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MoZuluArt in Austrian TV programme
As a contribution to St Stevens day, ORF2 will be sending a Bettina Schimak film clip entitled "Steine am Weg".
The song "Beka kimi" becomes the starting point of a reflection on the idea that joy and sorrow are often closely related.







Links:
ORF - Steine am Weg

 

MoZuluArt live in Ö1 Christmas Quiz in the large studio
We were invited to create the musical backdrop for the Ö1 Christmas quiz at the RadioKulturhaus in Vienna. The event will take place on the 18.12. from 12:30pm and will be live on Ö1 radio station.



Links:
RadioKulturhaus - RadioKulturhaus
gehört.gewusst - Ö1 Quiz
Live stream - Ö1

 

African Love Songs
Erykah Badu, Angelique Kidjo and Richard Bona are some of the outstanding artists who can be heard together with MoZuluArt on the CD "African Love Songs". The extraordinary CD was compiled and released by Universal Music Germany.




 

Summer Festivals 2011: Genova, Riga and Špancirfest
The ancient port of Genova is transformed each year as the most beautiful stage in northern Italy. MoZuluArt will be part of the groups performing there this year at the 20. Festival Musicale del Mediterraneo. We will also perform at the summertime Festival at the Latvian Capital city of Riga and at the legendary Špancirfest in Varaždin/Croatia. For our Austrian fans we will perform in Innsbruck, Linz, Feldbach, Leitzersdorf and Vienna.


20. FESTIVAL MUSICALE DEL MEDITERRANEO
SUMMERTIME FESTIVAL
SPANCIRFEST 2011

 

Pics from South Africa
We have uploaded a few pictures from our short South African Tour (Darling, Pretoria & Johannesburg) and also some pictures of our visit to Capetown and the 'Mai Mai' Zulu Market in Jo´burg!

Link: photoalbum - www.mozuluart.at
 

MoZuluArt in South Africa and at the Vienna City Hall
With MoZuluArt around the world: After performing concerts in Berlin, New York and Dakar Senegal we are opening a new chapter in our band´s biography. The South African premiere is on the 26th of February at the "West Coast Classical Festival" in Darling/Cape Town. We will then proceed to Johannesburg where we will perform at the "University of The Witwatersrand" on the 2nd of March.

For those in interested to know how the MoZuluArt South Africa affair went, we will let you know musically on the 4th of March where we will be opening the "Wiener Flüchtlingsball".


Links:
West Coast Classical Festival - Darling Music Experience
Johannesburg performance - MIAGI
17. Wiener Flüchtlingsball - Wiener Integrationshaus

 

New years eve in Genova
We will enter the year 2011 this time in Genova Italy where we will perform with Ambassade String Quartett on new years eve at the opening of an African Art Exhibition. The "Capodanno Africano" takes place at Palazzo Ducale, we will perform live at 22.30 and then a Dj takes over from 24:30am.


Links:
Homepage - Capodanno Africano
Programm - download pdf

 

MoZuluArt christmas album to be released november 26th
After performing our concerts "An African Christman with MoZuluArt" in 2009 we decided to record a CD with the same title. In September 2010 we found time with the Ambassade String Quartet to record in Studio 3 of the ORF (Austrian radio broadcasting studios). The CD will be released on the 26th of November on Emarcy/Universal and the CD release concert takes place at the beautiful and uncomparable venue of Odeon in Vienna Austria on the 28th of November.


Links:
CD release concert - Odeon

 

Concert Judendorf-Strassengel - date changed to October
By request of the organizers of the festival "Strassengler Herbstklänge" we moved concert in Judendorf-Strassengel to October 29th. Admission is free, and we were assured that the heating system of the church is working well!

 

Outreach Festival: MoZuluArt feat. Ambassade String Quartet and Mino Cinelu
At this year`s Outreach Festival in Schwaz/Tyrol we have the opportunity to perfrom with a world famous musician: The french percussion player Mino Cinelu has not only received 3 Grammys in his career, his credit list reads like a who`s who of jazz and pop history. Mino has worked with people like Miles Davis, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Joni Mitchell, Youssou N`Ndour among others and he has also released 3 solo albums.

The festival is being broadcasted live in the "Ö1/WDR3 Jazznacht".

Links:
Outreach Festival - www.outreach.at
Mino Cinelu - www.minocinelu.com
Ö1 Jazznacht - oe1.orf.at

 


MoZuluArt back in France and Switzerland
One year after our first performance in France MoZuluArt will perform again in France and in Switzerland. In March Ramadu, Blessings and Vusa Mkhaya a/k/a "Insingizi" were presented with the "Prix France Musiques du Monde 2010". The award-winning singers will be performing with Roland at the Festival Musiques de Beauregard in Saint-Genis-Laval on June 27. And you can hear MoZuluArt together with the Ambassade String Quartett at the Paléo Festival in Nyon on July 24 and 25.

Links:
Les Musiques de Beauregard - www.mairie-saintgenislaval.fr
Paléo Festival - yeah.paleo.ch
 


MoZuluArt in Leitzersdorf - new pics online
On June 4th MoZuluArt performed a gig in a charming venue in lower Austria. The audience enjoyed the show a lot, especially many children who had come to sing out loud on some of the songs that Vusa had thaught them before in a workshop in the local school.

Links:
Pictures - www.ehnpictures.com
 


MoZuluArt premiere in Vorarlberg
On April 28th MoZuluArt & Ambassade quartet are heading to their first performance in Vorarlberg, Austria`s westernmost province. The event takes place as a suscription concert of the "Lustenauer Konzertabonnement". Individual tickets will be sold in advance (link) and on the day of the concert.

Links:
Termine - www.lustenau.at
 


MoZuluArt review 2009 - new pics online!
As Ramadu, Blessings and Vusa are enjoying their stay in Zimbabwe, Michael Buchmann, leader of the Ambassade String Quartet, was investigating his camera and found some snapshots from our tours in 2009, which he kindly likes to share with us. We will be back for live shows in Austria and Germany starting from Feburary on.

Links:
Photos - www.mozuluart.at
Tourdates - www.mozuluart.at

 


Xmas concerts in december
This year we will perform 4 concerts in Germany and one in Spain under the title "An African Christmas With MoZuluArt". We are currently working on the song arrangements for this program and we will sample some of the songs at our concert in front of the Karlskirche in Vienna on the 27 November 2009. (CONCERT STARTS AT 4PM!) Our graphic designer Harald Ergott came out with a fitting xmas graphic illustration of the show which will be used as a poster. If you are too impatient to wait for the 27th Nov, you can listen to a sound sample from a Demo version of the new song "Bethlehem"!

Links:
Termine - www.mozuluart.at
Bethlehem - www.mozuluart.at - mp3-file (2.8 MB)
 


MoZuluArt to perform at the “Vienna New York Jazz Festival 09”
The Austrian Cultural Forum New York is organizing the second Jazz Festival in the New Yorker Jazz clubs and at the ACFNY. We will perform at Joe's Pub, featuring Ambassade String Quartett on the 16th October 09.
Four years after our first performance at the RadioKulturhaus in Vienna Austria we have performed our program “Zulu Music Meets Mozart” in 9 European countries and now we are heading to North America. We would like to thank Horst Watzl (vidc), Wulf and Marion v. Gaudecker (Griot), Harry Gruber (Universal Music Austria), Christoph Huber (Porgy & Bess), Pat & Marcus Meier (Art and Garden), DJ Zipflo, and all concert organizers who gave us a chance to shine!

Link:
Austrian Cultural Forum New York - www.acfny.org
Joe's Pub - www.joespub.com
Wien Kultur - www.wien.gv.at
 


MoZuluArt with Wolfgang Puschnig, Jon Sass und Mamadou Diabate
We got an invitation to perform at the Marano Classic Festival in Italy with guests and we will feature: Jazz saxophonist Wolfgang Puschnig, who just came back from a European Tour with Carla Bley, Tuba player extraordinaire Jon Sass, whom we had the pleasure to jam with a few times over the years, and balafon virtuso Mamadou Diabate from Burkina Faso. Right now we are getting ready for this interesting music project and you can watch the first public performance on the 17th of September Sargfabrik Vienna.

Links:
Mamadou Diabate - www.mamadoudiabate.com
Wolfgang Puschnig - www.puschnig.com
Jon Sass - www.jonsass.com
 


MoZuluArt at German Festivals & a trip to North See Islands
Starting at the Afrika-Karibik-Festival in Aschaffenburg, we perform at the Comedy-Arts-Festival Moers, and at Micro! Festival Dortmund. From there we move on to the North Sea and play on 6 islands from Norderney to Spikeroog. Coming back we close our August Tour with an Open Air concert at Bürgerhaus Köln Kalk.

All Dates: www.mozuluart.at
 


MoZuluArt live in France, the Netherlands and Italy
In 2009 we will perform at the renowned "Mundial Festival" in the Netherlands. The organizers of the "Festival d`Ambronay" have invited us to perform our program "Zulu Music Meets Mozart" for the first time in France, and after that we are going to make our debut in Italy at the "Merano Classic Festival". All dates, including shows in Germany and Austria, can be found here, the concert schedule is updated regularly.

Links:
Mundial Festival - www.festivalmundial.nl
Festival d`Ambronay - www.ambronay.org
Merano Classic Festival - www.meranofestival.com
 


Concert in Nürtingen (D) - Pics online
Some pictures from MoZuluArt`s first ever church concert in Nürtingen (D) are online!

Link: Photos
 


MoZuluArt pics DVD release Party
Added some pics from MoZuluArt's DVD release party at the Metropol in Vienna on October 12th.

Link: Photos
 


Concert Film from Lukas Beck released on the 10th of October 2008
Vienna (APA) - The Viennese Lukas Beck (born in 1969) knows the Austrian music scene very well as a photographer. He made a breakthrough with his unique photography and accompanied Austrian Kabarretists and superstars who performed in sold out theaters. He also has done a number of exhibitions (the last being “Wien Tradition und Moderne” at the Leopold Museum and “Fussballkäfig international” at the occasion of EURO 08 at the gallery urbanart). He has published books and ilustrations about (Hans Söllner, Die Wiener SängerKnaben and Kurt Ostbahn). In the near future he will be taken serious as film director.
In March 2008 Beck´s concert film “Be a Mensch” the opening of the European year of intercultural dialogue 2008 that was performed by Willi Resetarits and musicians from all over the world at the Wiener Stadthalle was shown in the Austrian tv station ORF.

On the 10th of October 2008 the first DVD that Lukas Beck is responsible for as a director was released, “MoZuluArt live in Hernals” (Universal music) is a documentation of a concert performed by the group MoZuluArt filmed at the Metropol Theatre Vienna in October 2007. The group that comprises of Roland Guggenbichler (Austria), Vusa Mkhaya Ndlovu, Blessings Nqo Nkomo and Ramadu (all from Zimbabwe) mixes traditional Zulu singing and classical music (mainly Mozart compositions). The joy of performing that is made complete by the Ambassade String Quartet and guest star Wolfgang Puschnig comes out well in the sensible quet picture language of Mr Beck as well as the audience´s relaxed and happy atmosphere.

Emarcy/Universal, Katalog Nummer 1781471.
Mail orders: Südwind-Buchwelt

Links: Lukas Beck - www.lukasbeck.com
          Universal Music - www.universalmusic.at
          Emarcy Records - www.emarcy.com
          Südwind-Buchwelt - www.suedwind-buchwelt.at
 


MoZuluArt pics "Stadtfest Wien"
Added some pics from MoZuluArt's gig at the "Stadtfest Wien" on May 3rd.
 


Reviews
Added some CD and concert reviews to the PRESS link.
 


MoZuluArt DVD out on 10-10-2008
The DVD "MoZuluArt - Live In Hernals" will be released on 10th October by Universal Music Austria. The official DVD-presentation will be in Vienna's Metropol theatre on Sunday, October 12th, MoZuluArt feat. Ambassade String Quartet. Join the Mbombela train and experience life's balancing at it's best!


 


MoZuluArt CD now available through Amazon
We have good news for those who can't find the MoZuluArt CD at their local record shop. It's now available also through Amazon germany. Give respect to your quality CD reseller nervetheless!

Link: www.amazon.de
 


MoZuluArt at Womex
The biggest and most influental world music fair Womex is taking place right now in Sevilla/Spain. MoZuluArt is being represented through Wulf and Marion von Gaudecker from our booking agency Griot.

Links: www.womex.com - www.griot.de
 


MoZuluArt pics "Schlossfestspiele Wolfsburg"
Added some pics from MoZuluArt's gig at the "Schlossfestspiele Wolfsburg" on June 22nd.
 


MoZuluArt crosses border
From today on the CD "MoZuluArt - Zulu Music Meets Mozart" is also available in Germany, Switzerland and Poland besides Austria. Ask for Universal Music, Catalogue Number 1702891.
 


MoZuluArt kicks off festival season
We will start our festival season 2007 with an appearance at the 6th Africa Festival Osnabrück. The boys from Ambassade Streichquartett will accompany us on our musical journey, which will lead us to Germany, Denmark and Poland. - dates
 


Interview Ramadu - MoZuluArt
The JAWS13 magazin published a very interesting interview with Ramadu, where he talks about the story, the present and the future of MoZuluArt - click here.
 



MoZuluArt's first concert dates 2007 are online.
 


MoZuluArt's last three shows in 2006
We will play for about an hour at the bookstore Nentwich's "CD-Shop Opening Party" (www.nentwich.cc) on December 9th in Eisenstadt. On December 14th we will be on stage at the vienniese jazzclub Porgy & Bess (www.porgy.at) in course of their "Jazz Community Recall Part IV"- Festival. And last but not least we'll say goodbye to the "Mozart-Year 2006" as special guests at the "Willi Resetarits Silvesterschau" on New Year's eve.
 


Pictures Stockwerk, Graz 23.09.
Some pictures of our gig in Graz on the 23rd of September are online.
 


Pictures Theater am Spittelberg 10.08.
You can see some cool pics of our recent concert at Theater am Spittelberg, Vienna at www.gib-mir-musik.at.
 


CD "MoZuluArt - Zulu music meets Mozart"
The CD "MoZuluArt - zulu music meets Mozart" will be released on July 7th on Universal music. It contains 14 tracks from the MoZulu program. It´s a great honour for us to have Austria`s saxophone legend Wolfgang Puschnig on the album, this time playing his marvellous magical flute. As if this wasn`t enough, there is also a bonus track on which MoZuluArt is performing live with the Vienna Symphony orchestra. Watch out!


Opening of the Wiener Festwochen - Video
On friday May 12th the opening of the Wiener Festwochen has taken place at the Wiener Rathausplatz. MoZuluArt performed their piece "Bheka Kimi", accompanied by the world famous Vienna Symphony Orchestra with conductor Christian Arming.
You can watch the (small) video clip
BhekaKimi_Festwochen.mov (8 MB).


MoZuluArt CD
The group that was to become MuZuluArt started out when Vusa, Blessings and Ramadu invited their mate Roland to join them for a musical contribution to the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the end of organized racism in the republic of South Africa, held in the Radiokulturhaus/Vienna. From then on they worked together on compositions, recorded many songs in the Arena/Vienna with producer Thomas Löffler, and did an overwhelming debut show in the mentioned Concert hall. The result of this journey can soon be heard on their forthcoming CD "MoZuluArt".


Opening of the Wiener Festwochen
On friday May 12th the opening of the Wiener Festwochen takes place at the Wiener Rathausplatz.
MoZuluArt is going to perform their piece "Bheka Kimi", and they will be accompanied by the world famous Vienna Symphony Orchestra with conductor Christian Arming.
This is a dream come true for the boys from Bulawayo and Braunau, and you can watch them live via TV in 15 European countries (EBU - European Broadcasting Union).