Win tickets for Mozambique musician Dino Miranda’s show

Award-winning Mozambican musician Dino Miranda will be performing at the Old Boys Club on Saturday July 23.

To celebrate, the Dispatch has four tickets to give away to lucky readers.

Miranda said he had always been fascinated with music.

He described his music as Afro-pop and said his sound drew on many influences.

“I was interested in music from an early age,” he said.

“I used to listen to a lot of music. My father used to play guitar.

“I was inspired with all the records I had from my family, listening to all these different genres from rock to pop to African music.”

Miranda studied music at the Fuba School of Music in Johannesburg before studying jazz at the University of Cape Town’s College of Music from 2001 to 2004.

While studying in Cape Town, he performed at the 2004 Obzfest and again in 2006.

He also performed at the Penguin Festival in 2006, the Cape Town Jazzathon Festival, Verão Amarelo Festival in Maputo and the Whisky Whale Jazz Festival at Plettenberg Bay in 2007, the Suidoosterfees Truelove Jazz Lounge and The Cape Town international Jazz Festival with the Bongani Sotshononda Project 2008.

In 2008 he released his first album, Moya wa Kaya, which was followed by his Baby eu te Quero EP in 2014.

His second album, Xiluva, dropped in 2018 and he released two singles in 2021, titled Mozambique and Dance With Me.

He won in the Melhor Afrojazz (Best Afro-jazz) category at the 2009 Mozambican Music Awards, and that same year the song Mae Africa off his debut album earned him the Best New Artist crown at the Ngoma Moçambique awards.

Miranda managed to secure second place at the International Songwriting Competition 2016 in the Usa/world music category.

He toured around SA as guitarist and backing vocalist of the Cuba Groove Band in 2002, and performed alongside reggae artists Peter Spencer, Starkey Banton, Prince Malachi and Dawit Menalik Tafari on their 2006 Return to Africa tour.

In 2009, Miranda took part in the world premiere of War Chorale, performed at the Pan African Space Station Festival directed by SA composer Bheki Khoza at the St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town.

The performance in East London is part of his tour across SA and Mozambique, which will continue to Makhanda, Plettenberg Bay, and then Cape Town.

Tickets for Saturday’s show are R100 per person or R750 for a table of eight.

To book your spot, send a Whatsapp to 082-660-6586 or 083-797-3546.

● Dispatch readers have a chance to win four tickets. To enter, answer the question below and send your answers to competition@dispatch.co.za.

I was inspired with all the records I had from my family, listening to all these different genres from rock to pop to African music