dino miranda

Dino Miranda-2009 MMA(MOZAMBICAN MUSIC AWARDS)WINNER. Mozambican-born and Cape town-based vocalist, guitarist, composer and arranger graduated from the University of Cape Town with a degree in music (Jazz Studies ) in 2004. He started his career in Mozambique playing with his own rock band in 1996 and then moved on to play as a professional guitarist with Chico Antonio in 1998. Two years later he moved to Johannesburg, South Africa to study music at the Fuba School of Music and a year later moved to Cape Town to start his studies at University. It was in 2002 when he started his own solo project in Cape Town and started making his rounds at festivals such as the ObzFest in 2004 & 2006, the Penguin Festival in 2006, the Cape Town Jazzathon Festival in 2007, the Verao Amarelo festival in Maputo, Mozambique in 2007, the Suidoosterfees TrueLove Jazz Lounge in 2008 and entertained jazz fans at the grandest gathering in Africa, the Cape Town International Jazz Festival with the Bongani Sotshononda Project in 2008. His ear-catching, heart-melting single Fatal has infected Portugal as well as Cape Town airwaves and has become one of the most played songs and videos on all Mozambican radio and television stations. Besides having his own solo project, Dino Miranda has collaborated with a number of artists such as Max Vidima, Jeff Maluleke, Chris Hinze and Stewart Sukuma. You wouldn’t be surprised to find that he is the creative genius behind tracks like Jeff Maluleke’s “Teka’’ and Max Vidima’s “Mai va rossi’’ which he co-wrote. He also shows his impressive guitar skills on Stewart Sukuma’s “Mahuta”, Gcobani’s latest album “No taxi” as well as demonstrating the fusion of traditional Mozambican and contemporary music when collaborating with Grant Mclachlan for the music of the TV series “Meet the jackals’’ – on which he provides both vocals and guitar. Dino Miranda has also been guitarist and backing vocalist for the Cuba Groove Band (with whom he traveled to Dubai in 2002) and artists such as Teba, Azania, Jeff Maluleke and others. He also toured throughout South Africa backing reggae artists from Jamaica and the UK such as Peter Spencer, Starkey Banton, Prince Malachi and Dawit Menalik Tafari in 2007. He has shared a stage with numerous bands such as; Napalma, Jimmy Dludlu, 340ML, The Rudimentals, Freshly Ground, Rodrigues, Loading Zone, Godessa and many others. At the end of 2008 Dino Miranda launched his first album in South Africa and Mozambique, bringing his fans together at all his shows held in South Africa and back home in Mozambique. He has received a lot of positive feedback from fans as well as the media in South Africa as well as Mozambique. The album includes the single “Fatal’’ which has been well received by fans in Mozambique, South Africa and Portugal. The album “Moya Wa Kaya’’ which means “Winds from home’’ is now available in stores in South Africa, Mozambique as well as at all shows.. To get a copy online, visit: www.arramefarpado.com www.dinomiranda.com Email: [email protected] SA contact: (+27)72 52 19 282