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‘We are looking at spiritual affinities and how these liberate and at the same time transcend the political’
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to South African pianist NDUDUZO MAKHATINI
Nduduzo Makhathini performing in Amsterdam on 28 October 2021
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MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
NDUDUZO MAKHATINI is an extraordinary pianist. Born in Umgungundlovu, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa in 1982, his musical universe carries the spirits of his Zulu ancestry, engendered through his piano studies at Durban University of Technology and his doctoral research at the University of Stellenbosch.
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