Thokozani N. Mhlambi
Thokozani Ndumiso Mhlambi (born 18 September 1984) is a South African-born musician, composer and cultural innovator. Mhlambi is known for his concert-lecture presentations, which he first gave at the Mazisi Kunene Museum in Durban in 2016, a presentation for which he was shortlisted for the National Institute for Humanities and Social Science Creative Prize in 2018.[1] In the same year, Mhlambi’s ‘Amakholwa’ series, an initiative aimed at highlighting the achievements of early African composers, was featured on Afropunk Festival.[2]
Mhlambi has presented showcases combining critical intellectual engagement as well as live performances. On stage he often gives solo performances on the baroque cello and voice. He regularly collaborates with orchestras and ensembles in Europe and North America.[3]
Mhlambi is also a cultural thinker, writing on the efforts of Pan-African thinkers and composers. This includes thinkers such as C. L. R. James, W. E. B. Du Bois, Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo, Paulo Freire [4] and composers such as Reuben Caluza, Ntsikana, John Knox Bokwe, Enoch Sontonga, to mention a few, who invented a tradition of African anthems.[5]
Awards, Grants & Fellowships
Winner of the African Studies Prize at the University of Cape Town, in 2009.[6]
Brown Institute for Advanced Studies (BIARI), Brown University, in Rhode Island, USA, 2009.[7]
Crossings Artistic Residency for composers, choreographers, lighting-designers, Institut Français, Johannesburg, 2010.[8]
National Research Foundation (South Africa) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Innovation, 2016.[9]
Sonologia: sound studies forum in Sao Paulo, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2016.[10]
Goethe Institute’s Group Project Space (GPS) Award, South Africa, 2018.[11]
Artistic Residency at Cité internationale des arts in Paris, 2019.[12]
Artist Fellowship at African Multiple Clusters, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 2022.[13]
References
- ↑ Vuyo Dlamini. Accessed 10 November 2022 http://www.theartistsbook.org.za/oid/downloads/1/234_1_04_19_40_PM_HSS%20Award%202018.pdf
- ↑ See "Music & the African Archive,"http://www.apc.uct.ac.za/apc/oct8/music-and-african-archive
- ↑ "African Song Cycle," https://www.nowsociety.org/event/dr-thokozani-mhlambi-project-african-song-cycle, "Indlela ebheke e Azania,"https://www.citedesartsparis.net/en/fringe-event-dr-thokozani-mhlambi-indlela-ebheke-e-azania
- ↑ "African Orientations to Listening: The case of loudspeaker broadcasts to Zulu-speaking audiences in the 1940s," http://www.interferencejournal.org/african-orientations-to-listening-the-case-of-loudspeaker-broadcasting-to-zulu-speaking-audiences-in-the-1940s/
- ↑ "Reviving the history of great African composers," https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2019-09-23-reviving-the-history-of-great-african-composers
- ↑ "Awards for top African Studies students". www.news.uct.ac.za.
- ↑ "Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI)". watson.brown.edu.
- ↑ see https://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/breaching-creative-boundaries-985107; https://www.theatermachine.nl/project/workshop-lighting-design-in-johannesburg/?lang=en
- ↑ Welt, Haus der Kulturen der (December 4, 2020). "Thokozani Mhlambi". HKW.
- ↑ http://www2.eca.usp.br/sonologia/program/
- ↑ "2019 GPS Projects - Goethe-Institut Project Space (GPS) - Goethe-Institut Südafrika". www.goethe.de.
- ↑ "Recherche | Institut français". www.if.institutfrancais.com.
- ↑ "Dr. Thokozani Mhlambi". www.bayreuth-academy.uni-bayreuth.de.
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