Tarisai Vushe

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Born 23 March 1987, Tarisai Vushe is a Zimbabwean born award-winning musician based in Australia. She rose to fame in 2001 when she started to feature on Australia’s music and television shows. Born Tarisai Kunashe Vushe, the singer travelled from Zimbabwe to Australia in her mid-teens with her mother and was determined to perfect her skills as a performer whilst studying hard at school to ensure a place at university.
To contribute to her already outstanding talents, she studied several styles of dance including hip-hop, jazz and belly dancing. Between2003 and 2004 she also participated in a talent development project between.

In 2001, her music began to penetrate the Austrian scene through channel sevens Big Arvo. In 2007, she was presented with a lifetime opportunity when she became a household name, starring on channel tens Australian Idol, making a heroic feat of qualifying into the top 5. She won the hearts of many through her heartening ballades such as Whitney Houstons ‘I Have Nothing’, and ‘River Deep, Mountain High’.

In her unmistakably blooming music career, Tarisai has worked with some of the big names in the Australian entertainment industry including David Caplice, John Foreman, David Champion, & Producer Audius Mtawarira. Tarisai also signed a record deal with independent label, Tommirock Records, whilst she was in the process of writing and recording her debut album with ARIA charting producer Tom Williams.

Her career received a major boost in 2008 when she sang at a New Year's eve concert in Sydney and later sang one of her own songs at a martial arts event there. In that month, she went on tour with South African band Malaika and later performed in the Macao gambling center near Hong Kong. In 2014, Tarisai landed a new role in the Disney Musical ‘The Lion King’. In this musical group, she landed a total of three roles covering Shenzi and Rafiki and she was also part of the ensemble. These achievements by Vushe indicate that she is arguably one of the most successful Zimbabweans performing in International talent shows.

In 2010, her single ‘Head Over Heels’ won the Best Single of The Year category at the Afro-Australian Music and Movie Awards. In that same year and event, she won the ‘Best Vocalist’ award.

AUSydney, Australia

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Profile added by Ano Shumba on 10 Nov 2015
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