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YONELA MNANA PRESENTS

MNANA MUSICOLOGY

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BEHIND THE KEYS

South African jazz pianist, Yonela Mnana works across performance, composition, and study.

His practice moves between the piano, the classroom, and the archive. His work draws from choral traditions, jazz language, and lived experience; held in a form that is both personal and shared.

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MNANA MUSICOLOGY

Mnana Musicology is a working platform for music education, research, and community engagement. It holds the educational and social dimension of the practice, creating space for learning, reflection, and shared musical experience.

 

Its work moves across education, mentorship, research, and community. Through engagement with schools and young musicians, it approaches music as a lived practice; something carried, developed, and sustained over time. Research remains ongoing, grounded in South African music traditions, with a focus on documentation, reflection, and continuation.

 

In practice, this takes form through school-based programmes, choir development, workshops, and collaborative sessions with emerging musicians.

 

For partnerships, funding, and collaboration, please get in touch.

LIVE SHOWS

  • Joy of Jazz: Echoes of Marabi
    Joy of Jazz: Echoes of Marabi
    Fri, 25 Sept
    Sandton Convention Centre
    25 Sept 2026, 18:30 – 22:30 SAST
    Sandton Convention Centre, 161 Maude St, Sandown, Sandton, 2196, South Africa
    YONELA MNANA and BENEDIKT REISING presents ECHOES OF MARABI feat THE SOULTEE SISTERS (SA) A rich, textured journey into the heartbeat of South African sound. Yonela Mnana reimagines marabi through layered voices, global collaboration and contemporary flair. Past and present come alive in every note.
  • FLO in South Africa
    FLO in South Africa
    Wed, 03 Jun
    Fairtree Atterbury Theatre
    03 Jun 2026, 18:30 – 22:30
    Fairtree Atterbury Theatre, 5th Floor, 4 Daventry St, Lynnwood Manor, Pretoria, 0081, South Africa
    https://www.seatme.co.za/tc-events/flo-brave-ragazze/
  • The WITS Standard Bank 2nd Edition Piano Festival
    The WITS Standard Bank 2nd Edition Piano Festival
    Sat, 09 May
    Wits Chris Seabrooke Music Hall
    09 May 2026, 15:00 – 19:00
    Wits Chris Seabrooke Music Hall, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2017, South Africa
  • A Concert for Water @ Nirox
    A Concert for Water @ Nirox
    Sun, 19 Apr
    NIROX Sculpture Park
    19 Apr 2026, 10:00 – 18:00
    NIROX Sculpture Park, R540 Kromdraai Rd, Kromdraai, Krugersdorp, 1739, South Africa
    A Concert For Water is a call to awaken and inspire collective goodwill in service of a better future.
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