Sibongile Khumalo
Sibongile Khumalo (* September 24, 1957 in Soweto ) is a South African singer. Originally trained as a classical mezzo-soprano, is Khumalo employs next opera also increasingly with other genres such as jazz and traditional African music.
Life
Sibongile Khumalo was born in 1957 in Soweto, the daughter of music professor Khabi Mngoma, who promoted music from childhood. She studied music ( voice, violin, drama and dance) at Witwatersrand University and the University of Zululand, where she also taught and conducted research after graduation. Notoriety as a singer, she reached into the nineties, as they call the " Young Artist Award" at the Grahamstown Festival and then sang at Nelson Mandela's inauguration in 1994. In addition to performances in musicals and starring in Mzilikazi Khumalo's (no relation to Sibonglie Khumalo ) opera " Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu ", which is considered the first African opera, she worked with well-known classical musicians ( Yehudi Menuhin, Brodsky Quartet, London Philharmonic Orchestra ) as well together as with musicians from the jazz and world music ( Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Bheki Mseleku, Jack DeJohnette, Hugh Masekela and Moses Taiwa Molelekwa ).
She is a member of the educated at the South African president South African Advisory Panel International Marketing Council.
Music
In the classic range, Khumalo initially dealt mainly with Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms. But were Georges Bizet's Carmen and Messiah by George Frideric Handel with Yehudi Menuhin to their greatest successes. Particularly through the works of Mzilikazi Khumalo they also tried recently to help African inspired classical music for more popularity. Your interpretation of traditional South African Zulu music is often compared to the Miriam Makeba. Khumalo's jazz singing is as oriented to Ella Fitzgerald and Betty Carter described, but also refers to the other facets of her work with a.
Discography (selection)
- Ancient Evenings ( Sbme, 1996)
- Immortal Secrets (Sony Jazz, 2000)