iSupport Creative
Business, supported by Concerts SA, presents performances by pianist Burton
Naidoo and poet Luleka Mhlanzi.
This concert is organised
in collaboration with UKZN’s Centre for Creative Arts and Centre for Jazz and
Popular Music, will take place at Alliance Francaise in Durban on Thursday 27
January. The doors open at 6 pm, and tickets are available on Webtickets for
R60.
Pianist, Composer,
Arranger, and Educator Burton Naidoo is proud to present brand new music –
Sometime Before. The compositions reflect a life ‘Sometime Before’ the Covid 19
pandemic, during which most, if not all of us, long for normality. We miss
simple gestures like hugs, handshakes, and meetings without masking. The music
is groovy, edgy, celebratory, and nostalgic.
‘Sometime Before’ will be
released as an album in March 2022. Naidoo is joined by an incredible band
featuring Riley Giandhari on Drums, Trevor Donjeany on Bass, and Martin
Sigamoney on Saxophones.
Also featured as part of the concert is published and performing
poet Luleka Mhlanzi, who has written, read and performed her poetry at many
national and international festivals and events. Mhlanzi,
the author of Confiscated Identity, is a change agent. Her footprint is spotted
in various African youth change programs such as Gold Peer Education, Enke Youth Forum, PACSA,
and Activate Change Drivers. She is currently a youth programmes facilitator at
Heartnet, curating poetry sessions. She
has been listed as one of Mail & Guardian’s Top 200 Young 2021 and has done
commission work on a global campaign, A Letter To Nature for C40 Climate
Leadership Group.
Luleka established a project called Beauty
Revised that responds to a stereotype about beauty standards set by society.
Growing up, she was bullied about her dark skin colour and was deemed ugly.
This project seeks a return of confidence to little girls and women excluded by
society.
Background
Burton Naidoo
At the age
of 6 years old, Burton Naidoo started piano lessons with Simon Kerdachi at the
Simon Kerdachi Academy of Music. He took a keen interest in jazz from an early
age. In 2001 he enrolled on UKZN'S jazz
program and spent four years under the wings of Mr Darius Brubeck. He was also
awarded a scholarship to study at the University of Artisten, Gothenburg,
Sweden, where he took lessons with Anders Perrson and Peter Burman. In 2005 he
won the SAMRO Piano Competition and received funding for further international
study. He has performed at The Rendezvous de 'lerde Festival in Nantes, France,
The International Association for Jazz Educators Conference in Los Angeles,
Nefertiti Jazz Club Sweden, numerous World Music Festivals in Mozambique,
Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Morocco. Locally he has played The Cape Town International
Jazz Festival, Oppikoppi, Splashy Fen, Woodstock, Emerentia Festival, to name a
few. Burton has and continues to perform with some of South Africa's finest
musicians across all genres. He recently collaborated with legendary South
African musicians Sonny Pillay and Hugh Masekela for a series of concerts which
would sadly have been one of Hugh’s last public performances. He has written
and performed a large body of original music.
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These concerts are made
possible by The SAMRO Foundation/Concerts SA. Concerts SA is a joint South African/Norwegian live music
development project housed under the auspices of SAMRO and managed by IKS
Cultural Consulting. Concerts SA receives financial, administrative and
technical support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SAMRO and the
SAMRO Foundation. Working with musicians, promoters, venue owners and
audiences, and providing support to the sector through research and skills
development for music professionals, the project aims to build a vibrant and
viable live music circuit in southern Africa. It also aims to develop an
interest in and appreciation of live music by showcasing music performances and
conducting workshops at schools.
For more information,
please visit our website http://concertssa.co.za,
follow @ConcertsSA on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ConcertsSA
or like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ConcertsSA.
Event
listing:
Burton Naidoo in concert
Featuring poet
Alliance Francaise de
Durban
22 Sutton Crescent
Thursday 27 January
Doors: 6pm
Tickets: R60 on
webtickets