Richard Brokensha

Richard first realized his passion for music at the age of 8 and took up lessons on the piano, learning Beethoven pieces from his mother and his sister. He changed to the guitar at the age 13 when he found an old electric Ibanez in his Father’s room. During his teenage years, Richard studied through the National School of Arts and received a national diploma in contemporary jazz.

He also studied classical music during this time in high school, but decided to focus on Rock and Jazz as he wanted to start his own band. Richard started learning how to sing at the age of 14 and recorded his first solo album at the age of 16 as well as an album with the band Lucid. At this point Richard’s unique voice and his versatility had him involved in many projects. To broaden his horizons, he decided to take vocal training from Ralph Schmidt and started a contemporary rock/jazz band called “Velvet Love”. By then, he had also been invited to join Instrumental post-rock band Kidofdoom as keyboardist and guitarist.

While touring with Kidofdoom and starting the band Isochronous (ISO) Richard went on to complete a degree in Jazz at the Thswane University of Technology. At this time he also joined Joseph Clark, in “The Queen Experience”