5th NEUES LIED Competition for Art Song Duos

Congratulations to the 2026 Winners!

First prize (R20 000): Sinesipho Tokwe (soprano) & Lebeko Mosunkutu (piano)

Second prize (R15 000): Chloë Loggenberg (mezzo-soprano) & Theresa van der Merwe (piano)

Third prize (R12 000): Shared between Ryan Hurst (baritone) & Caleb Thomas (piano) and Themba Mdlalose (baritone) & Dané van Graan (piano)

Hendrik Hofmeyr prize for the best performance of a South African work (R4 000): Themba Mdlalose (baritone) & Dané van Graan (piano) for their performance of Qinisela Sibisi’s Ngabe kwenzenjani?

Many thanks to the Rupert Music Foundation for sponsoring all the competition prizes!