Events

06.
November 2022.
Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
Main hall

SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR
FREEDOM

Sunday U 20:00
Main hall
Organizer: Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall
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The SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR will tour with their Freedom tour in honor of the father of their rainbow nation, Nelson Mandela and South Africa’s struggle for freedom. 
 
On the back of their most recent 3rd Grammy award for Freedom (Best World Music Album) this celebrated choir brings joy and jubilation to venues across the globe.
 
The three - time Grammy Award winning SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR has been spreading sheer joy to audiences across the globe for nearly two decades!
 
Comprised of the best artists in South Africa, the choir invites you to enjoy the incomparable and inspirational power of African Gospel music. These uplifting performers have shared the stage with some of the biggest names in music including U2, the late Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Robert Plant, Celine Dion, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Josh Groban.
 
For the first half of this concert, the choir will perform “Songs of the Free,” a rousing program celebrating the centenary of the birth of the Nelson Mandela. Following that, the performers will share international gospel classics including their hair - raising take on Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” Just try to stay in your seat!
 
Filling the stage with vibrant costumes, incredible vocals and uplifting songs, SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR is 90 minutes of indisputable bliss, leaving audiences exhilarated as they dance in the aisles.
 
The dynamic choir performs both traditional and contemporary music, adding its unique feel and interpretation to both. The choir performs in six of South Africa's eleven official languages with rich harmonies and earthy rhythms. Along with their traditional South African anthems, the choir will perform their famous renditions of “Amazing Grace,” “Hallelujah,” and “Freedom Songs Medley.”
 
“Absolutely thrilling singers...dazzling music.” – Billboard
 
“Dazzling and unified…..Soweto Gospel Choir was as much to look at as to listen to. The human spirit – this you couldn’t miss.” - Los Angeles Times
 
“Meticulous and unstoppable…spirited and spectacular.” - The New York Times
 
“You can’t fake those smiles…nor can you fake the sheer joy in just being alive which seemed to govern every move by these colourfully clad singers, dancers and instrumentalists”. - The West Australian
 
For more tour information, please visit www.sowetogospelchoir.com