The South African Celebrity Ski week is happening
from 21 to 28 January 2012 in St Johann in Tirol in
Austria, Well known singer Kurt Darren, has been
rocking South African audiences with his two major
successes, Kaptein span die seile and Loslappie.
Kurt is due to launch a new CD , which will
encompass some of his greatest hits.
I have had the privilege of enjoying holidays all
over the world and in awesome locations, but I have
never had the ultimate experience, a ski trip in
Austria!! All that will change in January when
Snocomber takes my wife, Dunay, and I to St Johann
in Austria, where there will be plenty skiing,
dancing and singing, all wrapped into one!! Come
with us, it's going to be awesome!! says Kurt He
will be performing unplugged with the South Africans
during the week and will also perform live in the St
Johann at the South African/Austrian festival on 23
January 2012.
Kurt Darren
Kurt Darren was born in Pretoria and matriculated
from the Lyttleton Manor High School. He inherited
his amazing singing talent from his mother. At
school he participated in various musical plays and
says that he has been interested in music for as
long as he can remember.
What few people don't know about Kurt is that he is
fluent in both Afrikaans and English, this is
because of his bilingual upbringing (his father is
Afrikaans and his mother is English). His capability
to write songs and sing in both languages and to
entertain his bilingual audiences is astonishing.
Kurt went to the Army after he matriculated and did
his basic training in Walvisbay. During his time in
the army, he joined the army's entertainment group
and toured with them for a year; he then started to
realise that he wanted to pursue his life long dream
of becoming a singer. He was discouraged by many
people saying that he cannot make a living out of
singing.
Kurt then tried a couple of other occupations, which
included acting as a tourguide in the Kruger
National Park (nature lies very close to Kurts'
heart). With some of Kurts' family members in the
building industry, he then also tried his hand at
that, but not for long. He finally decided that he
was going to sing on a full time basis.
Kurt Darren
He always knew that his big breakthrough would come
someday. He then performed on a luxury cruiseliner
for three months, lost a couple of kilograms and cut
his hair (for those who don't know, Kurt wore his
hair at shoulder length for quite some time). He was
now ready and full of energy for the recording of "Meisie
Meisie" in 2002, and the fame that soon followed.
Nowadays Kurt tours right across South Africa, and
even abroad, on a growing basis.
His first album "For Your Precious Love" was
released in 1995. Kurt then had the great fortune to
release all the following Albums, which are listed
in chronological order:
Kurt Darren
1997 - "Kurt Darren".
1998 - "Just When I Needed You Most".
1999 - "Since I Found You".
2001 - "Net Jy Alleen".
2002 - "Meisie Meisie". * Kurts' breakthrough into
the Afrikaans
music industry came with "Meisie Meisie". The "Meisie
Meisie" album includes various hit songs and still
has people filling dancefloors. "Meisie Meisie" was
one of the Top3 hits of 2002 and has achieved Double
Platinum status. It was during the planning and
recording of this album that Kurt started writing
lyrics with two inspiring and very talented people:
Don Kelly and Marc Brendon. This trio have been
complimenting each others' songwriting skills ever
since.
2003 - "Se Net Ja".
2004 - "Staan Op".
2005 - "Vat My, Maak My Joune".
2006 - "Lekker Lekker".
2007 - "Voorwaarts Mars".
2008 - "Uit Die Diepte Van My Hart".
His dream has been realised as a singer. With almost
a dozen solo albums, his voice also compliments many
compiled CD's.
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