Home at Last: A Tribute to Bheki Mseleku — Johannesburg

Home at Last: A tribute to Bheki Mseleku

presented by Gareth Lockrane and Bokani Dyer

Bokani Dyer and Gareth Lockrane present a tribute to a giant in the legacy of South African music.

In the last years of his life, Bheki Mseleku worked with a band in the UK featuring virtuoso flautist Gareth Lockrane who doubled as band coordinator tasked with notating the compositions they would perform. At the time of Mseleku's passing, Gareth Lockrane had built up a sizable collection of compositions by Bheki Mseleku that never got to be recorded.

In the years since, Lockrane has staged a few shows in the UK in tribute to Mseleku performing these unreleased works. For the first time, these songs will be performed in South Africa, the country of Mseleku's birth.

Bokani Dyer is a pianist, composer and scholar of South African music. He has studied the recorded compositions of Mseleku and places Mseleku as a leading light of South African music having made a global impact with his outstanding music.

Dyer became aware of the unreleased music when he was invited to perform at the London Jazz Festival in 2014. On the same bill was a tribute to Bheki Mseleku led by Gareth Lockrane.

After meeting and getting to know Gareth Lockrane, they spoke about the possibility of bringing the unreleased music to South Africa.

12 years after their first meeting, they are finally able to bring this music home, at last.

The band will feature a group of incredible South African musicians who have been carefully chosen to bring this music to life.

Date: 2 April 2026

Venue: 5 Kingsway Ave, Rossmore, Johannesburg, 2092

Doors Open: 18:00

Show starts: 19:00

Tickets: R200