The Woordfees in collaboration with the Endler Concert Series is honoured to present the emotionally charged work, Moments in a Life, by young South African composer, Matthijs van Dijk, featuring struggle icon Denis Goldberg reading from his autobiography. Born in 1933, Goldberg grew up in a home committed to opposition to apartheid. He was involved [...]

The renowned Tim Kliphuis Trio (violin, guitar and bass) from Holland has recently recorded with the award winning Stellenbosch University Camerata for Sony Classical. This exciting disc, Reflecting the Seasons, has hit both the classical and jazz music fraternity by storm and features both notated and improvised music based on Antonio Vivaldi’s four concertos popularly [...]

On 7 March at 20h00 the Woordfees in collaboration with the Endler Concert Series presents Dizu Plaatjies and Ibuyambo. At this unique concert they launch their SAMA (South African Music Awards) award-winning album entitled Ubuntu – the common string. This album received the award in 2016 for the Best African Adult Album. Ibuyambo has become [...]

Dancing on Glass is a collaborative effort between the Odeion String Quartet and the Dance for All Company from Cape Town, who merge their mediums in a spectacular movement and musical presentation on the music of American composer Philip Glass. Dancing on Glass, features music from the composers’ string repertory, which is popularly known for [...]

The TwoPianists, Luis Magalhães and Nina Schumann, both professors at Stellenbosch University, need no introduction to local audiences. Established in 2000 as the Magalhães-Schumann piano duo, which became known as TwoPianists, together, they have toured extensively throughout the US, Germany, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland and Japan, to widespread critical acclaim. The realisation that the South African [...]

Come experience the Stellenbosch University Choir at a midday concert on 9 & 10 March at 13h15 in the Endler Hall. The Stellenbosch University Choir is one of the oldest and most celebrated choirs in South Africa and is comprised of students from various academic and cultural backgrounds, creating an intoxicating energy in the performances. [...]

SAXIT is an easy-going band of musicians - with: Joel Benjamin (soprano/alto sax), Jade de Waal (alto sax), Simon Bates (tenor sax) and Gareth Harvey (baritone sax). For this performance they play repertoire ranging from the upbeat to the melancholy and celebratory. Works include some of their own compositions as well as works by jazz [...]

On Thursday 9 March at 20h00 in the Endler Hall, the Stellenbosch University Camerata under the baton of Leon Bosch perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto K414 and Richard Strauss’ Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings. The Camerata is a vibrant young chamber orchestra made up of staff and students from the Stellenbosch University’s Music Department, with Suzanne [...]

The University of Stellenbosch Symphonic Wind Ensemble (USSWE) is proud to present a concert for the whole family. The concert is entitled “Lank, lank gelede” or “Once upon a time…” (Es war einmal… in German, Er was eens…in Flemish) which is also the title of the main work to be performed this evening composed by [...]

Come experience the Stellenbosch University Choir at a midday concert on 9 & 10 March at 13h15 in the Endler Hall. The Stellenbosch University Choir is one of the oldest and most celebrated choirs in South Africa and is comprised of students from various academic and cultural backgrounds, creating an intoxicating energy in the performances. [...]