Neo Muyanga
Neo Muyanga is a composer, musician and installation artist.
His practice straddles the spheres of live performance, audio-visual exhibition and scholarship. Muyanga is based in South Africa and tours globally regularly, with recent projects including operas, choral and instrumental works for chamber and large ensemble. Muyanga creates sound and visual works that are informed by archival research and often feature a strong focus on voice as a vector that shapes and transforms society.
Born in Soweto, Muyanga’s compositional style reflects largely his grounding in South African choral music while exhibiting a blend with other influences – including the Italian Madrigal, Ethiopian Mezmur and the Shaabi tradition of Egypt – encountered over the 3 decades of his artistic career.
This season, Muyanga presents Selemo as the impresario of the Centre for the Less Good Idea at the Komische Oper Berlin.
As of January 2026
His practice straddles the spheres of live performance, audio-visual exhibition and scholarship. Muyanga is based in South Africa and tours globally regularly, with recent projects including operas, choral and instrumental works for chamber and large ensemble. Muyanga creates sound and visual works that are informed by archival research and often feature a strong focus on voice as a vector that shapes and transforms society.
Born in Soweto, Muyanga’s compositional style reflects largely his grounding in South African choral music while exhibiting a blend with other influences – including the Italian Madrigal, Ethiopian Mezmur and the Shaabi tradition of Egypt – encountered over the 3 decades of his artistic career.
This season, Muyanga presents Selemo as the impresario of the Centre for the Less Good Idea at the Komische Oper Berlin.
As of January 2026
