Pumeza Matshikiza

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Listen to Elégie for Soprano, Cello and Piano by Pumeza Matshikiza, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & James Baillieu, see lyrics, music video & more!

Elégie for Soprano, Cello and PianoPumeza Matshikiza, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & James Baillieu

Listen to Lungi dal caro bene by Pumeza Matshikiza, Tobias Ringborg & Aarhus Symfoniorkester, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lungi dal caro benePumeza Matshikiza, Tobias Ringborg & Aarhus Symfoniorkester

Listen to Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Pumeza Matshikiza, Simon Hewett & Staatsorchester Stuttgart, see lyrics, music video & more!

Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caroPumeza Matshikiza, Simon Hewett & Staatsorchester Stuttgart

Listen to A Child of our Time, Pt. 1: A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus) by Pumeza Matshikiza, Joshua Stewart, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis, see lyrics, music video & more!

A Child of our Time, Pt. 1: A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)Pumeza Matshikiza, Joshua Stewart, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis

Listen to A Child of our Time, Pt. 1: How can I cherish my man in such days.? (Soprano) by Pumeza Matshikiza, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis, see lyrics, music video & more!

A Child of our Time, Pt. 1: How can I cherish my man in such days.? (Soprano)Pumeza Matshikiza, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis

Listen to A Child of our Time, Pt. 2: A Spiritual. O! by and by (Soprano, Chorus) by Pumeza Matshikiza, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis, see lyrics, music video & more!

A Child of our Time, Pt. 2: A Spiritual. O! by and by (Soprano, Chorus)Pumeza Matshikiza, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis

Listen to A Child of our Time, Pt. 2: The Mother. What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano) by Pumeza Matshikiza, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis, see lyrics, music video & more!

A Child of our Time, Pt. 2: The Mother. What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano)Pumeza Matshikiza, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis

Listen to A Child of our Time, Pt. 2: A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus) by Pumeza Matshikiza, Joshua Stewart, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis, see lyrics, music video & more!

A Child of our Time, Pt. 2: A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)Pumeza Matshikiza, Joshua Stewart, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis

Listen to A Child of our Time, Pt. 2: The Mother, the Uncle and Aunt, and the Boy. O my son! (Soloists) by Pumeza Matshikiza, Dame Sarah Connolly, Joshua Stewart, Ashley Riches, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis, see lyrics, music video & more!

A Child of our Time, Pt. 2: The Mother, the Uncle and Aunt, and the Boy. O my son! (Soloists)Pumeza Matshikiza, Dame Sarah Connolly, Joshua Stewart, Ashley Riches, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis

Listen to A Child of our Time, Pt. 3: I would know my shadow and my light (Soloists, Chorus) by Pumeza Matshikiza, Dame Sarah Connolly, Joshua Stewart, Ashley Riches, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis, see lyrics, music video & more!

A Child of our Time, Pt. 3: I would know my shadow and my light (Soloists, Chorus)Pumeza Matshikiza, Dame Sarah Connolly, Joshua Stewart, Ashley Riches, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis

Latest Release

Listen to Tippett: A Child of our Time by BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Pumeza Matshikiza, Dame Sarah Connolly, Joshua Stewart & Ashley Riches

ALBUMTippett: A Child of our TimeBBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Pumeza Matshikiza, Dame Sarah Connolly, Joshua Stewart & Ashley Riches

More albums from Pumeza Matshikiza

Listen to Arias by Pumeza Matshikiza, Aarhus Symfoniorkester & Tobias Ringborg

ALBUMAriasPumeza Matshikiza, Aarhus Symfoniorkester & Tobias Ringborg

Listen to Voice of Hope by Aurora Orchestra, Pumeza Matshikiza & Iain Farrington

ALBUMVoice of HopeAurora Orchestra, Pumeza Matshikiza & Iain Farrington

Pumeza Matshikiza's Popular Music Videos

Canciones Clásicas Españolas, Vol. 1: VI. Del cabello más sutil (Dos cantares populares) [Live from Tanzsaal an der Panke / b-sharp, Berlin / 2020]

Pumeza Matshikiza & James Baillieu

About Pumeza Matshikiza

Hometown

Lady Frere, South Africa

Born

1979

Genre

Classical

South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza has been among the most promising of a group of young Black singers to have emerged from the country's conservatories. She made her formal operatic debut at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden as a flower maiden in Wagner's Parsifal. She has performed several lead soprano roles, including Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Mimi in Puccini's La bohème; the latter role has emerged as a signature role. In 2013, Matshikiza recorded her debut album, Voice of Hope. The album, with a mix of operatic arias and African songs, appeared in 2014, and shortly after, Matshikiza performed at the opening of the Commonwealth Games to a television audience of around one billion people. Her second album, Arias, appeared in 2016. She returned to the recording studio in 2023 on the album A Celebration of Paul Reade.