Abraham Mennen Trio: feat. Reza Khota & Lumanyano Mzi

Sun Dec 15, 19:00 - Mon Dec 16, 02:00

Breaking Bread

ABOUT

Join us as we welcome Abraham Mennen Trio: feat. Reza Khota & Lumanyano Mzi 



Abraham Mennen is a South African saxophonist, improvisor, composer and multi-discipline artist.


He has worked with Louis Moholo, Oliver Lake, Joe Morris, John Lockwood, Herbie Tsoaeli, Hilton Schilder, Kyle Shepherd Kesivan Naidoo, Hamid Drake, Kidd Jordan, Cooper-Moore, Shabaka Hutchins and many others. Abraham has recorded with William Parker and is an active member of several of his ensembles. He is also a member of the Hilton Schilder Quartet and Louis Moholo’s ensembles.

Has enjoyed a varied musical career thus far. As a classical soloist, he won gold medal at the ATKV Muziq 2011, Overall Winner at the Wakkerstroom Music Festival 2012 and performed concertos with the London Contemporary Orchestra, The Royal College of Music Chamber Orchestra, the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra and the KwaZulu Natal Philharmonic.

Other areas of music include performing with conceptual performance outfit The Brother Moves On, being musical director of the Korean music group Hapum Haneun Hama, saxophonist in the psychotropical punk band Escarioka Crew, building and curating his own sound installations, and composing and recording for animations, short films and advertising. He is an alumni of the Royal College of Music, London and the New England Conservatory, Boston.

Abraham Mennen regularly performs his original compositions with his quartet and has recorded two albums both released in 2019.



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Abraham Mennen Trio: feat. Reza Khota & Lumanyano Mzi
Breaking Bread
373 Koeberg Rd, Rugby, Cape Town, 7405
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