MUSIC

STELLENBOSCH INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SEMI-FINALISTS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDY BURSARY

Ten of South Africa’s most talented young musicians are semi-finalists in the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival’s (SICMF) inaugural International Study Bursary Competition. The first prize is R200 000 – the largest single bursary awarded by a South African classical…
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STELLENBOSCH INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2015

composer - THOMAS RAJNA

PACKED PROGRAMME OF EXCITING CONCERTS A total of 26 concerts of fantastic chamber music can be experienced at the 12th annual Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival (SICMF), which runs from 3 to 12 July 2015. The SICMF’s ten evening concerts…
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EOAN Our Story

Eoan Front page

TITLE :                    EOAN  Our Story EDITORS:               Wayne Muller and Hilde Roos PUBLISHER:           Fourthwall Books REVIEWER:            Dr Dawn Gould Before anything else is written, congratulations must be given to each and every individual involved in the compilation of this work.  One…
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Big Wig Opera at the Roodepoort Theatre – L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love)

Lelisir damore

On 17 and 19 July Big Wig Opera will present its second opera of the season at the Roodepoort Theatre.  L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love) is a comic opera in two acts by the Italian composer Donizetti and tells…
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LOCAL ARTS COMPANY HOSTING MUSIC SESSIONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

GHETTO TREKK! POSTER

    Ghetto Trek, a new media company founded by local entrepreneur Dean Jates from Bonteheuwel, Cape Town, is hosting music sessions across the Cape Flats to provide a podium for unfunded and self-start artists to showcase their work, as…
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LOCNVILLE’S BRAND NEW SINGLE ‘I CAN’T SLEEP’

Eclectic producer duo, Locnville (LCNVL), fly the South African flag high in the new music video to their latest hit single, ‘I Can’t Sleep’. ‘I Can’t Sleep’ Track https://www.dropbox.com/s/xoqn1ynt4d4lyvm/Locnville%20-%20I%20Can%27t%20Sleep.wav?dl=0 Composer: Andrew Chaplin / Brian Chaplin Publishing: Select Music / ContraBanned…
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Ashton Nyte to Tour South Africa in May 2015

South Africa’s favourite darkling, will be touring his home country this May! Ashton Nyte, who has been based in US since 2008, has confirmed concert dates with Wayne Hussey of The Mission (UK), as well as headline shows of his…
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Big Wig Opera in La Bohème at the Roodepoort Theatre

On 22 and 24 May Big Wig Opera will be bringing to Gauteng audiences an opera favourite: Puccini’s La Bohème.  Staged at the Roodepoort Theatre and set in modern-day Johannesburg this opera, directed by Elizabeth Lombard, tells the story of…
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