Equal Fashion Magazine Vol 4-2016
Pumeza Matshikiza kicks off the
15/ 16 season singing solo concerts
in Copenhagen, Gothenburg and
Krakow. In October she makes her
debut with the Orchestra
dell?Accademia Santa Cecilia in
Rome, singing the world premiere
of Luca Francesconi?s Bread, Water
and Salt, based on the famous
speech by Nelson Mandela.
The concerts that open Santa
Cecelia?s season are led by Sir
Antonio Pappano and broadcast
live on TV and radio. The piece is
repeated as part of Radio France?s
Festival Présence in February
2016, Mikko Franck is conducting
the Orchestre Philharmonique de
Radio France. On the operatic
stage, Pumeza Matshikiza is singing
Mimì (La Bohème) and as well as
making her role debut as Mica?la
(Carmen), both at the Staatsoper
Stuttgart, where she has been an
ensemble member for four years
already.
Pumeza Matshikiza can be heard
singing in recitals in London,
Amsterdam and Salle Gaveau in
Paris. The CD release concert of her
new album is schedule for March
2016 in Aarhus. She also joins
Rolando Villazón for concerts at
the BASF Feierabendhaus
Ludwigshafen as well as Schloss
Salem and gives a solo concert at
the Festival de la Vézère, France,
before closing the season with a
recital at the Rheinvokal Festival.
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Recent engagements include her
debut as Eve in the world premiere
of Giorgio Battistelli?s CO2 at
Teatro all Scala in Milan, Dido in
Dido and Aeneas with the English
Concseriesert Orchestra at the
Bristol Old Vic as part of the Bristol
Proms ; two concerts with the
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in
Denmark; an appearance at the
BBC Proms in the Park and a
concert tour with Rolando Villazón
that took her to Vienna?s
Konzerthaus, Paris?Théâtre des
Champs-Elysées, Laeiszhalle
Hamburg, Gasteig Munich,
Kuppelsaal Hanover, Tonhalle
Düsseldorf and Helsinki.
Recent roles in Stuttgart where the
soprano has been member of the
ensemble for the past three
seasons include Mimì (La Bohème),
Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro),
Ännchen (Der Freischütz), Zerlina
(Don Giovanni) and Pamina (Die
Zauberflöte).
Pumeza Matshikiza studied at the
University of Cape Town College of
Music and the Royal College of
Music with a full scholarship. Roles
at the 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).