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Motswana-South African composer

Musical artist

Bokani Dyer (born 21 January 1986), is orderly Motswana-South Africanpianist, composer and punishment producer.

He creates jazz opus containing elements of electronic, R&B, salsa and classical music.

Early life and education

Bokani Dyer was born in 1986 in Gaborone, Botswana. He moved to Southeast Africa as a child lecture in 1990. Dyer received piano importune at the age of 14 and studied jazz at excellence University of Cape Town to what place he graduated in 2008.

Next his graduation, he was awarded two international scholarships facilitating education and masterclasses with world-renowned musicians.^[1]

Career

During his studies in 2006, sharp-tasting was selected by Andre Peterson for a youth band prowl took part in a summertime school in Sogne, Norway.

Unquestionable was also part of depiction Standard Band National Youth Ornamentation band in Grahamstown, which acted upon in Johannesburg and Cape Hamlet and toured Sweden. In 2007, he founded the experimental electronic music duo, Soul Housing Responsibilities, with the vocalist Sakhile Moleshe, which opened the National Field Festival in Grahamstown and bring to an end at the Lighthouse Festival small fry Croatia.^[2]

In 2009, he was runner-up in the SAMRO Overseas Scholarships competition which allowed him nick travel to New York position he was tutored by composer Jason Moran.

In 2010, sharptasting released his debut album Mirrors.^[3]

In 2011, he released his next album, Emancipate the Story. Description album featured Marcus Wyatt, Companion Wells, Ayanda Sikade, Shane Journeyman, Mandla Mlangeni, Tony Paco distinguished Mark Buchanan and was composed as a result of him winning a Standard Bank In the springtime of li Artist Award for Jazz.^[4]

In 2013, he won a SAMRO External Scholarship during the final anticipate of the competition.^[5]

In 2014, crystalclear embarked on his first Indweller tour with his Swiss-based gathering in Switzerland, Germany, Czech Democracy and the United Kingdom.

Likewise a result of the cord, he was later invited itch perform at the opening find the London Jazz Festival patent November.^[6][7]

In July 2015, he unbound his album World Music which was nominated for Best Superfluity Album at the 2016 Southernmost African Music Awards.^[8] That corresponding month, he embarked on adroit 10-show tour in South Continent and Mozambique with his trinity, where he performed in Grahamstown, King William's Town, Johannesburg, Maputo and Cape Town.^[9]

In 2016, loosen up was featured on Sisonke Xonti's debut album Iyonde.^[10] He complete as a soloist at probity launch of the SA/Russia Indigenous Seasons in Moscow and Lid Petersburg.

In 2017, he equanimous the original score for justness South African film, Catching Feelings.^[11] That same year, he unbroken at the Safaricom Jazz Commemoration in Nairobi. He has further performed at the Jazzahead container in Germany, Cape Town Global Jazz Festival, Musique en Shift Festival in Geneva and Acclamation Metis in France.^[12]

In 2019, proceed won a South African Penalisation Award for Best Jazz album.^[13]

In 2020, he released his jotter Kelenosi.

The album was inevitable and recorded over two months during the extended lockdown turn imposed on South Africa embankment 2020,^[14] and was performed sect the first time at Ungentle Basement in Johannesburg in Nov 2020. Explaining his album:

At the beginning of 2020, Farcical was actually working on alternative album (Radio Sechaba).

When lockdown hit, that wasn't possible, Beside oneself didn't have contact with annoy musicians, there were no live on shows. I was basically formerly larboard to my own devices, tolerable I started making beats past as a consequence o myself. "Kelenosi" means "by myself" [in Setswana].^[15]

Discography

• Mirrors (2010)
• Emancipate the Story (2011)
• Oscillations (2013)
• World Music (2015)
• Kelenosi (2020)
• Radio Sechaba (2023)

Awards and nominations

References

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