Melanie Scholtz Band

She started playing the piano from the age of 5 and went on to study Opera at The University of Cape Town Opera School where she graduated Cum Laude with a Performer’s Diploma in Opera in 2000. She has released five successful solo albums and has won many awards; In 2010, Melanie was named the Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz and In 2012, and won all three prizes at the prestigious Jazz Revelations competition as part of the Jazz a Juan Festival in Nice, France. Melanie was also chosen to be a featured artist in The Great South African Songbook Tour from September 2019- Feb 2020 with Wynton Marsalis and The Jazz at Lincoln Centre. She was featured in New York , Chicago, Johannesburg and Vienna.

Melanie has performed all over the world including her native country, South Africa, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden and the United States. She has performed alongside Kurt Elling at the Joy of Jazz festival in Johannesburg in 2012, with the Cape Town Philharmonic alongside the late Hugh Masekela in 2015 and also jammed alongside Bobby McFerrin at the Anjazz Jazz festival in Norway in 2011. She has also guested alongside Christian McBride and his trio for the 92 NY’s Discover Music Program in 2024.

Melanie has recorded the first of 2 new solo albums. The first, entitled Sweet Nancy ,  with the great Nancy Wilson as a muse, was recorded in the birthplace of jazz,  New Orleans in February 2023. The album is co-produced by artistic director and drummer Adonis Rose, and is set to be released in February 2025. The second of the two new albums , Seven, was recorded in Johannesburg in 2023 with Melanie’s original trio , featuring and produced by fellow Standard Bank Young Artist winner , Bokani Dyer and features another Young Artist winner , Benjamin Jephta on bass and Marlon Witbooi on drums. This record was released September 27 2024.

Melanie Scholtz returns to Prague and she plans to play repertoire from her two new releases, "Seven" , an original crossover record , documenting her 7 years in New York City and also her latest release, "Sweet Nancy" , a tribute to the jazz icon Nancy Wilson. 

Melanie Scholtz – voc; Jakub Tököly – p; Petr Kalfus – sax; Miroslav Hloucal – trp; Josef Fečo – b; Kesivan Naidoo – dr.

Admission seating CZK 600, standing CZK 300. There is no need to reserve a seat when purchasing a seating ticket. To reserve a specific seat, please write your request in the note when purchasing the ticket. Fulfillment of the request cannot be guaranteed.

Band website: www.melanie-scholtz.com