We will finally perform as a quartet and not as a Quintet st the 8th Delhi International Jazz Festival
Dean Nookadu Quintet at the 8th Delhi International Jazz Festival in March 2019
Some news
Hi Everyone,
Quite a hectic semester of events and various concerts this year.
Concerts means also rehearsal and these are special moments when you play for the first time with people you’ve never met in your life and even with the language barrier, you share with them the same music. This is something that can’t be explained . I’m thankful to live these moments.
New Year’s Concert 2019 at Caudan Arts Centre
We cannot miss the staging of Porgy ek Bess at Caudan Arts Centre in December this year . So this was a new version of the adapted Gershwin’s Opera that was staged in 3 fishermen villages in Mauritius in 2013 with new casts among the main roles. If you want to know more about this, just scroll down this blog and find the November 2013 articles
For the music part (because this blog is about the music we make) I must mention that I have an extraordinary team with Patrick Desvaux on guitars , Nel Bucktowar on sax , flute and percussions , Fabrice Ramalingum, drums, Denis Serret on bass Kurwin Castel and Samuel Dubois on Ravann and other percussions. .
You can have great ideas in your head but if the musicians with whom you work do not excel in their playing and artistry , your music never gets the chance to be heard as you imagine and want it to be.
Thank you guys for your musicianship. These are the best musicians around. Always open to new music ideas and capable of bringing the music to life
And this time was even a bigger challenge as we were actually the first staged performance for the opening of the Caudan Arts Centre- a state of the art venue in Mauritius equipped with the best sound equipments and professional know-how to create memorable live performances.
Do not miss the dates in December 2, 5, 6,7, 8 and 9
Porgy ek Bess at Le Caudan Arts Centre on December 2 2018
Caudan Arts Centre will host George Gershwin’s Opera Porgy and Bess this December . Dont miss the dates.
December 2 ,6,7,8 and 9
We answered present at the roll call of this second edition of Porgy ek Bess .
For those who were missed the event , this version of Gershwin’s Opera Porgy and Bess was staged outdoor in 3 fishermen villages: Case Noyale , Mahebourg and Grand Gaube in 2013.
New casts , new singers . New music arrangements and the same folks with whom I really enjoy making music.
Meet us at Caudan Arts Centre in December
Jason Lily as Porgy
Cafe Concert this Friday 24th August 2018
Mama Jaz 2018
A thank-you note for all of you who came to our concert at Audi Zentrum last Sunday . This was just an unforgettable moment. The listening quality of the audience was impressive . This is so rare nowadays .
I also wish to thank the team who collaborated in making this production of Mama Jaz 2018, a successful event
Accra, Ghana 2018
Hello All,
I wish to thank you all here on this blog and on FB for simply being there and supporting the music. I also wish to thank all my new friends from Ghana
This was my first visit in Africa for a concert festival in Ghana. First part of the concert with my long time fellow friends Soprano Veronique Zuel and Tenor Jean Michel Ringadoo in a classical set up with some very popular and well known songs of the lyrical repertoire .
In the second part of the programme , Darianna Amerally performed some of her original songs with some percussion instruments that she played herself together with the piano . Veronique Zuel and Jean Michel Ringadoo would join us on stage later on to complete the set in the last 4 songs.
Jean Michel Ringadoo also showed one of his other hidden talent beside being a heavy metal singer . I was amazed by his playing of the ravann with much natural ease and proficiency. This guy is just amazing.
We also met some extraordinary and talented people .
I have a special thought for M Abraham who fixed, adjusted and tuned the piano to my needs. I will always be thankful to this man who really did a great job in setting this piano for me.
Sometimes we tend to forget that there are people down there who make things happen for us by simply doing their jobs. And the global success of a project or event depends on everyone that has helped to make this happen.
M Abraham is just a magician and I would like to thank him again for his craftsmanship and talent.
M Abraham with his assistant just before soundcheck
The Ghanian Experience
Listening to Nana is like having a shamanic experience. His music and his voice takes you to some other kind of dimension . This experience can’t be described. I overheard that there would be a collaboration to invite Nana in Mauritius. This would be so great guys. If this ever happens, I recommend that you go and listen to him to experience the magical.
See the man in action .The exceptional Nana who had his show before our performance.
With his musicians and dancers
View from backstage
And the magic of music as the universal language that breaks language barriers makes communication possible between people of different cultures and backgrounds.
Here during sound check , this happened : Our Mauritian Sega with Ghanian traditional Music.
A thank you note
I wish to thank all the staff , members, and friends of Classical Music Association of Ghana (CMAG) and Opera Mauritius for this flawless organisation. 
From left to right our events coordinator M. Samuel , the president of CMAG M. Alex and Veronique Zuel.
With Ransford France and Samuel
Dignitaries like the Archbishop of Ghana and the minister of Law and Justice among ambassadors and guests attending the show.
.A special thanks to Gilbert Planche.
With new friends
With the Archbishop of Ghana
Sound check with Ras Gege
Live on Radio Ghana
Ras Gege and M Abraham fixing the piano in the background
The great Nana.
Upcoming Concert
News
Hello
A few upcoming events like playing quite intensely overseas this year in both Classical and Jazz. So we are just rehearsing and practicing hard to make all these pleasant things happen.
Remember my dear friends who follow us that when you don’t hear from us , it’s that we are just like working, practicing and rehearsing hard to perform shortly for you.
Cheers from the practice rooms
Dean Nookadu 