Philharmonic since 1990.
Director: Lykele Temmingh and Cathy Peacock Featured Artists: Members of the KZN Youth Orchestra Company: KwaZulu-Natal Youth Orchestra
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A duet in two parts performed by two different couples.
Part 1 LOST: A duet by a younger couple who lose each other through the many trials of their relationship.
Part 2 FOUND: A duet by a more mature couple who find each other through acceptance and forgiveness.
The duets speak to the notion of growing and the way we respond at different times in our lives.
Choreographer: Bailey Snyman, Nicola Haskins, Zelne Papenfus and Walt Janse van Rensburg Music Composed By: Daniel Geddes Featured Artists: Bailey Snyman, Nicola Haskins, Zelne Papenfus, Walt Janse van Rensburg Company: Matchbox Theatre Collective and Theatre on Pointe
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After the sensational hits, Alchemy of Rock & Elton and Friends, FollowsSpot brings their latest live singing show to get you dancing in your seats. Featuring your favourite boy-candy Liam McDermott, and sensational dancing by the rest of the Followspot team to add the cherry on the cocktail! Come party with us, you know you wanna.
Director: Vanessa Harris Written By: Followspot Productions Choreographer: Ash Searle Music Performed By: Liam McDermott Featured Artists: Ash Searle, Brad Searle, Vanessa Harris, Liam Mc Dermott Company: FollowSpot Productions
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Redsoil/Brown Soil is an intercontinental and interdisciplinary performance, bringing together theatre makers from Norway, Sweden and South Africa to explore the relationship we have to the land we walk on. It uses physical storytelling and visual theatre to draw on the artists’ different cultural, historic and geographical backgrounds to challenge ideas of space and to explore the complexities and politics of land and the earth.
The piece investigates the devastating impact of colonisation on land, and explores the relationship between Africa and Europe. Land ownership is not only economic, but also spiritual – how does it feel to walk on foreign soil, and what is the difference between those who walk on land they own and the experience of those who are landless?
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This show acknowledges the contemporary voices and stories of young people living
in South Africa. Five performers transform their personal accounts into a series of
images, songs and monologues where they unpack and explore the complexities of the relationships we have with our parents as young people and how those relationships affect us or shape our lives.
Director: Billy Langa, Mahlatsi Mokgonyana Written By: Devised by cast Featured Artists: Thuto Gaasenwe, Ntumekelelo Siyepu, Sokuphila Mkosana, Sibulele Sabisa, Anathi Conjwa Company: Intsusa in collaboration with Theatreduo
