Filbert Marova is an award winning (Zimbabwe Music Awards Best Jazz Artist) multi-instrumentalist who is well known in the Zimbabwe music circles as a jazz pianist and composer.
With a career spanning over 35 years of active music making, Filbert co-founded a number of music bands including the late 80s boy band Frontline Kids and Jazz Invitation. He has also collaborated with some of Zimbabwe’s finest on his solo projects.
Some of his well-known compositions include BP performed by Jazz Invitation, Mandega performed by Prudence Katomeni Mbofana.
To date Filbert has released four jazz albums namely Kariba Bream, Nyanga Trout, Hard Hat Area and Zim Jazz Chapter One.
On 22 January 2021, he unveiled a new experimental project dubbed Mbiriano where he plays mbira on piano, a fusion of the traditional mbira vibe with jazz. Filbert is also the founder member of the Zimbabwe Jazz Community Trust, a not-for-profit organisation involved in the development and preservation of jazz in Zimbabwe. Besides his passion for performing and composing, Filbert is also a music teacher.
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