Category: 2018
Hear about the 2018 Memphis Music Initiative Works externship, which brought 5 students to South Africa to intern at the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival, from the externs: Jose, Alicia, Allyson, ZaVon and Tavion!
MALCOLM DE ROUBAIX I understand a blog to be one’s very personal views; sometimes a bit irrelevant, sometimes even irreverent… you don’t write things people already know, and you don’t necessarily write to plaster any egos. Not that I intend doing any ego bashing either! So here it is… I have it on impeccable authority […]
EVELYN ZUMPT Stellenbosch The 15th SICMF was just as fabulous as all those Walter and I attended in previous years. We again bought a pass and attended all concerts in the Endler and all weekend ones in the Fismer Hall. We witnessed every single masterclass and enjoyed all conversations. Entering the foyer was like coming […]
The Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival begins on Friday and according to Festival Director, Peter Martens, it’s all systems go! “Some of our illustrious faculty members have landed in South Africa a few days ago already, whilst others are en-route as we speak.” The SICMF faculty is made up of world-class musicians drawn from the […]
The Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival faculty is hand-picked by Artistic Director, Nina Schumann. It is Nina’s policy to select players that have captivated the hearts and minds of our students and audiences alike whilst introducing new faces each year as well. Those such as the MET Opera Orchestra trombonist, Weston Sprott; Russian cellist, Alexander […]
The SICMF is known for its innovative programming, combining staple fare (Mozart, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky) with new works. This year the SICMF will present works by the following living composers: Paul Coletti (Scotland), Bernd Franke (Germany), Jeffrey Wayne Holmes & Kevin Puts (U.S.A.), Osvaldo Golijov (Argentina), Hendrik Andriessen (Holland) and Peter Louis van Dijk […]
In the foreword of the 2018 SICMF programme, Festival Director Peter Martens alludes to the fact that “without sport and the arts, there is little common ground upon which to cultivate a united spirit in a diverse nation.” It is perhaps not surprising then that the SICMF would at some point turn to South Africa’s […]
The hype around the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival faculty concerts is justified as no other classical music festival in South Africa can boast quite such a line-up of internationally acclaimed artists. The programme is also varied and exciting with a number of South African premieres alongside audience favourites by Mendelssohn, Mozart and Tchaikovsky. However, […]
The Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival has always been a place where the old and the new meet. Whilst Mozart, Brahms and Tchaikovsky remain staple fare, the likes of Gliere, Dohnanyi and Golijov, once foreign to our ears have, thanks to the bold programming of Artistic Director Nina Schumann, become known and even much anticipated […]
Despite severe budget cuts at our educational facilities and arts institutions over the last year or so, the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival is set to go ahead with its 15th annual festival. The programme will be bold (With one of South Africa’s most lauded concert pianists, Nina Schumann, at the helm, who would expect […]
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