Six vibrant young people have formed the group, “Bella Vocè Africa” (Beautiful Voices of Africa) whilst still at High School in Shoshanguve, a township outside of Pretoria. The founder members hail from Shoshanguve whilst other members hail from Atteridgeville and Hamanskraal.

Their collective passion for Opera originally pegged them solely into the Classical Genre including well known Operatic Aria’s like Nessun Dorma, Brindisi, The Prayer, Nella Fantasia, Va Pensiero, La Donna e Mobile and many more.  Well known tunes such as “O sole mio”, “Funniculi Funicula” and “La Spagnola” are presented in a creative new arrangement.
Hard to ignore is their uniquely rich South African Heritage and rhythym which has had a unique effect on their harmonies and vocals, keeping traditional songs in their repetoire like “The Click Song”, “Pata Pata”, “Meadowlands”, “Wimbaweh (The Lion Sleeps)”, to name just a few.  Bella Voce Africa’s unique and exceptional vocal talents, have allowed them to also include some contemporary numbers into the mix like “I Will Always Love You”, “Paradise Road” , “Time to Say Goodbye” etc. All of this brings this unique group into a classification all on their own,  Classical/Crossover Contemporary/African.

Sylvia Blangwe, one of Bella Vocè Africa’s lead soprano, performed at a private function with 1000 invited guests at Mr Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday Celebration held in Cape Town on 18 July 2008. Amongst the guests at the function were Oprah Winfrey, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Minister Tokyo Sexwale and other high profile delegates. Sylvia performed several solos during this performance. Bella Vocè Africa has also performed for the ANC President, Mr Jacob Zuma (now South African President) and the Premier of the Northwest Government.

Bella Vocè Africa performed at the 2008 Miss World Pageant (Entabeni Golf Estate), Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament (Sun City), Black Book Function (Sun City’s Exclusive Function for top 200 Businessmen Worldwide), the Hilton Hotel (Sandton) Christmas Lunch for 300 guests, and many more. The group has performed at the Crystal Court at The Palace of the Lost City, Sun City for almost a year, where high profile guests included Oprah Winfrey, Nelson Mandela and his wife, Graca Machel, Gary Player, the Queen of Swaziland, top government officials / ministers as well as numerous CEO’s of major international companies.  Bella Voce continue to perform at Sun City and Carnival City various big and small corporate functions

Invitations to perform internationally during 2009 have been received from Romania, Sweden, Canada, America, France and Iran.  The highlights of Bella Voce Africa’s recent tour to London, England (July 2009) included performances at Southwark Cathedral, The British Travel Market Launch, The Lyric Theatre in London’s West End, Functions for The City of London Festival, The Closing Ceremony of the First Inaugural International Beyond Sport Summit where they performed on the same stage as Diversity, Winners of Britain’s Got Talent 2009, and St. Paul’s Grange Hotel and were hosted at the South African High Commissioner’s Residence for a luncheon.

High Profile Dignitaries at the Beyond Sport Summit were:

Rt. Hon Tony Blair Former Prime Minister of Britain and Wales,  Archbishop Tutu, HRH Prince Hussein of Jordan, The Lord Mayor of London – Boris Johnson and Wilfred Lemke, Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Kevin Carroll USA Author and MC, Dikembe Mutombo USA NBA Star, Tim Shriver Chairman and CEO of Special Olympics, Lucas Radebe SA Football Star, Lewis Pugh Long Distance Swimmer, Ian Thorpe Olympic Gold Medallist Swimmer, Lord David Puttnam President of UNICEF UK and Zenna Atkins, Michael Johnson – Olympic Gold Medallist,  Nawal El Moutawakel - Minister of Youth and Sports, Morocco and IOC Executive Board Member,  Lord Sebastian Coe, Donna Da Varona – Olympic Gold Medallist Swimmer and Founder of Women’s Sport Foundation, Sergey Bubka, Simon Fuller, Dame Kelly Holmes, Jahanghir Khan, Senator Bill Bradley to name just a few.

Special Guests of Honour were Sarah Ferguson – Duchess of York and Sir Michael Parkinson.

Bella Voce Africa was featured on Classsic FM on Michael Dingaan’s show in June 2009 and are in the process of recording their debut album.

Bella Vocè Africa is a popular choice for corporate functions, special events, indoor and outdoor events, awards ceremonies, and black tie events.

Some Corporate clients include: