ZIZA MUFTIC Is a Johannesburg based musician with roots in Zagreb, Croatia. Her musical upbringing started as a Western classical violin player, then a classical singer. Today, her main form of expression lies in jazz vocals, composition and music education. Ziza’s vocal range stretches from Jazz to Western classical repertoire. Her sound is a unique blend of Balkan and Eastern European folk songs with the American and South African Jazz styles. Ziza sings in many different languages, English, Croatian, Hungarian, Portuguese, isiXhosa and isiZulu. She is currently working on her third studio album  titled ‘Ziza Muftic: Singing in tongues’, featuring  a female a cappella ensemble, AmaNanule. This album explores voice as an instrument, through many languages and rhythms. This is a link to a recent concert of Ziza Muftic and her band:

https://youtu.be/cX_PtRJV5Io

Read more at http://www.zizamuftic.com/bio

http://www.wijsf.org