Sintu Ndzube-saxophonist

Hello again and welcome to another episode of Voices from SA, my name is Nicholas Claude. My guest this week, episode 17, is the saxophonist Sintu Ndzube. Sintu grew up in Port Elizabeth, attended the National School of Arts and went on to get a degree in music. She has played in various groups over the years and music has taken her to Peru, Sri Lanka and Dubai.

We chatted about how she took up the sax at a fairly late stage in her music education after studying piano for many years, the art of being a session musician and what it is like being the only woman in the band.

She is currently putting the finishing touches to her single Genesis which is being produced in collaboration with South African music titan Blondie Makhene. Later this year she will tour the USA with the musical Africa Umoja.