Vita
Milestones of Thabang Mokoena’s vita
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1985 born in Ratanda/Gauteng (South Africa)
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1992 (aged seven) first musical experiences as lead and solo singer during masses in Ratanda Zion Church
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1996 (aged eleven) foundation of his first choir at Qhaqholla Primary Scholl in Ratanda
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1999 (aged fourteen) partnership with Sifo Ngwepe who brought choir singing to Ratanda. Together they established Junior Good Happiness Male Voice.
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2005 (aged 20) co-founder of Lesedi Show Choir
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2007 to date teaching African music and dance in Germany and performing as guest-conductor with the German Moko Choirs of Eva Buckman
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2008 and 2010 workshops and joint concerts of Lesedi Show Choir and the Moko Choirs in South Africa and Germany
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2008 to date teaching South African music and dance at home and in various African countries, notably in Ghana, workshops with Winneba Youth Choir and Tema Youth Choir
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2011 concert tour with Lesedi Show Choir upon invitation of the German international music festival Heidelberger Fruehling
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2011/12 teaching South African music and dance in Kenya, workshops for Kenyan Boys Choir (this choir performed at the first inauguration of President Obama)
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2012 workshops and joint concerts of Lesedi Show Choir and the Moko Choirs in Germany
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2013 joint German-Kenyan concerts in Kenya with the German Moko Choirs and members of the Kenyan Boys Choir
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2013 participation in the Pan-African musical project Umoya Munye, concert tour through Southern Germany and participation at the International Choral Festival in Oetigheim (Baden/Germany)
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2013 teaching South African music and dance in Ghana, workshops for Akoo Show Choir. With their repertoire largely inspired by Mokoena’s workshops, Akoo Show Choir won a nation-wide television contest in February 2014.
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2014 joint workshops and concerts in South Africa of local pupils and members of the Symphonic Youth Orchestra from Heidelberg/Germany
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2014 guest conductor and solo singer at the concert tour of the Moko Choirs in Germany
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2014 workshops for the German Moko Choirs in Italy and Romania, guest-conductor at a concert in Timişoara
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2014 (up-coming) concert tour with Umoya Munye – the Pan-African music project – through Germany and Switzerland
- 2015 Bokamoso art centre was established
- 2016 Simunye Quartet project in Europe