Dorothee Munyaneza

Dorothee Munyaneza is a young Rwandan singer who gained worldwide exposure following her film music debut on the soundtrack of the 2004 feature film "Hotel Rwanda" and her subsequent collaboration with the Grammy-nominated Afro Celt Sound System as a guest on their most recent Real World Records release "Volume 5: Anatomic".

Dorothee's passion is social integration through music and the arts - her goal is eventually to be able to start a school for art, dance and music in Rwanda, helping children and young people to grow up with an enduring love of music and each other. Currently based in Paris, she has travelled extensively throughout Europe with The JOnAS Foundation as a singer, dancer, percussionist and actress, and has recently sung and acted in Europe with Francois Verret's dance company in a touring production of "Sans Retour" and is now performing in "Ice" with the same company. She has taken part in fundraising events for "Terre des Hommes", performed as a soloist at a charity concert for "Chain of Hope" at the Royal Overseas League, performed at the 2006 Geneva Movement for Peace convention, and at the 2006 Inauguration of the Commission for Human Rights at the Geneva UN Palace.

Dorothee is releasing an outstanding debut solo album co-written with producer and Afro Celt Sound System member Martin Russell, as a CD/DVD-A two-disc package, in 2010 on the newly-established Luminary Records label. The DVD features high resolution 5.1 and stereo versions of the album for those with suitable players, as well as the standard dts, Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM stereo versions for regular players, a DVD-Rom folder with pre-diced mp3's and desktop wallpaper, plus several extras. The artwork and photography is by Dorothee's sister, Faith Tatou.