(Linda
Sikhakhane)
Durban born Linda Sikhakhane was one of three
SAMRO Overseas Scholarships award winners who travelled to the Netherlands to
be featured as part of the Jazz Laureates Initiative at the Rabobank Amersfoort
Jazz Festival between June 8 and 11, 2017.
This initiative is part of a Dutch/South
African cultural exchange initiative fostered over a number of years by Dr
Alexander Beets, representing Amersfoort Jazz Festival, Prof Karendra Devroop from
the UNISA Music Foundation, Masindi Mantwa Chinoamadi from the Standard Bank
Joy of Jazz and André Le Roux from SAMRO.
Sikhakhane, along with Bokani Dyer and Zoë
Modiga performed as a trio of laureate winners.
Winner of the SAMRO Overseas Scholarship in
2016, saxophonist, composer and arranger Sikhakhane was born in Umlazi Township
near Durban where his love for music was triggered at an early age. This saw
him attending classes under the tutelage of Dr Brian Thusi and Khulekani Bhengu
at the Siyakhula school of music. He obtained a Diploma in Jazz /Pop Music at
the University of KwaZulu-Natal under Prof Mageshen Naidoo in 2012.
Sikhakhane has played with respected South
African and international artists such as Barney Rachabane, Feya Faku, Marcus
Wyatt, Herbie Tsoaeli, Andile Yenana, Nduduzo Makhathini, Afrika Mkhize,
Sibongile Khumalo, Gregory Potter, Malcolm Braff and many more. He features on
Nduduzo Makhathini's Mother Tongue
album and formed part of Afrika Mkhize's Septet. He is part of the H3 ensemble
who feature on many South African records including McCoy Mrubata's Brasskaap record, Zakes Bantwini's Dance, Thuto Motsemme's My Dream. Sikhakhane won the SAMRO
Overseas Scholarship in 2016.
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