Slipped Disc: 'South African township singer wins classical label deal'; Pumeza Matshikiza to record for Decca

Pumeza Matshikiza

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Slipped Disc

Norman Lebrecht

June 21, 2013 

It’s not Pretty Yende, whom every label is running after with open mouths and chequebooks. Not yet, anyway.

This is Pumeza Matshikiza, a girl from the townships who is a soloist at the Stuttgart Opera and one of the fastest rising stars on the German circuit. She has signed for Decca.