Darren English

South African born and raised, US based artist Darren English, is a 2020 & 2018 Global Peace Song Award Winner (Jazz category - jury and public voted in LA, California), a 2018 honoree of the Atlanta Georgia GSU 40-UNDER-40 Most Influential & Innovative Award, the two-time recipient of the Fine Music Radio (FMR) Award. He is the 2012 SAMRO Overseas Award Winner, and received the JAZZIZ Magazine Critics' Pick for BEST-OF-THE-YEAR 2016 & THE HUFFINGTON POST BEST-of-2016. His album Imagine Nation was on the official ballot for the 2017 Grammys® as well as being nominated for BEST-JAZZ-ALBUM in the SAMAs (South African Music Awards) 2017.

English also holds the title of being the first student in the history of the University of Cape Town (UCT) to be awarded/achieve 100% full scores for both his honors recitals (2012). —-