THE SOUND OF DESTA HAILE
BEHIND THE SCENES
British-Eritrean, Bangkok-born Desta's journey as a vocalist, songwriter and music enthusiast to date has been eclectic and international. She has performed her own music as a solo artist from Manila to Dar es Salaam, and has worked as a backing vocalist for many artists including Joe Bataan, Baloji and Zap Mama. She has designed and delivered creative music & theatre workshops for the International School Theatre Association since 2005 to thousands of young people and represented Eritrea in Universal Music's Earth Orchestra project, due for release in 2020. She has curated
playlists for various venues, some of which you can explore on her Spotify channel. Besides performances, studio writing and recording sessions, Desta runs Languages through Music, creating language & music workshops for festivals like Africa Utopia (Southbank Centre) and Afropolitan (BOZAR).
Photo by Adama Jalloh.
PERFORMANCES
Events & Venues Worldwide
Handelsbeurs Ghent/ Ronnie Scott's/ Telefonica Madrid/ Soundwave Croatia/ Outlook Croatia/ Malasimbo Puerto Galera, The Philippines/ Vossa Jazz, Norway/ WOMAD Taranaki New Zealand & WOMADelaide Australia/ Jazz à Carthage Tunisia/ Music Village & Jazz Marathon Brussels/ Koko's London/ Hideaway London/ Black Lily The Roots Philadelphia/ Mau Mau's Jazz Re:freshed/ The Ritzy, Brixton/ Elements Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
BVs + Featurings: Filho do Zua, Cktrl, Duval Timothy, Selah Sue, Hadise, Michael Bublé, Kaidi Tatham, Pablo Andres, Finley Quaye, Peckham Chamber Orchestra, AWALE
ISTA Workshops & Festivals: Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Geneva, Munich, Istanbul, Manila, Singapore, Jeju, Korea, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Eden Project Cornwall, Moscow, Amman,Wiesbaden, Muscat, Warsaw, Macclesfield, Copenhagen, Atlanta.
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