Bokani Dyer

Bokani Dyer (Firikgong ale malatsi ale masome mabedi le bongwe ka 1986) kemoletsi wa piano wa Motswana-MoAforika Borwa ebile gape ele modiri motlhami wa mmino. o dira main wa Jazz, mmino o o akaretsang electronic,R&B, salsa gammogo le classical music.

Bokani Dyer otshotswe ka ngwaga wa 1986 mo Gaborone,Botswana. One a fudugela kwa Afrika-Borwa mo bonyaneng ka ngwaga wa 1990.Dyer one a ithuta goletsa piano ale dingwaga dile lesome le bone abo a ithuta jazz kwa mmadiko kwa University of Cape Town ko annega a sloga tengo ka 2008.Morago ga go Taloga ons a abelwa dituelo tsa sekolo dile pedi tsa mafatshe-mafetshe a ipaakanyetsa gokatisa dithuto tse dikgolo le badiri bagolo ba min ba ba tlotlegileng^[1].

Kanoko ya dithuto tsagagwe a 2006, one a thapiwa ke Andre Peterson go tsenela etlhpha sa banana sa main ko sekolong sa sedemmo ko Songe, Norway. One gape a nna leloko la Name National Youth Jazz ko Grahamstown e enens ya tshameka diletso ko Johannesburg le Cape Town ya bo e tlhotlhoma ko Sweden. Ka ngawaga wa 2007, one a thema tekeletso ya electroct music duo,Soul housing Project, le seeped Sakhile Molesheo oneng a bula National Art Festival ko Grahamstown abo a diragatsa kwa ntlong ya dipone kwa Croatia^[2].

ka 2009 one Anna mofenyi wa bobedi wa SAMRO kwa dikgaisanong tsa dithuto tuelo tsa mafatshe se senens sa mo fa monyetlawa go ya go kwa New York ko annega a rutila piano ke molesti wayone Jason Moran. K 2010 one a trama alesammo ya mono yantlha ebidiwang Mirrors.^[3]

Ka 2011, one a ntsha alebamo ya bobedi, Emancipate the story .Alebamo one a berekile le Marcus Wyatt, Buddy Spells, Ayanda Sikade ,Shane Cooper, Mandla Mlangeni, Tony Palo and Mark Buchana moorage ga go fenya Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz^[4].

Ka ngwaga wa 2013,one a fenya tuelo dithuto ya SAMRO ya mafatshe-fatshe mo makgaolakgang a dukgaisanotseo.^[5]

Ka 2014 one atsaaleeto a tlhotlhoma le mo Europe le baopedi ka ene ba ba tlhano ba Swizerland, Germany,Czech Republic le United Kingdom.K lebaka le loto le, one a lalediwa gotla go diragatsa ka London Jazz Festival ka Ngwanatseele. ^[6][7]

Erile ka kgwedi ya Phuki ka ngwaga wa 2015 antsha alebamo ya World music e e neng ya thapiwa ele albamo ya go goga ko pele ko South African Music awards ka 2016.Mo kgweding yeo, one a tsaa leet ka dhtshupos tse lesome ko Africa Borwa le Mozambique le badili kaone bale barrio ko annega a diramata ko Grahamstown, King Williams Town, Johannesburg ,Maputo and Cape Town^[8].

Mo ngwageng wa 2016 one a dira mo alebamong yantlha ya ga Sisonke Xonti Iyonde.^[9] One a tshameka ale nosi kwa pulelong ya tsa ditemo tsa setso tsa SA/Russia ko Moscow le ST Petersburg.

Ka 2017 one a dire motshwantso ,otshikinyego wa South African Film Catching Feelings ^[10]. Mo ngwageng o, one a diragatsa kwa Safaricom Jazz Festival in Nairobi. One a diragatsa gape ko Jazzhead showcase Ko Germany, Cape Town International Jazz Festival,Musique en Et Festival in Geneva and Festival Metis in France^[11].

2019, Bokani one a gapa tlotla ya South African Music Award ya alebamo ya Jazz e e gaisang.^[12]

Ka 2020, Bokani one a nosh alebamo ya Kenosi. Ene e kwadilwe ebile e gatisitwe mo sebakeng sa kgwedi tsepedi ka nako ya lefatshe le le moserubing ko Africa Borwa ka ngwaga wa 2020, mme ya tshamekiwa lanlha ko untitled Basement in Johannesburg ngwanatseele 2020.Otlhalositse album ye ka gore :

Kwa tshimologong ya 202, kene ke dira alebamo e ngwe (Radio Sechaba). MMe yare fa nako ya serubi e fitlha gone gapala gore aka amana le dimedi tsedingwe ka gonne gone gosena boragatsi le disthupo gope.Ke ne ke setse fela le diletso same kajolo ka simolola goitirela medumo kesone se albamo ebitswang "kelenosi"(in Setswana)^[13].

• Mirrors (2010)
• Emancipate the Story (2011)
• Oscillations (2013)
• World Music (2015)
• Kelenosi (2020)
• Radio Sechaba (2023)

1. ↑ BOKANI DYER IS BREAKING BORDERS!". Yfm.co.za. Retrieved 26 April 2021.[1]
2. ↑ "Winning and all that jazzin'". Iol.co.za. Retrieved 26 April 2021.[2]
3. ↑ "JAZZ: Scholarship for talented Bokani Dyer". Businesslive.co.za. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
4. ↑ "South African jazz pianist Bokani Dyer makes London debut at Vortex". Thesouthafrican.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021
5. ↑ "Never say Dyer winning young jazz maestro". Samro.org.za. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
6. ↑ Bokani Dyer to perform at Maitisong". Sundaystandard.info. Retrieved 26 April 2021
7. ↑ SA jazz stars blaze through the London Jazz Festival". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 26 April2021
8. ↑ Bokani Dyer Swiss Quintet heads to South Africa and Mozambique". Jozistyle.joburg. Retrieved 26 April 2021
9. ↑ Sisonke Xonti is making jazz 'Iyonde'". Iol.co.za. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
10. ↑ "'Catching Feelings': A trendy love letter to Johannesburg". Iol.co.za. Retrieved 26 April2021
11. ↑ Bokani Dyer Trio at Jazz Afro Sunday". Heraldlive.co.za. Retrieved 26 April 2021
12. ↑ All the 2019 SAMA winners". Bizcommunity.com. Retrieved 30 April 2021
13. ↑ "Bokani Dyer shares his lockdown album inspiration with Kaya Breakfast". Kayafm.co.za. Retrieved 26 April 2021
14. ↑ "Standard Bank Young Artist Award winners announced". Bizcommunity.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021
15. ↑ "#SAMA22: The Nominees For The 2016 South African Music Awards (SAMAs)". Okayafrica.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021
16. ↑ All Africa Music Awards 2021: All the nominees". Musicinafrica.net. Retrieved 30 September 2021