The Luyanda Madope Trio

R400 per person, inclusive of a Pienk Kerk Burger or Yanni's Famous Artisan Pasta

Own Wine Permitted - No Corkage Fee

5 pm Sharp! Please arrive in good time, no formal seating arrangements

The Luyanda Madope Trio will perform at Die Pienk Kerk on 27 and 28 March, offering audiences an intimate and deeply expressive jazz experience.

Pianist Luyanda Madope is a respected, award-winning South African musician, composer, and musical director whose work bridges jazz, African contemporary music, and narrative storytelling across stage, screen, and broadcast platforms.

Led by Luyanda Madope on piano & vocals, the trio features Phumlani Mtiti on saxophone and Gontse Makhene on percussion and djembe, three musicians known for weaving together improvisation, storytelling and deeply rooted African jazz traditions.

The Trio will present music from Madope’s latest album, An Ode to the Womb, a profoundly personal body of work reflecting on lineage, memory, and inheritance. The music explores what Madope was given and what he was taught: the sounds he absorbed from his mother, and the ways music and culture continue to bind them. Through rich harmony, rhythmic dialogue, and lyrical improvisation, the trio brings these stories to life.

The evening promises a jazz journey of depth, sensitivity, and connection, where tradition and contemporary expression meet in an intimate setting.

Luyanda Madope continues to shape South Africa’s contemporary jazz and performance landscape through his versatility, mentorship, and enduring commitment to cultural storytelling.