Nairobi What's on
26 April 2006. The acclaimed Beninese singer-songwriter makes her first appearance in Kenya at Carnivore restaurant. Born in Ouidah in 1960, Kidjo left Benin for Paris in 1982. There she performed as...
Addis Ababa What's on
27 April 2006. Brothers Stephane (trumpet) and Lionel (saxophone), Laurent Fickelson (piano), Paul Imm (bass) and Laurent Robin (drums) from France give a jazz concert at the Hilton Hotel. 18.30. Entr...
Addis Ababa What's on
24-28 April 2006. Pianist Giovanni Velluti plays music by Chopin, Scarlatti, Schubert, Tausig, Grieg and Liszt-Gounod on 24 April (repeated at the Yared School of Music in Addis Ababa on 25 April). Ro...
Nairobi What's on
30 April 2006. Kiggundu Musoke gives a piano recital organised by the Nairobi Music Society in conjunction with the Italian Institute of Culture. 15.00.
Addis Ababa What's on
15 April 2006. Young French musician Mathieu Boogaerts performs in concert at the Lycee Gebre Mariam in Addis Ababa as part of an international tour. Born in Fontenay sous Bois near Paris in 1970, Boo...
Addis Ababa What's on
Korean beats at the National Theatre.
31 March 2006. The six-member Dulsori percussion group from South Korea is at the National Theatre for an evening of traditional Korean music organised by the Ethiopian ministry of culture and tourism...
Nairobi What's on
1 April 2006. Nimrod Taabu, Philip Coulson, Ian Mbugua, Duncan Wambugu and Michael Oyier perform modern and classic songs in a charity concert presented by Sterling Quality Entertainment Company. 19.0...
Addis Ababa What's on
31 March 2006. Girum Mezmour (guitar), Beale Merawi (bass) and Olaf Boelsen (saxophone) perform in a jazz cabaret evening at the Alliance thio-franaise. Mezmour is considered one of the best guitarist...
Maputo What's on
31 March 2006. The renowned Mozambican singer, songwriter and social activist Elvira Viegas presents her fourth CD, Venho de longe. Winner of the annual Dcouvertes RFI prize awarded by Radio France In...
Cape Town What's on
1 April 2006. The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra performs light classical and contemporary music under the direction of South African conductor Richard Cock. The programme includes music by Franz von Sup...
Addis Ababa What's on
17 March 2006. Ghanaian Afro-pop and jazz musician Rex Omar is in the Ethiopian capital as part of an international tour. Born in Kumasi in the central Ashanti region and winner of the Ghana Music Awa...
Cape Town What's on
25 March 2006. Local and international bands take to the stage for 12 hours of rock, funk and electronic music. The line-up includes Metallica, Simple Plan, Collective Soul, infectious, The Rasmus, Se...
Cape Town What's on
3-4 March 2006. Nhanssal, meaning "totally crazy" in Mozambican dialect, is the creation of the MozUrbs, who play musical instruments made from urban waste materials. Five French and six Mozambican mu...
Arusha What's on
3 March. Gianburrasca: music by Nino Rota, text and stage direction by Lina Wertmuller. With Corrado Giuffredi clarinet, Cesare Chiacchiaretta accordino, Giampaolo Bandini guitar, Enrico Fagone double...
Addis Ababa What's on
29 Jan. This concert is part of the Panafrican Tour by the Malian musician Vieux Farka Touré and his band, who will perform along with some Ethiopian guest artists.
Vieux Farka Touré...
