Ha!Man. Say What!

This is classical music like you’ve never heard it before. The HA!Man, Francois le Roux, creates music that fuses his classical background with Africa and the world. He enchants and astonishes audiences the world over with his cello, original electronic accompaniments, keyboard, voice and dances. His spontaneous approach challenges conventional ideas in both the serious and commercial music environment. He coined the term HA! to express the spirited way in which he conducts his performances, and has shaped an identity as a “creator-in-the-moment, a net-worker of people and places, a proponent of three-dimensional thinking and a heart concerned with the human condition”.

An independent artist, he performs globally, records prolifically and gives life-touching workshops to all ages. Since 2006, he has partnered with Laura Kirsten, a pianist, writer and dancer.

A critic has summed up the HA!Man experience: "Overall, the very fresh sound of original melodic invention and pulsing rhythms is utterly absorbing, as is his attractive and expressive body language and voice. His personality comes across as one that is profoundly thoughtful, musically lucid and thorough and showing sustained love of all creativity."

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Edited by Ellen Schofield