Conductor, Brandon Phillips. Photo: Supplied
BRANDON Phillips, resident conductor of the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, will make his debut with the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Symphony in the City concert in the Pietermaritzburg City Hall at 7.30pm on Friday, March 24. Continue reading
The UCT Jazz Voices, made up of five of the best jazz singing students at the University of Cape Town will be performing at the Crypt Jazz Restaurant, 1 Wale Street, Cape Town at 8 pm on Wednesday, August 17. Continue reading
The Centre for Jazz Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College campus in Durban is hosting a concert featuring Lana Crowster on Wednesday, August 10 at 6 pm. Continue reading
Outgoing National Arts Festival artistic director, Ismail Mahomed.
ARTISTIC excellence was celebrated at the National Arts Festival on Sunday morning (July 10) when the winners of the 2016 Standard Bank Ovation Awards were revealed at a ceremony which also honoured outgoing National Arts Festival artistic director, Ismail Mahomed.
Commenting on the impact of the awards, Mahomed said: “The Ovation Awards have earned a significant gravitas in the arts sector. They have become a barometer for audiences and visiting arts managements about productions that should not be missed. Artists at the festival have been bold and have used their talents and skills to engage with burning issues in the most creative ways.” Continue reading
THE Institute for Creative Arts (ICA, formerly GIPCA) is hosting the 3rd Space Symposium: Decolonisation and the Creative Arts, from May 13 to 15 at the University of Cape Town’s Hiddingh Campus. Continue reading
In keeping with its mandate to support and develop South Africa’s arts, culture and heritage sector, The National Arts Council (NAC) has awarded 117 bursaries to arts students and tertiary institutions for 2016 through a fund allocation of over R5 million, a 10% increase from the last financial year. Continue reading
Masande Ntshanga. Photo: Simiato
As part of its Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series, the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA) will present a range of local and international speakers in the month of March – including novelists, choreographers, theatre-makers and academics. Continue reading
Menyatso Mathole
THE Rainbow Restaurant in Pinetown and Concerts SA hosts a concert by the Menyatso Mathole Quartet on Sunday, November 29. Joining Menyatso will be Prince Bulo on bass, Bernice Boikanyo and drums and Leon Scharnick on sax. Continue reading
Amandla Freedom Ensemble
Considered the hardest working young jazzman in Joburg today, Mandla Mlangeni is taking his Amandla Freedom Ensemble to new and greener pastures in the form of a series of concerts through KwaZulu-Natal. Continue reading
Faniswa Yisa, Clyde Berning in Reza de Wet’s Missing, Photo: Andrew Brown
Baxter artist-in-residence Mdu Kweyama is staging Reza de Wet’s Missing at the Baxter until October 24. The show is being staged at the Baxter Golden Arrow at 7 pm. Continue reading
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