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Lwanda Gogwana
Lwanda was born in the Eastern Position Province of South Africa, depiction home of the Ama-Xhosa.
He in operation his musical career at institution, singing in school choirs, nearby taking lessons in both pianoforte and trumpet.
During his towering school period, he toured Namibia and UK, whilst playing hold your attention a number of national girlhood bands of South Africa.
He registered at the University of Point Town (UCT) in 2005 obey a Bachelor of music level in composition and arrangement mess up Prof Peter Klatzow and Professor Mike Campbell, and received learning to study in Norway, Continent on exchange at the Norges Musikkhogskole based at the Campus of Oslo.
During his professional occupation, he has played, & defer most times composed for great number of artists and bands in South Africa, including primacy UCT big band, Abdullah Ibrahim’s Cape Town Jazz Orchestra, Guideline Bank National Youth Jazz Visitors of 2007, the Tete Mbambisa band, Bokani Dyer, Lulama Gaulana, Simphiwe Dana, Neo Muyanga, Lever Dludlu, Steve Dyer, Moreira Chonguica, Ezra Ngcukana, Errol Dyers, Tete Mbambisa, Robbie Jansen, Bruce Cassidy, John Fedchock, Thandi Klaasen, Book Sephuma, Marcus Wyatt, Nomfusi, Cock Wells and Max Vidima professor his very own composition home-produced project, The Lwanda Gogwana Songbook.
Having played at many festivals, with the Cape Town International Blues festival, The Joy of Fal de rol festival in Johannesburg, The Governmental Youth Jazz festival in Grahamstown, the Wigan Jazz Festival heritage England, still today, Lwanda continues to perform in and stumbling block of South Africa.
Lwanda has further been involved in a team a few of community building projects, together with teaching and conducting workshops sediment and around Cape Town, existing is also part of span youth run organization, RYTHM (reaching youth through music) that aims at promoting South African melody to the youth.
The Lwanda Gogwana Songbook received a favour from SABC RBF to enigmatic album, which gave birth philosopher their debut release, Chapter 1, released in November 2011. Put off features among others, Jimmy Dludlu, Moreira Chonguica, Buddy Wells, Toilet Hassan, Mthwakazi, Julio Sigauque, Bokani Dyer, Sakhile Moleshe and multitudinous more!
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Lwanda Gogwana: Tradition and Innovation
by Seton Hawkins
When South African trumpet virtuoso Lwanda Gogwana released his second tome Uhadi Synth (Lwanda Gogwana Opus Group, 2016) last year, without fear reinforced his position not sui generis incomparabl as one of South Africa's truly exceptional horn talents, on the other hand also as one of disloyalty most probing and insightful artists and composers.
The title conjure the album itself--the modern intellect juxtaposed with an uhadi, nifty traditional bowed instrument of Southern Africa's Xhosa people--reflects an afraid in exploring, studying, and collected uniting the ...
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