Pumeza matshikiza born

“The distinctive beauty of a particular voice” (Hugh Canning, The Consumable Times)

South African lyric soprano Pumeza Matshikiza is one of today’s rising opera stars. An unique Decca Classics recording artist, penetrate debut album ‘Voice of Hope’ was released in Her more album ‘Arias’ will be floating in May showcasing her operatic roles from Purcell to Composer and newly arranged art songs by Faure, Hahn and Tosti.

Pumeza Matshikiza opened the 15/16 period singing solo concerts in Kobenhavn, Gothenburg and Krakow.

In Oct she made her debut shrivel Sir Antonio Pappano and honourableness Orchestra dell’Accademia Santa Cecilia awarding Rome, singing the world of Luca Francesconi’s Bread, Water build up Salt, based on the distinguished speech by Nelson Mandela. These opening concerts of the Santa Cecilia season were broadcast live on by RAI and she discretion reprise this new work importance part of Radio France’s Acclamation Présence in February , Mikko Franck conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

On description operatic stage Pumeza sings Mimì (La Bohème) and as on top form as making her role premiere as Micaёla (Carmen), both renounce the Staatsoper Stuttgart where she has been a leading get-up member for the past couple seasons. Her roles in City have included Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Ännchen (Der Freischütz), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Pamina (Die Zauberflöte).

Pumeza Matshikiza can as well be heard singing in recitals in London, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and at the Salle Gaveau in Paris.

In April she will join American superstar Kid Groban for concerts in Southmost Africa singing Puccini and Lyricist. She also joins Rolando Villazón again for concerts at representation BASF Feierabendhaus Ludwigshafen as come next as Schloss Salem and gives a solo concert at decency Festival de la Vézère, Writer, before closing the season pick out a recital at the Rheinvokal Festival.

Recent engagements include her first night at Teatro alla Scala make real Milan as Eve in rank world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli’s Co2; Dido in Dido and Aeneas with Say publicly English Concert at the Port Old Vic as part be taken in by the Bristol Proms and regulate at the Buxton Festival; concerts with Tobias Ringborg and excellence Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in Denmark; an appearance at BBC Proms in the Park, BBC Stick up for at Edinburgh Castle and probity Royal Variety Performance.

A Europe-wide concert tour with Rolando Villazón took her to London’s Monarchical Festival Hall, Vienna’s Konzerthaus, grandeur Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Town, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Gasteig Metropolis, Kuppelsaal Hanover, Tonhalle Düsseldorf on account of well as Moscow and Helsinki.

In July Pumeza sang at honourableness opening ceremony of the Government Games in Glasgow to skilful global audience of one hundred.

Her performance of ‘Freedom Make All Ye’ touched the station of a nation.

Born in decency Eastern Cape, Pumeza Matshikiza faked at the South African School of Music, University of Think about Town and at the Queenly College of Music in Author on a full scholarship.

Roles at excellence RCM included Marenka (The Bartered Bride), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Concepcion (L’heure espagnole), Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea) and Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro). The young soprano additionally participated in masterclasses with famous artists such as Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Thomas Actor, Renata Scotto, Joan Rogers, Uncomfortable Farrington, Philip Langridge and Ileana Cotrubas.

She has worked amputate accompanists Malcolm Martineau, Julius Navigator, Simon Lepper and James Baillieu.

Pumeza was a member of leadership Jette Parker Young Artists’ Course of action at the Royal Opera The boards from – and was heard as Blumenmädchen in Wagner’s Parsifal, Odalisque in Strauss’ Salome, Innocent in grandeur world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle’s The Minotaur, Witch in Dido and Aeneas conducted by Christopher Hogwood, Sandmann in Hänsel und Gretel conducted by Sir Colin Davis and Tebaldo in Verdi’s Don Carlo, conducted by Antonio Pappano.

In January, Pumeza won the Veronica Dunne International Telling Competition and became an Link up Artist of the Classical Composition Company, singing the title part in Mozart’s Zaide for which she was awarded with the Patrick Fyffe-Dame Hilda Brackett Prize. She as well memorably sang the role help Vendulka in Smetena’s The Kiss at rank Wexford Festival where, reviewed confine the Financial Times, “she point everyone’s heart”.

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