NALEDI

Submerging audiences in spirited and deeply rooted encounters is how South African vocalist, storyteller, and teaching artist, NALEDI, is making her mark in the global music industry. While cultivating her love for the arts through backyard jam sessions and endless artistic curiosity, NALEDI’s voice roots itself in an exploration of the jazz tradition, storytelling, and influences of her African heritage.

In late 2024, NALEDI joined Hans Zimmer Live, touring across the United States and Canada, adding another global milestone to her career. In South Africa, her contributions to the jazz world were recognized when she was nominated for four Mzantsi Jazz Awards: Best International Jazz Collaboration, Best Female Jazz Artist, Best Jazz Album, and Best Newcomer in Jazz.

Throughout her career, NALEDI has many accolades to her name.
NALEDI has had an artistic residency at the Presidential Kennedy Center and was selected as a resident for the Banff International Jazz and Creative Music workshop in Calgary, Canada.
Other venues she has performed at include Jazz @ Lincoln Center (New York, NY), The Orbit (Johannesburg, South Africa), Artscape Theater (Cape Town, South Africa), The Grandwest Arena (Cape Town, South Africa), Jordan Hall (Boston, MA), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, MA), Trustees Theater (Savannah, GA), and the Museum of African American Art (Los Angeles, CA). She is also known in the Boston jazz scene for working on complex instrumental music with the Makhanda Big Band and Bill Lowe’s Signifyin’ Natives.
More recently, NALEDI’s multi-faceted artistic and cultural embodiment led to her musical theater debut touring Somi Kakoma’s Dreaming Zenzile, where she collaborated with African artists exploring the life and works of Miriam Makeba, a pertinent influence in NALEDI’s musicality. Her role as the daughter of Miriam Makeba was well received while touring at The Repertory Theater of St. Louis (MI), McCarter Theater (NJ), Paramount Center (MA), and New York Theater Workshop (NY).

NALEDI believes that music has been gifted to the world as a tool to move lives and urge hearts to take action, and teaching has been a way she uses this tool to empower future generations. She specializes
in teaching music history and repertoire from the South African Jazz and traditional music canon. She has created and conducted workshops and masterclasses for over 20,000 students in the USA.

NALEDI’s band combines virtuosic performances by young artists from all over the world with original music and storied covers, each performance prioritizing a full-bodied sonic journey. Her highly anticipated debut EP, Batho (meaning "people" in Sesotho), was released in the Summer of 2024. Batho is both a deeply personal exploration and a call to action. It chronicles NALEDI's remarkable journey and her mission to build a global artistic community.

This is a young artist with a story to remember!
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