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Leonel Bastos (born 1956), Mozambiquan adult contemporary musician and producer working in South Africa; Battery 9, industrial music project from Johannesburg; Beatenberg; Amanda Black (born 1993), Afro-soul singer-songwriter; BlackByrd, pop trio; BLK JKS, rock band; Elvis Blue, musician and songwriter; Bongo Maffin, kwaito music group; Boo!, band
The music scene in South Africa is focused around four major areas, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Bloemfontein. One of the characteristics of the scene is the strong sense of community which sees artist, promoters and venues all actively involved in developing the local talent.
He is also noted for arranging a large number of ballets, including Tales of Hoffmann, La Traviata (adapted for ballet) and Camille for Cape Town City Ballet. [3] He founded the Cape Town Chamber Orchestra and ran I Musicanti, a string chamber orchestra, for several seasons. [3] He played cello and conducted the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra ...
Searching for Sugar Man is a 2012 documentary film about a South African cultural phenomenon, written and directed by Malik Bendjelloul, which details the efforts in the late 1990s of two Cape Town fans, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, to find out whether the rumoured death of American musician Sixto Rodriguez was true and, if not, to discover what had become of him.
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Founded by the Cape Town City Council [1] as the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, the CPO held its inaugural concert on 28 February 1914 in the Cape Town City Hall.This orchestra and its predecessors [2] soon established a reputation both nationally and internationally, with concerts and tours throughout South Africa, [3] the UK, [4] Taiwan, the Canary Islands and the United States.
Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, between the late 1980s and 1990s.It is a variant of house music that features the use of African sounds and samples.