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isango ensemble

Jul 29, 2020

Obituary: South African Baritone, Conductor, & Director Zamile Gantana Dies of COVID-19, Aged 47

The Isango Ensemble of South Africa has announced the death of actor and Associate Director Zamile Gantana on July 15, 2020, due to COVID-19. Born in 1973 in Kimberley, South Africa, Gantana moved to Cape Town to study music and opera at the University of Cape Town. As a founding member of the Isango Theatre Ensemble, Gantana toured internationally in {…}

Sep 29, 2019

South Africa’s Isango Ensemble Heads To NYC With ‘Aesop’s Fables’

The Isango Ensemble is set to showcase “Aesop’s Fables” at The New Victory Theater in New York on Nov. 1-3, 2019. The opera, which is sung in English with a mix of Xhosa, Tswana and Zulu languages, is aimed at a younger audience and features music inspired by gospel and traditional African song. The Isango Ensemble is based in Cape {…}

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