Khanyisile Mthetwa

Bio

Khanyisile Mthetwa is a multi award-winning flute player from South Africa. Khanyisile is the 2022 winner of 2 South African music awards. She won best classical/instrumental and the Whitestar best Newcomer awards. She rose to international acclaim when she became the first African awarded the prestigious Myrna Brown Scholarship by the National Flute Association of America. She is currently considered to be one of the leading flute players in the world and regularly performs at concert venues around the world.

She has served as principal flute of the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra since 2019. Mthethwa previously held the same position with the Eastern Cape Philharmonic Orchestra.

Praised for her rich, deep tone, dynamic power, and sensitive interpretation, Khanyisile is a champion of extended techniques in which she displays flawless virtuosity, as well as being a passionate ambassador for classical African music

Mthetwa won the 2019 Mbokodo Award for opera/classical music, which recognizes women who have shown leadership and excellence in the arts. Khanyisile is one of the rare classical musicians featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine, Sunday Times newspaper, ENCA morning news and News24. Ms Mthetwa currently holds a fellowship in flute performance from Trinity College of London. She was named a “Top Young South African” by the Mail and Guardian newspaper and is one of the leading virtuoso instrumentalists in Africa and throughout the world.

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Star Wars bucket list Moment��Epic X 1MILLION POST��
Brahms 4th symphony flute solo�
2nd SAMA �Khanyisile Mthetwa won the Whitestar Newcomer of the Year for the best Debut album 2022
I won the 2022 SAMA award for best classical and instrumental album!
Chaminade- Concertino for flute and orchestra
African bird album Live Launch at Seabrooke concert hall
Angola - A Tribute to Bheki Mseleku
Angola Preview Video ���
REQUIEM Milonga - Valerie Coleman
Taktakishvili: Sonata for flute and piano in C Major.III. Allegro Scherzando Khanyisile Mthetwa
Taktakishvili: Sonata for flute and piano in C Major. II. Aria . Khanyisile Mthetwa-flute
Taktakishvili: Sonata for flute and piano in C major. I. Allegro cantabile
Khanyisile Mthetwa featured on SADC news!!
WATCH-South African 1st African to win international scholarship
Hofmeyr-Mabalel Fantasia for flute and piano. Khanyisile Mthetwa(flute) NFA convention
Black Autumn-Musa Nkuna , Khanyisile Mthetwa(flute) NFA convention 2019
One lingering quasar- Conrad Asman- Khanyisile Mthetwa( flute)
Angola - Bheki Mseleku,
Khanyisile Mthetwa making a flute sound like a TRAIN live on ENCA
Khanyisile Mthetwa ENCA interview
Ibert flute concerto cadenza
Blowing the trains horn�� and singing and playing
Ian Clarke - the great train race at classic fm
Flute solo from the Grieg Piano concerto 2019
South African flute virtuoso Khanyisile Mthetwa Plays Bazzini-Dance of the goblins
Prokofiev-Scherzo- Khanyisile Mthetwa
Franck.C- Sonata for flute and Piano-Khanyisile Mthetwa(flute), Peter Cartwright(Piano)
Hofmeyr.H- Fantasia per flauto e pianoforte- Khanyisile Mthetwa(flute), Peter Cartwright(piano)
Messiaen- Le Merle Noir(the blackbird)- Khanyisile Mthetwa(flute), Peter Cartwright(Piano)
Poulenc- Sonata for flute and Piano-Khanyisile Mthetwa(flute), Peter Cartwright(piano)
ZAJohannesburg, South Africa
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2007

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