THE ORATORIO OF A FORGOTTEN YOUTH

The Amandla Freedom Ensemble led by Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz 2019 Mandla Mlangeni and esteemed academic, pianist and scholar Yonela Mnana will embark on their most ambitious project to date. The Oratorio of a Forgotten Youth. A multi-disciplinary, genre bending and intergeneration collaborative endeavour that will culminate to a grand performance of Jozi’s strongest forces within the jazz, classical and indigenous music scene. The oratorio features The Vivacious Sounds Choir, acclaimed sand artist Tawanda Mu Afrika and a libretto by award winning poet and theatre practitioner, Lesego Rampolokeng.