Christopher Duigan will be performing in a number of concerts at the Hilton Arts Festival. Photo: Jonathan Burton
Christopher Duigan’s Music Revival will once again be hosting a series of concerts at the Hilton Arts Festival in the Chapel at Hilton College from Friday, September 16 to Sunday, September 18. Continue reading
Jonathan Crossley
IF you love the magic of classical music, then don’t miss two free concerts at the Hilton Arts Festival in the Hilton College chapel on September 17 and September 18.
Maritzburg pianist Christopher Duigan will perform The Music of Chopin at 10 am on September 17; and guitarists James Grace and Jonathan Crossley, will perform in the second concert, Two Guitars, at 2 pm on September 18. Continue reading
Atwanda Kani (left) and Mncedisi Shabangu star in ‘Sizwe Banzi is Dead’ at this year’s Hilton Arts Festival. See the full story below.
ACTORS, dancers, musicians and artists from across the country will be heading to Hilton College from September 16 to 18 for the 24th the Hilton Arts Festival. Continue reading
Pallavi Mahidhara
The third concert of the KZN Philharmonic’s World Symphony Series Spring Season features Dutch conductor, Arjan Tien, leading the orchestra in a programme of music from France, with famed Indian pianist, Pallavi Mahindhara, as the soloist for the evening. The concert takes place in the Durban City Hall on Thursday, September 8. Continue reading
Christopher Duigan
CONCERT pianist, Christopher Duigan, will be performing at the Tatham Art Gallery in Chief Albert Luthuli Street, Pietermaritzburg at 11.30 am on Sunday, September 4. Continue reading
Johannesburg’s Linder Auditorium came alive with the sound and passion of music on Saturday, August 22, when the two 2016 SAMRO Overseas Scholarships winners were chosen.
Following a tense final round of live performances, saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane (jazz music, left) and marimba player Dylan Tabisher (Western art music, right) were announced as the winners of the two R200 000 scholarships. Continue reading
Cecilia di Cecco (cello) and Evelien Ballantine (flute).
Baroque 2000 will perform a programme of Italian music, featuring the flute and four solo violins, at the Church of the Monastery, Mariannhill, at 11.30 am on Sunday, August 28.
Guest artist, Evelien Ballantine, is the soloist in Francesco Mancini’s Sonata in D minor, and in Allesandro Scarlatti’s Sonata no 9 in A minor, both for flute and strings.
The other works are Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto RV 234, L’Inquietudine, (Anxiety) (soloist Ralitza Macheva), Giuseppe Valentini’s Concerto for four violins, and Francesco Geminiani’s Concerto Grosso op 3 no 1 in D.
Tickets are R140 at the door and the Monastery tea garden will be open before and after the concert. There is free and safe parking.
For more information please contact Michel on 082 303 5241 or email sursouth@iafrica.com
CELEBRATED concert pianist, Christopher Duigan, will be performing the music of Frédéric Chopin at St Andrew’s Church in Greenpoint, Cape Town at 3 pm on Saturday, August 20.
He will be playing the composer’s Ballade No 3, waltzes in E-flat, A minor and B minor, three Etudes from Op. 10, Scherzo No. 1, and a selection of Nocturnes. Continue reading
The Durban Symphonic Choir turns 50 this year and to celebrate, they are joining forces with the KwaZulu=Natal Youth Choir and the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra for a first-time performance of Karl Jenkins’ Requiem on Sunday, August 14 at 2.30 pm at St Joseph’s Cathedral, Mariannhill.
This exciting and beautiful choral work, which blends words from the Latin requiems with Japanese Death poems, will be sung by 140 singers, with Naum Rousine conducting and Vanessa Tait-Jones as the soprano.
The first half of the concert will include a variety of sacred music ranging from two items from The Messiah to the very beautiful Panis Angelicus sung by the youth choir.
Tickets are R120 each, children under 12 free. Safe parking is available.
For more information visit http://durbansymphonicchoir.co.za/
Andy Capostagno
THE Friends of Tatham Art Gallery (Fotag) is hosting a fundraising quiz evening at the Tatham Art Gallery in Chief Albert Luthuli Street, Pietermaritzburg, on Friday, August 12.
ESTELLE SINKINS spoke to sports commentator, Andy Capostagno, who lives in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, and will be the quiz master at the event, about the chances that the Springboks and Proteas have in the forthcoming internationals and how he feels South African sportsmen and women will fare at the Rio Olympics.
He also shares his thoughts on working as a commentator and why supporting events like the Fotag Quiz is important. Continue reading
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