The dynamic voice of Yahto Kraft

Yahto Kraft

Yahto Kraft, is openly queer, and described as a “fabulously fierce powerhouse of a performer”. With a background in classical singing, Yahto went on to attend Stageworx School of Performing Arts in Randburg. His vocal coach entered him for Season 3 of The Voice, where he chose Team Lira. He says “LirataughtmehowtobeadivaandgetwhatIwant.” He was sadly voted off before the finals, but loved the experience saying, “We diditguys!Wegotthroughtothemandshowedsomepeoplehowwe doit,andwearen’tdoneyet.We’vegotalongwaytogobuthopefully I’veopenedsomedoorsfory’all.”He released his debut single “Ugly”.As a queer performer he feels a responsibility to LGBT+ people “IdowhatI do,forthepeoplewhodon’thaveavoice,forthosequeerkidswhocan’t comeoutbecausethefamiliesaren’taccepting,orthey’reafraid,and they’rejustnotready.Tohaveyourfamilynotlovewhoyouare,Ican’t imaginehowterrifyingthatmustbe,buttonotloveyourselfissomething farmoreterrifying.”He’s incredibly talented with a powerful voice...

Craig Lucas

Over the past four years, Craig Lucas’ name has become synonymous with #1 radio hits across South Africa. Winner of TheVoiceSeason2in 2017, this shy boy from Elsies Rivier in Cape Town, has come into his own, capturing the hearts of millions with his deeply emotive soul and wide vocal range. Craig is a graduate in Economics and Politics at UCT, but despite a promising career ahead of him in the corporate world, Craig always secretly loved singing. He made a promise to his mother that he would finish his degree first before staring on a road to music. Despite not having musical training in any form nor coming from a musical family, Craig remembers loving music from a young age. As an introvert, he never could express how he was feeling. Music was always an escape; it was how he dealt with things. At high school he suffered from performance anxiety got the better of him and he stopped. He was aiming to enter the first season of the Voice, but his stage fright got the better of him. CRAIG decided to enter The Voice season 2 to become a better performer, and the rest is history.

Siphesihle Mdena

Siphesihle’s relationship with Cape Town Opera stretches back to his high school days: thanks to a programme that brought opera to Queenstown, he was able to explore a love for music that had been sparked while performing with his school choir in an Eisteddfod. Awarded a scholarship for his studies at UCT, he completed his Performer’s Diploma in Music, followed by a Postgraduate Diploma in Music Performance. Looking to the future, he hopes that his talents will take him even further afield: he’d like to grow his skills as a soloist and then one day travel to Germany, France and more of Europe to perform. When he’s not immersed in music, he can be found focused on sport, whether watching it on TV or playing soccer and touch rugby with his friends from UCT.