For 30 years Barbora Tellinger has been a professional singer, composer, teacher, voice artist and actress throughout Southern Africa and central Europe, on stages and in studios, in musicals, cabaret, pop, rock and jazz bands.

Her career began in the protest theatre days of the Black Sun in 1980’s Johannesburg, moved through the revolutionary Afrikaans Voelvry movement, onto the famous No.58 in Hillbrow, enjoyed many collaborations with some of the country’s finest musicians and has been focused on jazz and education since 2005.

She has performed on stages from Cape Town to Windhoek, The Joburg Theatre, The State Theatre, Ellis Park stadium, the Sun City Superbowl, and jazz clubs throughout the Czech Republic.

It might be quicker here to name the musicians she hasn’t worked with, and easier to name the studios she hasn’t worked in.

Apart from the many recordings with other artists, personal studio projects include a solo album – Barbie and the Dolls, BLOMKRAG – Boere Country, and two albums of Deep Fine Leg, an acoustic harmony ensemble.

For three years she was jazz vocal lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology School of Music, and headed up the jazz vocal division at the University of Pretoria from 2008 to 2016.

A respected singer and vocal coach, her non-contrived vocal technique has been adopted by many professionals and teachers throughout Southern Africa and beyond. Her passion for jazz has made her an effective teacher with several successful jazz graduates now working in the music industry. She has also trained numerous recording and theatrical artists.

In 2012 she released the album – Live at the Musaion, a Jazz Recital. Collaborating with some of the greats – John Fresk, Marc Duby, Rob Watson – it cemented her reputation as a formidable force in the South African jazz arena.

The following year brought her next album – Jazz, Live 2012. In 2014 she completed a studio album with pianist, John Fresk. Tellinger & Fresk, DEUCE, is available through all the internet platforms and at live performances.

Before leaving South Africa, Tellinger & Fresk recorded As Long As You’re Living, their 4th album together, featuring Professor Marc Duby and Godfrey Mgcina.

Tellinger & Fresk perform live throughout central Europe. Their playful and intimate shows continue to thrill audiences far and wide, and most often they are joined by some of the finest musicians Europe has to offer.

Barbora Tellinger now regularly performs, tours and teaches in the Czech Republic.