NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER
The CPO has introduced a new telephone number for general enquiries. Ticket sales enquiries should continue to go to Artscape Dial-A-Seat on 021 421 76 95 or Computicket outlets or online; dress rehearsal enquiries should go to info@fomct.com.
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SA Composers’ Competition short list announced
The five young composers whose works have been shortlisted for the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra’s inaugural SA Composers’ Competition have been announced. All are in the running for the title and one- year residency with the CPO, a new commission and a cash prize: in alphabetical order Conrad Asman (Beyond the Atom), Kristi Boonzaaier (Sonsopkoms in die Woestyn), Owen Dalton (An Animal Suite), Anthonie Jansen van Rensburg (Lagging in the Shallow Water) and Franco Prinsloo (The Imbulu Suite).
The competition is supported by the City of Cape Town.
The five works will be performed by the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra at a concert on March 4 at the Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre.
The concert will be recorded and a decision on the winner and possible runners-up will announced after the concert.
The panel, chaired by Prof Hendrik Hofmeyr of the SA College of Music, included conductors Bernhard Gueller and Graham Lea Cox, composers David Earl, Arthur Feder, Andile Khumalo and Antoni Schonken.
Louis Heyneman, the convenor of the competition, says there were 29 entries from a diverse group of young South African composers, all of which were of a very high calibre.
December 2, 20:00
Endler Hall
Huberte Rupert Memorial Concert
Conductor: Jacobus de Jager
Soloist: Sakhile Humbane (flute)
Rossini Barber of Seville overture
CPE Bach Flute Concerto in D minor
Beethoven Symphony no 7
December 4
Youth Gala
15:00 free admission
18:00
December 4, 19:00
G&S 75th gala celebratory concert with the CPO at the City Hall.
February 23 – 26
Tickets are on sale at Quicket from 1 December.
For the complete festival programme and more information, contact info@fcmf.co.za
GUELLER TO CONDUCT NYMC’s FINALISTS’ GALA CONCERT
The contest runs from 5 to 10 December 2022 at the Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium in Parow, Cape Town.
PHOENIX REBORN, Tim Kliphuis Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Symphony Orchestra
LEGEND OF A GIANT Kevin Houben
