Nicole Musoni

Her name is Nicole Musoni, and she is a singer-songwriter-composer who wears her paternal last name with pride, her natural inclination for music coming from her father’s side of the tree. The eldest daughter of the popular Rwandan artist Évariste Musoni was barely 2 years old when she set foot on stage for the first time; she accompanied her father to the mythic Odéon Palace auditorium in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi. Father, mother and child settled in Canada 23 years ago. However, she remains a young lady with roots deeply embedded in East African soil, and she strongly believes that the stage has been calling her name ever since that very first experience, despite her young age at the time. The constant artistic influence of her parents also played a big part in her burgeoning... soma ibindi