Kyle Shepherd Trio on Southern African Tour

The Southern African Tour was made possible by the generous support of the Concerts SA Mobility Fund - a funding mechanism which offers opportunities for South African musicians to undertake live music tours, administered by Concerts SA, a joint South African/Norwegian project; with the performance in Botswana supported by the Gaborone International Music and Culture Week.

Featuring band leader, Kyle Shepherd on piano, Shane Cooper on bass and Jonno Sweetman on drums, this inspiring and inventive trio who have already captivated audiences across South Africa, Canada, Switzerland and China, perform compositions from Shepherd’s rich and evocative repertoire of recorded and new unreleased original compositions!

“A proud South African, Shepherd is also a striving musician with ears attuned to the cutting-edge, globe-spanning music made by influences such as Vijay Iyer, Jason Moran and Craig Taborn. Much of Shepherd’s concert found him, bassist Shane Cooper and drummer Jonno Sweetman exploring a more craggy and contemporary musical turf and successfully so,” said Peter Hum, The Ottawa Citizen, Canada.

The award-winning Shepherd, recipient of the coveted 'UNISA National Piano Competition Award [2015] and the ‘Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year’ Award [2014] in the Jazz Category, and arguably one of South Africa’s leading progressive pianists and composers of his generation, is fast gaining international recognition for his distinctive compositional style and performances.

The 28 year-old virtuoso pianist who has a well-established record of celebrated performances in South Africa, Europe, Asia and the USA has already released five (5) critically acclaimed albums in his young career, namely, ‘fineART’ [2009], ‘A Portrait of Home’ [2010], ‘South African History !X’ [2012], ‘Dream State’ [2014] – all South African Music Award-nominated albums - and ‘Into Darkness’ [2014].


Tour Schedule:

Wednesday, 02 September 2015
18:00 – University of KwaZulu Natal (UZKN) Howard College Centre for Jazz and Popular Music
Tickets: R50; [R15 for Students / R30 for Pensioners]
Booking Info: Pay Cash at the Door; No Pre Bookings
Website: Music

Friday, 04 September 2015
20:00 - Wits Great Hall, Johannesburg
Tickets: Online and at Pick ‘n Pay Stores: R110:00 [R80:00 for Students / Pensioners / Wits staff]
At the door: R120:00 [R 90:00 for Students, Pensioners / Wits staff]
Booking Info: Online and in-store at Pick ‘n Pay.
Website: Wits

Sunday, 06 September 2015
19:00 - Gaborone International Music and Culture Week. (GIMC15), Gaborone, Botswana
Website: GIMC

Thursday, 10 September 2015
19:00 - Centro Cultural Franco Mocambicano (CCFM) Auditorium, Maputo, Mozambique
Website: Ccfmoz

Saturday, 19 September 2015
20:00 – Stirling High School Auditorium, East London, South Africa
Tickets: R100.00; [R20.00 for Students / R50.00 for Pensioners]
Booking Info: Pay Cash at the Door. No Advanced Bookings.
Website: Stirlingsmusic

Thursday and Friday, 8 and 9 October 2015
20:30 and 22:00 - Straight No Chaser, Cape Town
Tickets: R80.00 per show or R140.00 for both shows [Students pay R 50:00 per show / R80.00 for both]
Booking Info: Call/SMS 076 679 2697 or e-mail [email protected]
Website: Straightnochaserclub

Media and artist inquiries:
Theo Lawrence (fineART Music)
Mobile 072 351 5204
E-mail: [email protected]
Websites: Kyleshepherd / ConcertsSA

This article was first published on ArtLink