Following a long and fruitful career as pedagogue, soloist and chamber musician, pianist Bennie van Eeden appears as a soloist with the Stellenbosch University Camerata. The sublime programme dedicated to Mozart includesSerenata Notturna, KV 239, the popular Piano Concerto KV271, Symphony No. 29 and Concerto for two pianos performed with Lourens Fick.

Internationally acclaimed piano duo, Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhães, returns to Woordfees 2018. Known through 2Pianists Records, their boutique record label, the two also teach piano at the Stellenbosch University Music Department. They never fail to bring the house down with their dazzling virtuosity and sublime musicianship. The programme includes works by Mozart, Debussy, Mendelssohn [...]

The ever popular Blondes - Elna van der Merwe and Zorada Temmingh are a unique piano duo who will be giving one of their equally popular recitals, with well known classical tunes from piano and orchestral repertoire, such as Rachmaninoff's Vocalise,  2nd Piano Concerto, the Paganini-variations as well as some of his more popular Preludes. Works by [...]

Long live Liszt! Sulayman Human, a gifted South African pianist and ATKV winner will present a programme dedicated to Franz Liszt. Works will include the popular compositions of his piano suites, Anneés de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgramage ): Au bord d’une source (Beside a spring  ) and  Italie (Italy), as well as three sonnets 47, 104 and 123,and his Sonata in B-minor, S.178.  [...]

Libertas Choir with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Johann de Villiers Soloists: Magdalene Minnaar (soprano), Minette du Toit-Pearce (mezzo soprano), Given Nkosi (tenor) and Conroy Scott (baritone) Mendelssohn’s Elijah takes for its inspiration one of the most spectacular plots in the entire canon of choral masterworks and is arguably the most popular oratorio next [...]

Chiaroscuro Lutesong: Early baroque music With: Lente Louw (mezzo soprano) and Uwe Grosser (lute, theorbo) Powerful contrasts create unforgettable moments. One of the most typical features of Baroque art is the use of strong contrasts between light and shadow to give three dimensional objects a sense of volume. This programme of compositions from the 16th [...]

In 2011 Liesl Stoltz embarked on a post-doctoral project to promote South African classical composers and specifically their work for flute. The project was a great success with performances and workshops locally and abroad notably at the 2017 International Flute Festival in Paris, France. The composers whose works were included were Stefans Grove, Hendrik Hofmeyr, [...]

Libertas Choir with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Johann de Villiers Soloists: Magdalene Minnaar (soprano), Minette du Toit-Pearce (mezzo soprano), Given Nkosi (tenor) and Conroy Scott (baritone) Mendelssohn’s Elijah takes for its inspiration one of the most spectacular plots in the entire canon of choral masterworks and is arguably the most popular oratorio next [...]

The Endler Concert Series presents Mozart’s Requiem Mass in D minor on Saturday 24 March at 20h00 and Sunday 25 March at 16h30 in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch. This timeless masterpiece will be performed by Canticum Novum together with the University of Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra (USSO) under the baton of Louis van der Watt with [...]

The Endler Concert Series presents Mozart’s Requiem Mass in D minor on Saturday 24 March at 20h00 and Sunday 25 March at 16h30 in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch. This timeless masterpiece will be performed by Canticum Novum together with the University of Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra (USSO) under the baton of Louis van der Watt with [...]