Tsidii Le Loka
New York City, New York, United States | SELF | AFTRA
Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
PRESS AND PERFORMER QUOTES
“A rare find”
~Variety
“Not since Miriam Makeba have we had such a songbird …”
~Glynis O’Hara, Sunday Star Review
“A little of Ella, a touch of the blues and a voice that mellowed in the Lesotho mountains. Tsidii Le Loka’s singing makes the critics swoon”
~Dee Phillips, Cosmopolitan
“A real standout. Stunning”
~Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
“Tsidii is truly one of the rare vocalists of the century”
~ Yusef Lateef
“Extraordinary." "
~ Maya Angelou
"Compelling"
~Harry Belafonte
"Powerful. Striking."
~Michael Kuchwara, The Associated Press
"Talented. Original"
~Max Roach
- Various
Discography
TSIDII LE LOKA, Here's To The Night, Featuring: Tsidii
TAN DUN, 2000 Today, Featuring: Tsidii , Gypsy Kings & Ziggy Marley
RIVERDANCE ON BROADWAY, Featuring: Tsidii & Brian Kennedy
YUSEF LATEEF, Heart Vision, Featuring: Tsidii & Neenna Freelon
LION KING ON BROADWAY, Featuring Tsidii Le Loka &, Sam Wright, Heather Headley and others
Photos
Feeling a bit camera shy
Bio
Tsidii Le Loka
Vocalist / Composer / Actress
Multiple award winner, including a Tony Award Nomination and a Leon Rabin Award nomination, Tsidii is the winner of several top industry awards including THE IVOR NOVELLO AWARD, THE OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE DRAMA DESK AWARD and THE DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD for Outstanding Performance.
Her composition, RAFIKI MOURNS is included in the Grammy Award winning album of THE LION KING ON BROADWAY.
Tsidii received the highest number of awards as a lead performer in the THE LION KING, and is the only performer who is also a contributing composer & script contributor in the musical. .
Her Concert career performances, festivals, international tours, recordings, include a roster of world-class stars such as Sting, Elton John, Madonna, Harry Belafonte, Miriam Makeba, Dionne Warwick, Youssou N'Dour, Roberta Flack, Max Roach and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. .
Her film and TV credits include lead roles in two Stephen King made-for-television movies ROSE RED and THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUER (Stephen King and Ridley Pearson) and LAW AND ORDER.
Tsidii was special guest star in RIVERDANCE ON BROADWAY co-Guest star with Irish star Brian Kennedy.
;and a contributing composer in CANCIONES ANTES UNA GUERRA / SONGS BEFORE THE WAR (Maria Pages' Flamenco Company ) which won best Show of the Seville Bi-Centinial Flamenco Festival (XIII Bienal De Flamenco de Sevilla). The show successfully toured Spain and Italy.
She was the only Performer invited to perform at Dr Nelson Mandela's first International Press Conference in Johannesburg after his release from Prison.
"STUNNING" - The Hollywood Reporter
"COMPELLING" - Harry Belafonte
"EXTRAORDINARY" - Maya Angelou
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