Melanie Scholtz was born in Cape Town, South Africa.She is a vocalist.She sings operas, jazz, pop, r&b and classical music.She is a classically trained Opera singer, a songwriter, music teacher, composer, and a dancer.She attended the Opera School, in Cape Town, South Africa.She graduated Cum Laude in 2000.Her band is called 'Love Apples'.She performs in her country, South Africa, and she was performed in Czech Republic, Germany, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, France, Italy, Russia, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, and the United States of America.Melanie incorporates her South African Folk music as well as her mother tongue 'Xhosa' language click sounds and rhythms. Melanie is an opera singer, and she has sung with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra.She collaborates with other artists nationally and internationally.She has taught music in Prague, Czech Republic at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory.