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A Creative Existence

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The South African artist, Louise du Toit, is an award-winning musician, singer, composer, arranger, lyricist, writer, actress and painter. Apart from her solo career as a performance artist, she is also the singer of the international groups, "Aineshana" and "Fuego de Lunar", the latter with which she has given more than 2500 performances the past decade. Her latest music project is the forming of a new group with four female vocalists, titled "The Sha-Sha Sisters." Several of her songs have been released as music videos and her music is currently being broadcast by radio stations all over the world.
Louise is a dedicated animal advocate, using her music and art to spread a worldwide message of peace and environmental and wildlife preservation, working towards the well-being of all living creatures on earth. She recently founded UGAWEProductions, consisting of an artistic team working to create videos in defense of animals and the environment.

This website contains her most recent music and artistic releases, videos, paintings and biographies, as well as news and upcoming performance dates and links to her other webpages.   


Music Groups

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FUEGO DE LUNAR: The group successfully completed their Summer Concert Season 2102, having given more than 200 performances, from April to the end of October, at different venues in Greece. They are now starting their Summer Concert Season 2013, which will last until October, with at six or seven performances a week.

THE SHA-SHA SISTERS: This is a new group formed by Louise. They will soon be starting performances with songs from the 30's and 40's era. Evelina Kavvada, Dimitra Kontou and Aggeliki Mamona have joined Louise to complete the vocal quartet. Band members are guitarists Christos Koulouridis and Stefanos Andreadis and bassist Alexis Delis, with the drummer to be announced.

MIARIS TRIO: In May 2013, Louise will start performances with the Miaris Trio, with a rich repertoire of jazz standards. 



Fuego de Lunar Summer Concert Season 2013

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The SHOW SCHEDULE for Fuego de Lunar will be announced every two weeks:

Wednesday 1 May @ 21.00: Marbella Beach Hotel, Benitses, Corfu, Greece

Thursday 2 May @ 21.15: Kontokali Bay Resort and Spa, Corfu, Greece

Saturday 4 May @ 21.00: Grecotel Daphnila Bay Thalasso , Dassia, Greece

Saturday 4 May @ 24.00: Grecotel Corfu Imperial, Kommeno, Greece

Sunday 5 May @ 21.00:  Grecotel Corfu Imperial, Kommeno, Greece

Monday 6 May @ 21.00:  Grecotel Corfu Imperial, Kommeno, Greece

Wednesday 8 May @ 21.00: Marbella Beach Hotel, Benitses, Corfu, Greece

Thursday 9 May @ 21.15: Kontokali Bay Resort and Spa, Corfu, Greece

Friday 10 May @ 21.00: Louis Corcyra, Gouvia, Kerkyra, Greece

Saturday 11 May @ 21.00: Grecotel Daphnila Bay Thalasso , Dassia, Greece

Monday 12 May @ 21.00:  Grecotel Corfu Imperial, Kommeno, Greece


Public Service Announcements

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Louise du Toit is the founder of UGAWE ("Uniting Global Artists for Wildlife and the Environment."), a production team working to create videos in defense of animals and the environment. UGAWE will be producing Public Service Announcements for organizations from all different corners of the world, each one supporting the protection of wildlife and our planet. Their first PSA, created in collaboration with a pro-wolf organization and in defense of the wolves of the USA, will be published within the next month. Following the video to support the wolves, is a PSA in defense of the seals of Namibia, in collaboration with the "Seals of Nam", due for release in April 2013. 


Latest Music Project

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"Yes to Love" is a song of which Louise recently completed the music and lyrics. It will be used as the theme for a multicultural and media project in which many aspirant and professional artists will participate. Watch the original version  of the video here.

Latest Albums

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Click here to download her three new album releases.

"Just Love", "Ode to Magnificence" and "Heart of Australia" are now available on CDBaby, iTunes and many other music sites.


Latest Videos

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Two new videos for Fuego de Lunar were released in 2012.  The first one has the same title as the group and it contains a song written by Louise, as well as a lot of information about the group. Click HERE to watch the video. 


The second video, titled "Fuego de Lunar - Maria Elena", is a tiny trip down Memory Lane, with a beautiful song written by the Mexican composer and actor, Lorenzo Barcelata, and performed by Fuego de Lunar.  Click here to listen to it.

Latest Wildlife Projects

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WELDON LEE,   a world-renowned wildlife photographer based in the USA, and Louise is collaborating to create a series of special DVD's which will consist of her music and his images. The DVD's will contribute to the plight of different animals in need of support. The first endangered animal which will benefit from this beautiful collaboration between Weldon and Louise is the magnificent wolf, with his images and her song, "For Every Fallen Wolf", combined to be made into a short video. Click here to listen to the song.


Following the wolf, is the amazing Spirit Bear. "Song of the Spirit Bear," along with a selection of images of the photographer Weldon Lee, will be featured on a DVD that will be used to raise awareness and money for the protection of this beautiful animal which is critically endangered because of loss of its natural habitat in the British Columbia. Listen to the "Song of the Spirit Bear" here. Also, a special post with more information can be found here. Read all about her intriguing experience of writing the "Song of the Spirit Bear" here in her new blog, from where she will regularly share her thoughts.


Current Musicals

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"Kick the Clock" is the new musical of Louise, set in the 1940's. Having finished the script, the artist is currently working on completing the orchestral arrangements of the songs and instrumentals.

She has also completed the script of a second musical, titled "Pecafeca", about an artistic community of South African penguins living on Robben Island, and is now working on the music scores.

Click here to read about her other musicals.

Current Paintings 

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A collection of several vividly colorful paintings with a distinctive African theme is gradually being completed by Louise. Click here to see more of her paintings and to read about her art exhibitions.


Current Charts

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Louise has been holding the number one position on the Reverbnation Indie Charts for Athens for more than a year already.Visit her profile on Reverbnation here.

Her new albums, "Ode to Magnificence" and "Just Love" consecutively reached the number one and two positions on the CDBaby top selling list for Greece soon after their releases in March this year. The albums are available for downloading here.

Shortly after joining the list of 200 as a new entry since its release, the club mix of Aineshana's "Come to me", with vocals and lyrics by Louise, was listed as one of the top 100 songs in Bulgaria, in between well-known groups and artists like the Black-Eyed Peas, Kelly Rowland and Metallica. Read more about Aineshana here.

Her IMRadio site reached the number one position in 2009 as "the very most popular profile page". Louise was a Featured Artist on the IMRadio Home Page for several weeks and she was also the voice behind the welcome greeting of the radio station. Visit her IMRadio profile here.



Current Buzz

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Susan Williams (March 2012): "Ms. Louise du Toit is a rare gem, with a beautiful voice and many talents to reach others with the plight of animals in need. She shines a light on the cruelty of animal abuse, with her wonderful and thoughtful music."

Zen Relaxation (February 2012): "Your unconditional love and passion for animals is touching, as is the captivating sound of your voice and great music, as well as the artistic genius in your video creations. Thanks for touching my spirit..."

Roger Winteraeken about "Heart of Australia" (March 2012): ..."this is it, very beautiful music,very beautiful voice, the best singer..."

Suzanne Evans about "Ode to Magnificence" (March 2012): "An extraordinary album of twelve beautiful ethereal songs all depicting the challenges of many of our endangered species...Louise's voice is magnificent and with feeling that just sings to your heart." 


Stores

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Products with prints of Louise's hand painted colorful African artworks are available here. 

Products with images that she created for her musical projects are available here. 


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Contributions

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"Heart of Australia" was the first video which Louise created as one of her artistic vehicles with which to raise awareness about different animals around the globe. 

The video focuses on supporting the well-being and salvation of the wild horses of Australia, the Brumbies. Click here to watch the video and to visit her YouTube channel.

"Heart of Australia" was also recently released as a CD single, of which the income of the sales will be donated to support the Brumbies. Read more about it here.