Nataniël

Nataniël le Roux (born 30 August 1962), better known as Nataniël, is a South African singer, songwriter, entertainer and best-selling author. He is best known for his solo stage act and his lifestyle and cooking TV shows.

Career Nataniël le Roux launched his career in 1989 with the release of his first single, Maybe Time. Since then he has released fifteen studio and two live albums, staged more than eighty original theatre productions and published twenty-one books. In 1997 he also released a four-track EP entitled The Diva Divine with opera singer Mimi Coertse. His many theatre shows, often staged at the Johannesburg casino Emperor's Palace, have won him multiple awards.

Nataniël manages a company specialising in lifestyle goods called Kaalkop, which means "bald" in Afrikaans, but implies "honest" or "unpretentious".

After starring in the TV series Another Life With Nataniël (1998–1999) and Project Fame (2004), Nataniël created and hosted Die Nataniël Tafel, a cooking and entertainment program in five seasons (2012–2014), on the South African television channel kykNET. In 2014 he starred in the South African TV drama Almon, Henry which he also wrote. In recent years he has created and hosted five seasons of his TV show Edik van Nantes (2015–2020) on the same channel alongside his brother, Erik le Roux.

During live musical performances, he is often accompanied on stage by Steinway pianist Charl du Plessis, or the Charl du Plessis Trio.

Nataniël has been a column writer for Sarie magazine since 2002, and has recently published the first part of his memoirs.

Discography

Studio albums 2017: One Day in a Castle 2010: Oh! 2007: I Wear White 2006: Fashion 2003: Will He Weep 2002: Dance ’til I Break 2000: Fall 1998: Slow Tear 1997: Portfolio 1995: The Wallflower 1995: The Cover Concert 1994: Dying for Master 1993: Recital 1989: Work of Art 1988: Weird People

Live albums

2014: Moodswing (Nataniël on Stage) 2013: Factory (live at Emperors Palace)

Compilation albums

2009: Act Two 2006: Act One

Singles and EPs

1987: Maybe Time (Single) 1988: One Life (Single) 1997: The Diva Divine, with Mimi Coertse (EP) 1998: Gossip Tower (Single) 1999: In Ev’ry Star (Single) 2003: Santa Maria (Single) 2004: Gold (Single) 2005: Diamond (Single) 2019: 100 Years (Single)

Music videos 1988: Weird people One life Dis te laat Spook Roses and Jazz Bat Maybe we still believe Juice Moon Jazz Now I can die Slow tear None of Them Say Your Name In Ev’ry Star Hopeless Hand Gold Diamond 2005: Fashion 2019: 100 Years

Literature

Memoirs

2019: Look at Me 2019: Kyk Na My

Story books 2020: Dik Dun Thick Thin 2017: Closet 2016: Zip! 2014: 150 Stories 2012: Kaalkop 3 2010: Nicky And Lou 2008: When I Was 2008: Kaalkop 2 2005: Kaalkop Journal 2004: Kaalkop 2001: Tuesday 1999: Maria Maria 1996; Rubber 1993: Oopmond 1992: Dancing with John 1990: Excuse Me

Cookbooks

2018: Die Edik van Nantes Kookboek, by Nataniël and Erik le Roux, 2015: Die Huis van Rye 2009: Gatherings 2001: Food from the White House 1996: Die Nataniël Kombuis 1994: Nataniël Kook