'Now she is no more, we weep' — Remembering Sibongile Khumalo
29 January 2021 - 15:06
Image: Moeletsi Mabe
When the late mezzo soprano Sibongile Khumalo celebrated her 60th birthday in 2017 with a three day music feast she wanted to acknowledge that she had grown beyond the facets of classical, jazz and indigenous music.
Khumalo who died yesterday at the age of 63 presented the concert live at the Market Theatre in Newtown. The event featured Lindiwe Maxolo, Nomfundo Xaluva, Mimi Ntenjwa and a young orchestra, who interpreted her music. Speaking to Sowetan then, she defined the celebration as “the best birthday gift that anybody could have offered her”.