Nataniel le roux biography

Nataniël

Nataniël le Roux

Born () 30 August (age&#;62)

Grahamstown

NationalitySouth African
Occupation(s)Singer, writer, entertainer, composer
TelevisionDie Nataniël Tafel, Edik van Nantes
Website

Nataniël le Roux (born 30 August ), better known as Nataniël, is a South African singer, songwriter, entertainer and best-selling author.[1] He is best known for his solo stage act and his lifestyle and cooking TV shows.

Career

Nataniël le Roux launched his career in with the release of his first single, Maybe Time. Since then he has released fifteen studio- and two live- albums, staged more than eighty original theatre productions and published twenty-one books. In he also released a four-track EP entitled The Diva Divine with opera singer Mimi Coertse.[2] His many theatre shows, often staged at the Johannesburg casino Emperor's Palace, have won him multiple awards.[3][4][5][6]

Nataniël manages a company specialising in lifestyle goods called Kaalkop, which means "bald" in Afrikaans, but implies "honest" or "unpretentious".

After starring in the TV seriesAnother Life With Nataniël (–) and Project Fame (), Nataniël created and hosted Die Nataniël Tafel, a cooking and entertainment program in five seasons (–), on the South African television channelkykNET.[7][8] In he starred in the South African TV drama Almon, Henry which he also wrote.[9] In recent years he has created and hosted five seasons of his TV show Edik van Nantes (–) on the same channel alongside his brother, Erik le Roux.[10]

During live musical performances, he is often accompanied on stage by Steinway pianist Charl du Plessis, or the Charl du Plessis Trio.

Nataniël has been a column writer for Sarie magazine since , and has recently published the first part of his memoirs.[11]

Discography

Studio albums

  • One Day in a Castle
  • Oh!
  • I Wear White
  • Fashion
  • Will He Weep
  • Dance ’til I Break
  • Fall
  • Slow Tear
  • Portfolio
  • The Wallflower
  • The Cover Concert
  • Dying for Master
  • Recital
  • Work of Art
  • Weird People

Live albums

  • Moodswing (Nataniël on Stage)
  • Factory (live at Emperors Palace)

Compilation albums

  • Act Two
  • Act One

Singles and EPs

  • Maybe Time (Single)
  • One Life (Single)
  • The Diva Divine, with Mimi Coertse (EP)
  • Gossip Tower (Single)
  • In Ev’ry Star (Single)
  • Santa Maria (Single)
  • Gold (Single)
  • Diamond (Single)
  • Years (Single)

Music videos

  • Weird people
  • One life
  • Dis te laat
  • Spook
  • Roses and Jazz
  • Bat
  • Maybe we still believe
  • Juice
  • Moon Jazz
  • Now I can die
  • Slow tear
  • None of Them
  • Say Your Name
  • In Ev’ry Star
  • Hopeless Hand
  • Gold
  • Diamond
  • Fashion
  • Years

Literature

Memoirs

Story books

Cookbooks

References

  1. ^Kennedy, Christina (3 February ). "South Africa: The Bald Truth? Nataniël Knows Show Business". . Retrieved 14 August
  2. ^"Release "The Diva Divine" by Nataniël & Mimi Coertse – MusicBrainz". . Retrieved 15 September
  3. ^"The Naledi Theatre Awards winners announced". . Retrieved 15 September
  4. ^"Nataniël set to wow in new show". Germiston City News. 13 September Retrieved 15 September
  5. ^"Little Nataniël Waltzes With Giants". De Beer Necessities. 3 September Retrieved 15 September
  6. ^"Nataniël's new show astounds". Benoni City Times. 27 August Retrieved 15 September
  7. ^"Die Nataniël Tafel". Food & Home Entertaining. 27 November Retrieved 15 September
  8. ^"'Die Nataniël Tafel' is back". Food24. 26 June Retrieved 15 September
  9. ^Burger, Janhendrik (27 August ), Almon, Henry (Short, Drama), Armand Aucamp, Nataniël, Elzette Maarschalk, Renée Conradie, Meerfout Films, retrieved 15 September
  10. ^Edik van Nantes (Reality-TV), Nataniël, Erik Le Roux, Meerfout Films, Nataniël House of Music, 13 October , retrieved 15 September : CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. ^Magwood, Michele (3 November ). "As a child, people couldn't look at me. It broke my heart, admits Nataniël". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 15 September

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