Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Soprano

Rising star Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha won the Song Prize at the 2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition and is a current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist. Most recently, Rangwanasha was awarded the 2024 Herbert von Karajan Prize.

In 2024/25, Rangwanasha will perform Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (Nicholas Collon), Tippett A Child of Our Time with The Royal Sinfonia (Dinis Sousa) and London Symphony Orchestra (Sir Antonio Pappano) and returns to the role of Liù in concert performances of Turandot with Minnesota Orchestra (Thomas Søndergård). Rangwanasha performs Verdi Requiem at the Wiener Konzerthaus (Daniel Harding), La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra (Alain Altinoglu), Bergen Philharmonic (Jader Bignamini), International Maifestspiele Wiesbaden (Leo McFall) and at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Daniel Harding). Other highlights this season include perfoming at the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall, Mahler Symphony No. 2 with The Hallé (Kahchun Wong), Mendelssohn Elijah with Oxford Philharmonic (Marios Papadopoulos), Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra (Sir Antonio Pappano), Rossini Stabat Mater with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Oscar Jockel), Strauss Vier letzte Lieder with Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Poulenc Stabat Mater at Teatro Regio Torino and her return to the Wigmore Hall.

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