Singer songwriter Natascha Roth currently divides her time between Berlin, New York and Cape Town

Singer songwriter Natascha Roth currently divides her time between Berlin, New York and Cape Town. Natascha’s new project is called “Way Out South”. It is a journey into a world of sounds, space and hypnotic rhythms. A world of extremes where light and dark meet and where music reconnects the spirit. "Africa has been my home for many years. Living there has introduced me to people from all walks of life and opened my eyes and ears to backgrounds other than my own.

Natascha has been enjoying a varied career as a singer, songwriter and educator: “Music is more than just my profession. It is what defines my life, where I live, who I meet and what I do when I get up every day. It is more than just a career. Music is a way of life to me.” Since leaving home, as a teenager Natascha has studied Musical Theatre at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and attained a masters degree in jazz voice from the University in Graz, Austria. Her teachers and musical role models include Mark Murphy, Andy Bey, Jay Clayton and Sheila Jordan.

Besides following her own career as a performer Natascha has lectured in Jazz Voice at the University of Cape Town (SA), the Lemmens Instituut Leuven (BE) and the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (BE). Recently Natascha played in the USA alongside jazz singer Jeanie Bryson daughter of the late Dizzy Gillespie. In South Africa Natascha was featured at the Melodi International Jazz Festival 2007 sharing the stage with legendary Zulu Vocal Trio “Mahotella Queens”, 4 times 2007 SAMA award winner Simphiwe Dana, Lira and saxophone giant Pharao Sanders.