Luna Paige
Bio
Luna Paige is a singer and songwriter from Stellenbosch, South Africa.
As of 20201, she had released five solo and two compilation albums. She joined the music scene when she was invited to record three songs on a compilation album in 1999. Here she shared the stage with renowned SA singer Lesley Rae-Dowling. This experience launched Luna into a professional music career. THE END RESULT: Five solo albums and Iluminar Productions - a production company aimed at introducing the world to interesting and top-class South African entertainment. Due to Covid all planned projects for 2020 and 2021 could not take place.
Luna initially wrote and composed in English and released three albums before she decided to release an Afrikaans album. Her first three albums Luna, Missing Pieces and Wonderful life introduced her as a singer-songwriter whose lyrics and voice touch the soul. Her first Afrikaans CD and DVD ("Storielied") ensured her invitations to perform in Netherlands at the Festival voor het Afrikaans (Amsterdam, the Hague, 2013), and the Harlekijn Festival en Zuid-Afrikaanse Dagen in Soest (2015). There after she released her fourth English album, Borders & Beyond and initiated the Afrikaans music theatre production, Korreltjie Kantel. This album was funded by RSG, received 5-star reviews, and was nominated for a SAMA award in 2018. The production had a successful run in Belgium and Netherlands in October 2019.
Paige produced RSG radio music production ‘Smeltkroes’ featuring actor Marlo Minnaar and musician Ramon Alexander – celebrating poetry by writers such as Nathan Tantraal, Jolyn Phillips, Shirmoney Rhode and Diana Ferrus. This show was scheduled to make its stage debut at KKNK and Suidoosterfees in 2020. The cast impressively grew to ensure a wider range of artistic participants. Due to Covid the show never took place.
Luna has performed in music theatres, live music venues, music and arts festivals, restaurants, and bars across South Africa. She has performed in Mozambique, Namibia, and the Netherlands on various occasions. She has performed in Belgium once. Her style is her own. Her songs are timeless and speak to the soul.
The last 5 years has also introduced Luna Paige as creator and producer of various diverse music theatre productions. As producer at Iluminar Productions she developed music theatre productions, ‘Die ander konsert’, Her Blues, ‘Korreltjie Kantel’, and ‘Smeltkroes’. She also managed, promoted, and helped develop other artists’ productions. Some of these include the award-winning My Miriam Makeba Story (featuring Sima Mashazi) and classical concerts Bowie Baroque and Folk 101 (featuring Baroque ensemble ‘Here be Dragons’).
In her capacity as event organizer, she facilitated various entertainment programs for restaurants, bars, wine estates and major booking agents working for the Stellenbosch Wine Festival and Cape Cycling Expo. She acted as workshop coordinator for the Cape Town Music Academy and managed logistics for three major jazz workshops hosted by this academy between 2017 and 2019 (annually). www.ctma.co.za
During lockdown (2020), Luna did numerous Facebook live streams from her home, co-ordinated and released a...