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Trumpeter Mandla Mlangeni presents eclectic South African music at Luthuli Museum
Trumpeter Mandla Mlangeni presents eclectic South African music at Luthuli Museum
Trumpeter and composer Mandla Mlangeni will perform live at The Luthuli Museum in Groutville on 3 May. Entrance fee is R30 and the doors will open at 6pm.
This concert explores and presents the composition prowess of Mandla Mlangeni, who will be accompanied by friends who arestars in the KZN jazz circuit.
One can expect an eclectic repertoire and yet unmistakably South African through and through—always enjoyable upon first listen, but teeming with brilliant details that continue to reveal themselves over time. This vital music is at the core of the 'Mandla Mlangeni & Friends' Concert and audiences are guaranteed to enjoy timeless genius when the next generation of jazz leaders bring their fresh energy to it.
Trumpeter and composer Mlangeni is a bandleader with a host of skills ranging from teaching, performing to arranging and composing in diverse styles of music. Amongst other activities he is currently involved in composing and performing music with several projects in South Africa and abroad. He is this year's Standard Bank Young Artist of Jazz.
Most notably are the 2016 production of Oratorio For A Forgotten Youth 2016 at the Artscape Opera House. The Mill SA/CH (SA/SWISS collab), Behind The Curtain and BirdSong Ensemble a collection of South African and German musicians who have collaborated in producing independent contemporary music.
Mlangeni has toured extensively with the Cape Town Opera's production of Porgy and Bess from 2009 - 2014 with productions at the many opera houses in Europe. Mlangeni is a recipient of 2016 Pro Helvetia Artist In Residence in Bern, Switzerland.