Thandi Klaasen

Thandi Klaasen (* 1931 as Thandi Mpambane in Sophiatown , Johannesburg ; † January 15, 2017 ) was a South African jazz singer .

Life

Thandi Mpambane grew up in the Sophiatown district in western Johannesburg, which was an important center of black African culture in the 1940s and 1950s. Her father was a shoemaker, her mother a domestic worker. She started her career as a singer in churches. When she was a teenager, criminals hired by a jealous friend inflicted such severe burns on her that she was hospitalized for almost a year; her face remained scarred. She founded the vocal quartet The Quad Sisters and became known through performances with Miriam Makeba , Dolly Rathebe and Dorothy Masuka . In 1961 she moved to London to appear in the musical King Kong . She later returned to her homeland. At the celebrations for the wedding of Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel on Mandela's 80th birthday, Klaasen was a featured artist (for example, 'main artist').

Thandi Klaasen died in 2017 after a long illness.

Her daughter Lorraine Klaasen lives as a jazz and world music singer in Canada .

Honors

In 1999, Klaasen won the Canadian Woman of Distinction Award.
In 2006 she was awarded the Order of the Baobab in gold.
In the same year she received the Order of Ikhamanga in silver.
Also in 2006 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award for her life's work at the South African Music Awards .

Web links

Thandi Klaasen at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Jazz artist Thandi Klaasen dies aged 86 . ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The New Age, January 15, 2017, accessed January 17, 2017. @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b ^c Thandi Klaasen (1931 -): The Order of the Baobab in Gold. Presidential Chancellery of the Republic of South Africa , 2016, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on January 17, 2017 (English, biography as part of the award of the South African National Order).

↑ Bill Brownstein: Classic Klaasen Ladies: The end of an era . Montreal Gazette, September 26, 2014, accessed January 17, 2017 (preview of a concert with Thandi and Lorraine Klaasen in Montreal; English).

^ Order of Proceedings: Presentation of National Orders. Union Buildings, Tshwane, September 27, 2006. (pdf; 68 kB) Presidential Chancellery of the Republic of South Africa , 2006, archived from the original on March 14, 2016 ; accessed on January 17, 2017 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Klaasen, Thandi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mpambane, Thandi (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	South African jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH	1931
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sophiatown , Johannesburg
DATE OF DEATH	15th January 2017

[newage-1] Jazz artist Thandi Klaasen dies aged 86 . ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The New Age, January 15, 2017, accessed January 17, 2017. @1@ 2

[pres-2] Thandi Klaasen (1931 -): The Order of the Baobab in Gold. Presidential Chancellery of the Republic of South Africa , 2016, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on January 17, 2017 (English, biography as part of the award of the South African National Order).

[3] Bill Brownstein: Classic Klaasen Ladies: The end of an era . Montreal Gazette, September 26, 2014, accessed January 17, 2017 (preview of a concert with Thandi and Lorraine Klaasen in Montreal; English).

[4] Order of Proceedings: Presentation of National Orders. Union Buildings, Tshwane, September 27, 2006. (pdf; 68 kB) Presidential Chancellery of the Republic of South Africa , 2006, archived from the original on March 14, 2016 ; accessed on January 17, 2017 (English).