Standard Bank Young Artists at the 2009 Standard Bank Jazz Festival - (Part 1)

Standard Bank Young Artists at the 2009 Standard Bank Jazz Festival - (Part 1). The Standard Bank has been a central supporter of the arts in South Africa for decades and since 1985 the Standard Bank Young Artist Awards have annually recognised artists pushing the boundaries of their chosen art forms and catching the attention of audiences and their peers. These awards have in recent years paid particular attention to the phenomenal jazz talent in our country and we are in the fortunate position of being able to draw together six of the winners from the list of musical luminaries who have won this prestigious prize to perform together this year in celebration of 25 years of Standard Bank sponsorship of the award. Shannon Mowday, South Africa's package of saxophone dynamite, Mark Fransman, visionary on both piano and saxophone, Concord Nkabinde, who has blurred the restrictions of musical boundaries, and drummer Kesivan Naidoo, who will light a fire under any musician, come together as a quartet forging a new direction in music. Joining the quartet as guests are the 2005 winner for Jazz, Andile Yenana (piano), and 2008 Music winner, opera star Zanne Stapelberg.

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Music

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• Kesivan Naidoo
• Shannon Mowday
• Concord Nkabinde
• Mark Fransman
• National Arts