Pianist performs in virtual concert

PIANIST Zibusiso Makhathini will perform in a virtual concert titled AfriCanva, which will be available to watch from Tuesday, 2 February.

Zibusiso Makhathini (ZIBUMAC) is a Durban-based jazz pianist, producer and elctronic musician. From a very tender age Makhathini displayed an undoubtedly strong passion and attraction to music, which manifested and had him fiddling on the piano, the closest instrument he could get his hands on.

Having grown up in a musical family, music became an inherent attribute that stood out through his primary and high school, which later influenced him to pursue music as a career by studying and obtaining a degree in music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College.

Zibusiso has worked with various artist in the scene both as a pianist and producer namely, Prof. Salim Washington, joe Kunnuji, Ndabo Zulu, Zoe The Seed, Zethe, Mbuso

AfriCanva is a collective effort between visual arts and music, where the visual artist is commenting and responding directly to the music and what the music is about. Makhathini worked with Sphephelo Mnguni, a well-known visual artist from Durban.

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“AfriCanva aims to diversify and integrate audiences and spark conversations and dialogue between artists and non-artists and artists that practice different art forms. Hopefully, we can feed off each other’s energy, learn from our experience and take our artistry to the next level,” said Makhathini.

Makhathini’s band is accompanied by Dalisu Ndlazi on bass, Riley G on drums, Senzo Ngcobo on trombone and Thabo Sikhakhane on trumpet.

The concert will also include a performance by the poet Percival Mdluli from Uhuru Poetry In Motion Club at The Luthuli Museum with his poem Ezulwini – The Heaven.

Tickets are R30 and are available at https://bit.ly/39eR3Ok where the concert will also be available to view.

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