Kurt Darren

Kurt Darren was born in Pretoria and matriculated from the Lyttleton Manor High School. He inherited his amazing singing talent from his mother. At school he participated in various musical plays and says that he has been interested in music for as long as he can remember.

What few people don’t know about Kurt is that he is fluent in both Afrikaans and English, this is because of his bilingual upbringing (his father is Afrikaans and his mother is English). His capability to write songs and sing in both languages and to entertain his bilingual audiences is astonishing.

Kurt Darren went to the Army after he matriculated and did his basic training in Walvisbay. During his time in the army, he joined the army’s entertainment group and toured with them for a year; he then started to realise that he wanted to pursue his life long dream of becoming a singer. He was discouraged by many people saying that he cannot make a living out of singing.

The South African Celebrity Ski week – is happening from 21 to 28 January 2012 in St Johann in Tirol in Austria, Well known singer Kurt Darren, has been rocking South African audiences with his two major successes, Kaptein span die seile and Loslappie. Kurt is due to launch a new CD , which will encompass some of his greatest hits.

“I have had the privilege of enjoying holidays all over the world and in awesome locations, but I have never had the ultimate experience, a ski trip in Austria!! All that will change in January when Snocomber takes my wife, Dunay, and I to St Johann in Austria, where there will be plenty skiing, dancing and singing, all wrapped into one!! Come with us, it’s going to be awesome!!” says Kurt He will be performing unplugged with the South Africans during the week and will also perform live in the St Johann at the South African/Austrian festival on 23 January 2012.

Kurt then tried a couple of other occupations, which included acting as a tourguide in the Kruger National Park (nature lies very close to Kurts’ heart). With some of Kurts’ family members in the building industry, he then also tried his hand at that, but not for long. He finally decided that he was going to sing on a full time basis.

Nowadays Kurt tours right across South Africa, and even abroad, on a growing basis.