Name Natacha Ngendabanka Birth name Natacha Ngendabanka Genres R&BAfrobeatZouk Instruments Vocals | Origin Burundi Occupation(s) Singer Years active 2001 - present | |
Natacha was born in Kinama commune, 5 January 1987 with Burundian parents. is a Burundian recording artist performing and songwriter. Natacha is an artist who made a career by herself when she was young.
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The Family and Talent
The sixth child of her family, she follows her elder sisters since she was five; to a Protestant church called "Emmanuel" in Bwiza, at the 3rd avenue, against the will of her parents who were members of Catholic Church. The success of Natacha as a singer in the church and neighbors compliments would change her parents’ appreciation and finally they accepted to encourage her to develop her talent of a singer. She lost her father when she was twelve. She continued her studies and at the same time, she was seriously committed to the choir which became the source of inspiration and improvement.
Musical career
At fourteenth, in 2001,that for the first time she explored her carrier as a singer and a dancer of varieties through playbacks with the group Ra Fridays; her favorite styles are R&B and South African rhythms. The singers who inspired her most are: Whitney Houston, Brenda Fassy, Angelique Kidjo, Tchala Mwana and Lokua Kanza. From playback, she moved to Karaoke. Since 2005,she organized some music shows in many schools, interpreting songs of the known musicians and her own songs include"Mawe" a song dedicated to her mother, reflecting the good deeds of a widow mother. Her music carrier got to the climax in 2011,because of an Italian patron, Alfredo Frojo, who noticed her talents and hired her in orchestra "Club Band" of Lac Tanganyika Club Hotel.
Inspiration Style
NATACHA's music inspiration is mainly secular, from religious songs and South African ones. She inspires herself of situations of people in need and sings songs with educating and encouraging messages; It is in that way that she was chosen by UNFPA on the national level to sensitize about family planning and youth education. Her style is generally African: Umudiho, Zulu, Zouk, and Congolese.
Dream
In her carrier, she dreams to become a singer of international Stages. At the humanitarian plan, she wants to help the impaired people physically and mentally. In this field, she has already offered some opportunities to the vulnerable people to be able to demonstrate their talents.(See the marching of deaf and dumb in December2013).She also organized a distribution of goods to the disaster victims of Kinama (North quarter of Bujumbura) in April 2014.
Main Events
Her love for music made her to participate in several concerts as a singer, whose main ones include: On the national level: