The SICMF hosts some of the world’s top musicians in Stellenbosch each year – no wonder that many of them are asked to return time and time again. This year’s returning musicians include Alissa Margulis, Andrej Bielow, Madeline Adkins, Suzanne Martens and Farida Bacharova (violin); Xandi van Dijk (conductor & viola); Juan-Miguel Hernandez and Gareth […]
The Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival is the brainchild of its long-standing Artistic Director, concert pianist and professor at the Department of Music at Stellenbosch University, Nina Schumann. 17 years ago, Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhães, also a concert pianist and associate professor at Stellenbosch University attended a similar festival in Austria. The bug bit […]
The Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival is all set for its 16thannual season that will take place from 5 to 14 July in the Stellenbosch Konservatorium Building at Stellenbosch University this year. The programme will be bold, with Artistic Director Nina Schumann having expressed particular excitement about the newly commissioned work by Antoni Schonken and Arthur […]
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 […]
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