Pumeza Matshikiza

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pumeza Matshikiza
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Feb 27, 1979(1979-02-27)
Age	45
Birthplace	Lady Frere
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Eastern Cape
Horoscope	Aquarius

Pumeza Matshikiza Biography

Pumeza Matshikiza is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on February 27, 1979 in Lady Frere, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Pumeza Matshikiza, a South African operatic soprano was born 27 February 1979. She is a graduate of the Royal College of Music, and was a member of Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists Program from 2007 to 2009. She made her debut in Parsifal as a flower girl. From there she has gone on to perform leading soprano roles at Stuttgart Opera. Matshikiza released two solo albums via Decca Classics.

Decca Records released her debut album, Voice of Hope, in 2014. It contains four classical arias by Mozart and Puccini, as well as mainly African traditional and popular songs. Simon Hewett and the Staatsorchester Stuttgart accompany her during the arias. Iain Farrington and the Aurora Orchestra accompany her for most songs. One song is performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.

She signed with Decca, a London-based label, in 2013 and recorded her debut album, Pumeza Voice of Hope at Abbey Road Studios.

Pumeza Matshikiza Net Worth

Pumeza Matshikiza is one of the richest Singer from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pumeza Matshikiza 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 2008, she sang the role of one of the Innocents for Harrison Birtwistle’s The Minotaur. In 2010, her first major role was the part of Mimi at Edinburgh Festival, a production of Opera Bohemia. She was called “the star of the show…who plays the role Mimi…with a rich and lustrous voice.” She sang alongside Patrick Mendez and Eric Sempe, the French guitarist, at the wedding of Charlene Wittstock and Albert II, Prince de Monaco. In 2011, she was awarded the South Bank Sky Arts Breakthrough Award. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games’ opening ceremony, Pumeza performed “Freedom Come-All-Ye”, which was seen by one billion people around the world. Nyanga is one of Cape Town’s oldest black towns, and also where Pumeza was born. She said that the song […] was not something she knew about until she gave it to her to rehearse, but it was so beautiful. The song is a symbol of freedom for all, regardless of race, social standing, or nationality.

Matshikiza was born at Lady Frere in South Africa. She was educated at the University of Cape Town College of Music and graduated cum laude from Professor Virginia Davids. After that, she studied at London’s Royal College of Music with a full scholarship. The Young Artist Programme at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden gave her a three-year scholarship. It was here that she made her debut in Parsifal as a flower maiden. In 2010, she was the winner of the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, Dublin. She later joined Stuttgart Opera as a full-time singer. Since 2011, she has performed in the roles of Pamina in Die Zauberflote and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro.

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Pumeza Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Pumeza Matshikiza celebrates birthday on February 27 of every year.