Monday 6 July, 21:00

Nduduzo Makhathini

Spiritual jazz pianist, improviser and musicologist Nduduzo Makhathini channels African spiritual traditions into a deeply immersive sonic ritual. Drawing on his Blue Note recordings and collaborations with figures such as Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, his repertoire — including the album uNomkhubulwane — weaves improvisation, ancestral cosmologies and the ritual power of sound into expansive, trance-like passages. The performance privileges intuition and communal resonance, inviting listeners into a liberating, meditative listening experience.

Parc La Grange,
Quai Gustave-Ador, Geneva
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Photo Credit: Arthur Dlamini

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