Andre Petersen (piano), Shane Cooper (bass) and Kesivan Naidoo (drums) – Concert and Masterclass

Andre Peterson holds a master’s degree from the Lemmens Institute (Belgium) and is one of South Africa's most sought after jazz pianists. Petersen was the only African pianist in the 2010 Martial Solal International Jazz Piano Competition in Paris and has a host of other accolades behind his name: a SAMRO award, the 2010 Oppenheimer Scholarship, the 2010 Music Development Trust Award, and the 2011 Vuya Foundation Scholarship.

Date: 09 October 2012 19:30 - 09 October 2012 09:02
Location: Beethoven Room, Rhodes Department of Music & Musicology
Organiser: Music and Musicology (Phone 046 603-8489)
Event Type: Alumni

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Event:               Andre Petersen (piano), Shane Cooper (bass) and Kesivan Naidoo (drums) – Concert and Masterclass

Venue:              Beethoven Room, Rhodes Department of Music & Musicology

Date:                Tuesday 9 October 2012

Time:                19h30

Entrance:           R50, R20 concessions

Masterclass:       Wednesday 10 October, starting at 08h45

Andre Peterson holds a master’s degree from the Lemmens Institute (Belgium) and is one of South Africa's most sought after jazz pianists. Petersen was the only African pianist in the 2010 Martial Solal International Jazz Piano Competition in Paris and has a host of other accolades behind his name ? a SAMRO award, the 2010 Oppenheimer Scholarship, the 2010 Music Development Trust Award, and the 2011 Vuya Foundation Scholarship.

Andre’s recording and performance credits include working with Grammy nominee, US vibraphonist Stefon Harris, saxophonist Dave Liebman, Dave Young, Morten Halle, Opie Bellas, Soweto Kinch, Denys Baptiste, members of the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra and Norwegian band Soyr. He has also worked with some of South Africa’s legendary musicians such as Winston Mankunku, Makaya Mtshoko, Feya Faku, Robbie Jansen, Judith Sephuma, Marcus Wyatt, Carlo Mombelli, Alvin Dyers, Errol Dyers and Jimmy Dludlu. Petersen also performed as a featured artist at the CTIJF 2012.

Shane Cooper is an electric and double bass player, composer and producer. Shane is also known for his work as a member of the Restless Natives, Closet Snare, The Kyle Shepherd Group, Zim Ngqawana's Zimology Quartet, Darkroom Collective, as well as Dave Ledbetter & The Clearing, and for his collaborations with Fly Paper Jet, Ginsburg & Herman, Ernestine Deane (of Moodphase 5ive), Plan Be, and the Bokani Dyer Group. His electronic music is performed and released under the name Card On Spokes. It is with some of these groups that Shane has travelled to perform in and around South Africa, India, USA, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland, Slovenia, France, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Namibia.

Shane also does specialised sound design and music production for websites, television and film. He was also a co-composer for the award winning stage production Afrikaaps, produced by The Glasshouse, Amsterdam & The Baxter Theatre Centre, Cape Town and directed by Catherine Henegan.

Kesivan Naidoo first got into drumming in 1990 at the age of 11. In 1994 Kesivan was approached by Alan Webster, who invited him to join his Quintet. Shortly after he began to play for Hudson Park Jazz Band, as well as the Hudson Concert Band which later did a tour of Germany, France and England. Kesivan was chosen for the National Youth Big Band in 1995, 1999 and 2000, with whom he later toured New York.

In 1996 Kesivan joined the Hotep Galeta Trio. Galeta, who had a big influence on Kesivan's musical style, convinced him to study at the University of Cape Town in 1997. Four years later he graduated with a Bachelor of Music, and with a First Class Honors in 2002.

At the beginning of the millennium Kesivan became the youngest person to win the SAMRO Overseas Scholarship Competition. Given this opportunity to study abroad, he chose to study under Sitar guru, Professor Sanjay Bandophadyah in India. He later completed his master's degree in tabla and percussion.

Since 2006, Kesivan collaborates with Swiss Drummer Lucas Niggli, and is a member of BEAT BAG BOHEMIA, a drum quartet with Rolando Lamussene, Peter Conradin Zumthor and Lucas Niggli. They performed over 30 concerts, in Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Mocambique and South Africa, played at Festivals such as Kraków, Cape Town and Zürich. The CD was released on INTAKT records.

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