Three international performing artists are to join a host of local stars in a charity concert in Johannesburg later this year.
Christina Aguilera, Diana Ross and violinist Lucia Micarelli will be performing at a gala banquet at the Coca-Cola Dome, Northgate, on November 9.
The Unite of the Stars Gala Banquet will be in support of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and Unite against Hunger, read a statement by concert presenters 94.7 Highveld Stereo and M-Net.
”The concert will be Aguilera’s first in the country following a string of successful concerts around the world.
”This multi-Grammy Award-winning recording artist’s latest album, Stripped, has sold over 12-million albums worldwide.”
The concert will be a charity-driven project to which Ross and Aguilera will lend their names.
They have already raised millions of dollars for numerous charities around the world, with special attention placed on children’s charities.
Twenty-year-old Micarelli will be performing in the country for the second time. This follows her performance in Sun City last year with Josh Groban.
Micarelli boasts classical training in everything from jazz combos to orchestral rock.
The concert, described by the presenters as the Rolls Royce of corporate functions, will see artists such as Danny K, Debra Cox, Nianell, Heinz Winckler and the Soweto Gospel Choir joining Aguilera, Ross and Micarelli on stage.
Aguilera will be in the country from November 4 to attend the Altech South Africa Grand Prix week and will be joined there by ex-formula-one world champions Emerson Fittipaldi, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost and Nelson Piquet. — Sapa