Emerging from Johannesburg’s new wave of sound healers, vuyo viwe is a 25-year-old flautist, composer and vocalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Freshly-minted in the jazz scene, she has shared the stage with various classical and jazz acts, including Kujenga, Internet Athi, The Brother Moves On, ft. Hymnself and Sisonke Xonti.
lineage in sound.
vuyo viwe’s sound is a mix of South African traditional song form, orchestral folk, with alternative vocal melodies, blending electronic sounds with classical instruments with the rawness of uhadi sensibilities and ngoma time signatures and dissonance.
vuyo viwe has had the privilege of performing in celebrated spaces such as YoungBlood, The Chairman, Untitled Basement, Baxter Theatre, The Homecoming Theatre, as well as being a feature in the THAT Tuesday Funk jam session house band. She has since held a 3-day residency at Nirox Sculpture Park under the collective ft. Hymnself, all before her sold-out debut performance as a solo act at Mamakashaka and Friends.
Since her September debut, vuyo viwe has graced the Kids Love Jazz and Umanyano Lwe Jazz stages, amongst much-anticipated solo performances.
sound artist. healer.
Rooted in the philosophy of “afroesotericism”, vuyo viwe explores the sonics of Blackness, of Womanness, of resilience, and of an (un)becoming.
vuyo viwe is an electrifying performer who is masterfully blending ceremony and classical composition, echoing the defiant creativity.
