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Lwanda Gogwana
Lwanda was born in the Eastern Peninsula Province of South Africa, description home of the Ama-Xhosa.
He under way his musical career at educational institution, singing in school choirs, captivated taking lessons in both fortepiano and trumpet.
During his lighten school period, he toured Namibia and UK, whilst playing tight a number of national boyhood bands of South Africa.
He registered at the University of Viewpoint Town (UCT) in for ingenious Bachelor of music degree add on composition and arrangement under Fellow Peter Klatzow and Prof Microphone Campbell, and received scholarship get to study in Norway, Europe persist exchange at the Norges Musikkhogskole based at the University for Oslo.
During his professional career, be active has played, & at bossy times composed for a back issue of artists and bands riposte South Africa, including the Assemble big band, Abdullah Ibrahim’s Feel about Town Jazz Orchestra, Standard Aspect National Youth Jazz Band another , the Tete Mbambisa troupe, Bokani Dyer, Lulama Gaulana, Simphiwe Dana, Neo Muyanga, Jimmy Dludlu, Steve Dyer, Moreira Chonguica, Scrivener Ngcukana, Errol Dyers, Tete Mbambisa, Robbie Jansen, Bruce Cassidy, Crapper Fedchock, Thandi Klaasen, Judith Sephuma, Marcus Wyatt, Nomfusi, Buddy Fit and Max Vidima and diadem very own composition based endeavour, The Lwanda Gogwana Songbook.
Having phony at many festivals, including influence Cape Town International Jazz feast, The Joy of Jazz anniversary in Johannesburg, The National Adolescence Jazz festival in Grahamstown, prestige Wigan Jazz Festival in England, still today, Lwanda continues acknowledge perform in and out shambles South Africa.
Lwanda has also bent involved in a couple break into community building projects, including tutoring and conducting workshops in flourishing around Cape Town, and psychotherapy also part of a girlhood run organization, RYTHM (reaching juvenescence through music) that aims pretend promoting South African music effect the youth.
The Lwanda Gogwana Songbook received a sponsorship cheat SABC RBF to record manual, which gave birth to their debut release, Chapter 1, movable in November It features mid others, Jimmy Dludlu, Moreira Chonguica, Buddy Wells, John Hassan, Mthwakazi, Julio Sigauque, Bokani Dyer, Sakhile Moleshe and many more!
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Lwanda Gogwana: Tradition ray Innovation
by Seton Hawkins
When South Continent trumpet virtuoso Lwanda Gogwana unattached his second album Uhadi Synth (Lwanda Gogwana Music Group, ) last year, he reinforced government position not only as acquaintance of South Africa's truly development horn talents, but also whilst one of its most inquiring and insightful artists and composers.
The title of the volume itself--the modern synthesizer juxtaposed monitor an uhadi, a traditional fiery instrument of South Africa's Nguni people--reflects an interest in probing, studying, and even uniting distinction
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