Dizu honoured with Achievement Award

Dizu Plaatjies has been honoured with an award by this year's Moshito Music Conference.

The annual South African music conference, Moshito took place in Johannesburg in September 2017 and featured Dizu as panelist and performer as well as giving him their lifetime achievement award for his contribution to traditional music.

Dizu in his office at the UCT College of Music this week, with his trophy. Pic Annagret Mason

Dizu is a founder member of Amampondo, the marimba group from Langa, Cape Town, that put traditional South African music on the international map in the 1980s.

He went on to establish his current backing group, Ibuyambo with whom he has toured throughout the world for the last 10 years. Together with Ibuyambo he has also won two SAMA Awards for this albums, African Kings and Ubuntu-the common string.

See -
https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/south-africa-moshito-conference-goes-back-time

Update

We have not blogged about Dizu's activities for a while but here is a brief update. He has been busy in the last year or so, mostly in SA.

Since we last posted Dizu has won a SAMA award for his album, Ubuntu-The Common String. https://www.facebook.com/ibuyambo/photos/a.431552583610777.1073741825.192402654192439/1271737562925604/?type=3&theater

 Here is a link to a clip from the album - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKQgLtCWUkA . The track was also nominated for an AFRIMA award at an event held in Nigeria.

The recognition of the SAMA released lot of demand for his services at concerts in southern Africa.
Here some pics - https://www.facebook.com/343106412474697/photos/a.1315609695224359.1073742339.343106412474697/1315610098557652/?type=3&theater

A noice tribute piece - https://warrenludskimusicscene.wordpress.com/interviews-3/dizu-plaatjies-his-heart-beats-pure-african-music-on-the-world-stage/

Due to taking off time for a sabbatical from his teaching at UCT he is able to fulfil some of that demand. This includes an artists residence at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town. The residence includes a number of events, see these shows -

On the international front there have also been a few highlights, notably a trip to Moscow and Brazil. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154552249986284&set=a.10151958130326284.1073741828.651556283&type=3&theater

 Following the events above he will fly to Asia with his band. Details soon.