Liesl Stoltz studied at the University of Stellenbosch after which she studied in France and Italy where she obtained diplomas with distinction. She numbers among her teachers Éva Tamássy, Shigenori Kudo, Pierre-Yves Artaud and Peter-Lukas Graf and has won numerous prizes in national and international competitions in Romania and Germany.
She has appeared as soloist with the Cape Town, Eastern Cape, Johannesburg and KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestras, the Free State Symphony and with the UCT String Ensemble, Camerata Tinta Barocca and Odeion Simfonia. In June 2010 she obtained the degree D.Mus from UCT. She continued with post-doctoral studies at the same institution and did several recordings and performances featuring South African flute music. In 2017 her CD “Explorations – South African Flute music” was proclaimed the winner in the category “Best Musical Composition” in the annual Humanities and Social Sciences Awards of the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. At present she performs extensively as soloist and chamber musician and teaches at the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town. She plays a 14k Yamaha flute and was named a Yamaha South Africa Artist in 2018.