Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2012

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ELYSIUM III

Supreme mezzo sopranos

Elysium III is a collective of three mezzo sopranos united by a love for both classical music and for the power of anthemic rock. They are graduates of the Royal College of Music, the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and The Opera Studio in Gent, Belgium.

Their remarkable vocal talents have given the world a whole new take on Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and Chopin. They followed their hit debut album “beloved symphony” with “rock diva” has seal their reputation as an unassailable musical force in 2012.

www.elysiumiii.com

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Sterling EQ

Virtuoso electronic supergroup

Known for changing the face of instrumental music in South Africa and beyond, the instrumental pop sensation Sterling EQ has performed at South Africa’s most coveted events and shared stages with global music icons.

In 2011 they became only the 2nd all-girl group in a decade to win a South African Music Award (SAMA), while their music and music videos coverage is growing across the world via dedicated music channels, and top-rated social networking sites.

Bringing virtuosity and glamour together in a breathtaking showcase of stylistic fusion, the all-woman supergroup with four successful releases to its name, has been selling out shows across South Africa since 2007, while international recognition includes being chosen by The Guardian (UK) as one of its “Musical Movers and Shakers” from across the Gloce, and regularly receiving song submissions from top international songwriters and instrumental music producers.

The supergroup, consists of celebrated flautist and ex-marathon swimmer Carina Bruwer, Taiwanese born Eriel Huang and ex-model and award-winning performer Renate Riedemann on electric violins, and actress-musician Ariella Caira on electric cello, is looking forward to the release of their third studio album by EMI in August 2012.

www.sterlingeq.co.za

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Big Dance Centre

The founder directors of Big Dance Centre, Atul Jindal and Karan Kumar graduated from New York’s Broadway Dance, training under the guidance of world renowned teachers including Santosh Nair, David Harward, Jeff Amsden, Sheila Barker, Mia Michaels andd Wade Robson.

The duo recently assisted Rajeev Surti in choreography for a recent John Abrahim movie and also worked in first Indian 3D dance movie “ABCD”.

Karan Kumar has recently gained fame on Indian national television with the show Dance India Dance Doubles as a quarter-final contestant. Atul Jindal, meanwhile, has choreographed an advert for the international brand Allen Solly.

www.bigdancecentre.com