R&B superstars Toni Braxton and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds will be performing in South Africa and Zimbabwe between August 28 and September 3. Continue reading
Durban
Lollipop Lane returns to the stage!
Be part of an entertainment project which celebrates the magic of radio drama, when Lollipop Lane – Beauty Spot plays Durban’s Catalina Theatre from July 24 to 26. Continue reading
Film celebrates the unity of music
IN an era where strict racial segregation and oppression plunged South Africa into intolerance, conflict and civil unrest, hundreds of voices joined in a united call for peace. When Voices Meet — a film documenting one woman’s journey to bring about change in apartheid South Africa through the universal language of music — documents that musical moment. Continue reading
New exhibitions at artSPACE durban
artSPACE durban is hosting two new exhibitions, Inspiration VI: Durban — Yesterday, Now and Tomorrow and Prick! Subverting the stitch.
Barry and Calli Thomson at Suncoast
Get ready to rock with the dynamic musical duo of Barry and Calli Thomson on Sunday, June 28, at the Suncoast Amphitheatre from 2 pm!
A well-known performer in Durban, Barry has had many years of experience playing in and around KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa. He started playing music at the age of seven and formed his first band when he was 13 while at school at Beachwood High School in Durban.
In 1991 he graduated with a Diploma in Classical and Contemporary guitar. Since then he has worked with some well-known orchestras including the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra as well as playing at numerous venues, such as the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, Playhouse Theatre and the Heritage Theatre in Hillcrest.
Calli, a University of Cape Town graduate in classical piano, went on to study jazz and has played solo piano at 5 star hotels in Cape Town such as The Cape Sun, the Mount Nelson, the Victoria and Alfred in the Waterfront and many more.
She has taught in the jazz department at UCT and lectured at City Varsity Multimedia College in Cape Town. In 2005, Calli settled in Durban with husband guitarist and singer, Barry, and continues her career in musical theatre and music of all genres.
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Ne-Yo to perform at the MTV Africa Music Awards
Grammy Award-winning R&B icon Ne-Yo will perform at the MTV Africa Music Awards in KwaZulu-Natal in July.
The event, sponsored by the KwaZulu-Natal government, in association with Absolut Vodka and The City of Durban, will take place at the Durban International Convention Centre on Saturday, July 18.
Creative Arts Incubators Programme
The Director General of Arts & Culture, Vuyo Jack launched the Creative Arts Incubators Programme at The Playhouse Company in Durban recently.
This initiative is part of the implementation of the Mzansi Golden Economy strategy that aims to unleash the economic potential of the creative sector through large-scale investment.
Essentially, the Arts Incubators will provide a platform for the sector to create employment and provide skills and training towards economic self-reliance. In addition, the incubators will enable the sector to develop and measure the output of locally developed content in terms of music, artworks, films, arts and crafts and stage productions amongst other artistic disciplines.
Patrick Kasongo, Linda Bukhosini, Vuyo Jack were at the launch.
Hosmer, Nkanyiso Kunene, Leagan Peffer and Monde Marafane were at the Arts Incubator launch.
Taryn Smit, Corrie Masilela and Kristi Gresse.
Colab Tokyo: an exhibition of photographs by Mark Lanning
DURBANITES can enjoy Colab Tokyo: an exhibition of photographs by Mark Lanning at Saviour Brand: Station Drive Precinct (51 Station Drive) from June 26 to July 31.
Respected photographer, Lanning, will be exhibiting a collection of “iphonography” (photographs taken on an iPhone5) of a recent visit to Tokyo with Durban designers the Holmes Brothers. Continue reading
Themba Shibase to exhibit in Grahamstown
KWAZULU-NATAL artist, Themba Shibase, will be showing his work at the Studio Gallery at Rhodes in Grahamstown during the National Arts Festival (NAF). – please see details below.
The exhibition is being hosted by the NAF and the SMAC Gallery daily from 9 am to 5 pm.
Final concert in the KZN Philharmonic Winter Season
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VIOLINIST Joanna Frankel will be the soloist in the final concert of KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra’s World Symphony Series winter season in the Durban City Hall at 7.30 pm on June 25.
The concert, titled, A Virtuosic Finale!, will be conducted by Carlos Izcaray.
It opens with Claude Debussy’s symphonic poem Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun. The work, based on the poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, tells the story of a faun waking up in a dreamlike state to find fairies and nymphs as the morning progresses.
Music lovers can also look forward to 38th Symphony, “Prague”, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Frankel, the concertmaster of the KZN Philharmonic, will perform Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a mammoth work fraught with Soviet expression, themes and virtuosity.
Joanna Frankel is the soloist with the KZN Philharmonic on June 25 in the Durban City Hall.
Tickets for the concert can be booked at Computicket.
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