Munya Nyamarebvu

Zimbabwe's Munya Nyamarebvu performs entrancing and uplifting songs with ancient soul and modern spirit. Backed by the transportive resonances of a mbira & acoustic guitar alongside other Zimbabwean indigenous instruments such as marimba, ngoma nehosho, he draws his influences from Shona traditional folk rhythms. Munya's music addresses African, Ubuntu and humanitarian issues. With a distinct African voice that resounds with defiant strength and profound tenderness, and international performance experience since 2014, his ethno-music style continues to transcend through all barriers reaching diverse cultural audiences on the global stage.

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From his career grassroots of religiously attending and performing at the highly incubative monthly open mics and jam sessions held at the famous Mannenberg & The Book Cafe venues then located at the famous 5 avenue complex in Harare, to later moving on to find more platforms to showcase his craft after the Book Cafe and Mannenberg venues closed in 2011,  Nyamarebvu later discovered other platforms such as ; Pakare Paye Arts centre, an arts & culture hub based in Norton established in 2004 by Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi that offers well equipped rehearsal rooms, a state of the art recording studio and impressively geared live performance stages, as well as Goethe Zentrum & Acoustic night's platform called Acoustic Night in Harare, Milton park. These are some of the venues that played a pivotal role in moulding and giving Munya the night-live band's experience in the busy capital city.
Harare-based singer-songwriter and mbira player , Nyamarebvu has toured internationally performing with numerous world music ensembles featuring players drawn from across Europe, America,Asia,Russia and Africa. He has shared the stage or otherwise had various collaborations with renowned artists including; Oliver Tuku Mtukudzi, Wally Warning (an American Germany-based musicia), toured in Germany, Vienna and Austria with Jamaram (German band), collaborated with classical musicians in Munich 2014-2015 and has also collaborated and toured in various US states with several world music musicians from different parts of the globe through a US arts sponsorship initiative called One Beat in 2017.
Munya has engaged with various community building initiatives in Zimbabwe and international communities through performance art workshops and culture projects. He continues to contribute his time conducting his "Masterclass" artists engagement initiative which is a “business-of-the-arts” follow-on accelerator forum that he curated following his "Play it for Pakare" initiative. Plat It For Pakare is a performance art showcase platform coordinated by Munya Nyamarebvu in conjunction with Pakare Paye Arts Center since 2015.
A composer and music arranger, Munya co-engineers his sessions to make sure that his sound is unique. His acoustic debut album titled, “Ngatidanane” which loosely translates to “Let's Give Peace A Chance”, gives you an electrifying up-close live experience of his solo performance.
Nyamarebvu was Artist in Residency at Villa Waldberta in Germany 2014 and at Caldera Arts Center, Oregon USA in fall 2017....