Amanda Tiffin

Jazz Composition and Performance at the University of Cape Town. She received her Masters Degree with distinction, and has gone on to become one of Cape Town's best-loved vocalist-pianists.

Amanda has performed extensively in South Africa, and more recently in London, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and as a jazz artist in Japan. She has toured with music theatre shows to countries such as Mauritius, Bahrain and the U.A.E.

Amanda released her debut album, Who Am I? in 2005, and is due to release her second CD, an all-jazz recording in 2008.

A versatile artist, Amanda has performed in varying genres: from Musical theatre and stage shows to intimate jazz concerts. She has produced several of her own successful theatre shows, to critical acclaim, and has been musical director and arranger for numerous theatre productions in South Africa. Amanda has featured as a soloist on the National Jazz Festival in Grahamstown in 2004 and 2006. She is a regular and popular performer in all of Cape Town's top jazz venues as both vocalist and pianist. She also works as an arranger, orchestrator and composer.

"Tiffin's voice was utterly sublime"
Karin Schimke, Cape Argus

"Amanda Tiffin must surely be one of the best performing pianists in Cape Town"
Peter Tromp. Cape Times

"Amanda Tiffin manages to draw her audience towards her magnificent voice."
David Brooke, iafrica.com

"Her vocal range is impressive and varied and on the evening, there wasn't a song she didn't get the best out of"
Peter Tromp, Cape Times, June 16, 2006

"Tiffin demonstrates amazing talent, delivering a performance oozing with confidence"
Cape Town Today

"If you wish to treat yourself to an artist who has individuality, style and a voice to suit all the variations required in this wide-ranging repertoire — without sounding exactly like the original — the book your tickets immediately."
Rafiek Mammon, Cape Times

"In performance, Tiffin excels, showcasing a vocal range and sophistication hard to beat in Cape Town, or anywhere else for that matter."
Peter Frost, Cape Argus