Dertien van Suid-Afrika se voorste musici het saamgekom vir ons kinders.
South Africa's most performed classical composer. Won both the Queen Elisabeth (Brussels) and the inaugural Dimitris Mitropoulos (Athens) competitions in 1997. Italian diplomas in composition, piano and conducting. Emeritus Professor, UCT.
Associate Professor and Head of Practical Studies at UCT. Solistendiplom from Hannover under Arie Vardi. Top prizes at Hannover, Rotterdam, Marsala and the Maria Callas Athens. Forty concertos in his repertoire.
Bulgarian-born mezzo. Performer's Diploma in Opera (distinction) and First-Class Honours from UCT, under Sarita Stern. Thirty-five leading roles across SA, Germany, Bulgaria, Australia, Switzerland and Sweden. Senior Voice Lecturer, UCT College of Music.
From Centane in the Eastern Cape to the Royal Opera House and Glyndebourne. Studied at UCT under Angelo Gobbato, then at the Royal Northern College of Music. Founder of the Mzansi Tenors. Singing lecturer, UCT.
First prize, 12th Kuhlau International Flute Competition (Germany, 2007). DMus from UCT; Concert Diploma in flute from Italy under Peter-Lukas Graf. Guest principal flute of the Johannesburg Philharmonic. Lecturer in flute at UCT.
Fifteen-year-old cellist from Pinelands. Won the strings category of the 2025 National Youth Music Competition. Studies under Graham du Plessis and Rina Schutte. Grade Nine at Rustenburg Girls' High. Accompanied at this concert by Elizabeth Retief.
Cape Town pianist and accompanist. BMus(Hons) from Stellenbosch. Former Head of Music at Epworth and Elkanah House. Now a freelance chamber musician — a long catalogue of recital partners and ensemble collaborations across the city.
Born in Heilbron, Free State. BMus(Ed) and BMus(Hons) cum laude from Stellenbosch; performer Licentiates from UNISA and the Royal Schools of Music; Master's at UCT under François du Toit. UNISA examiner. Pinelands Gemeente's musician.
Violin teacher and school orchestra director in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs. Twenty-five years training young string players and shaping school ensemble life. Currently on the music staff at Herschel Girls' School.
Music teacher at Rustenburg Girls' High and Bishops; conductor of the Rustenburg Orchestra and the Bishops College String Ensemble. MMus (Performance) cum laude, UCT. Studied under Jack de Wet at Stellenbosch. Thirty years' teaching.
Thirty years across South Africa's orchestras — former CAPAB, Cape Town Symphony, KZN Philharmonic. Brass teacher at SACS since 2006; trumpet on the music staff at Stellenbosch University since 2011. Also teaches SANDF bandsmen.
Cape Town pianist and vocalist. Frequent recital and ensemble partner of Alistair McDonald, with whom she shares a wide programme of chamber music, song and accompaniment across the city's concert halls and church venues.
Australian pianist and semi-retired academic — formerly Professor of Physiotherapy. Director of Sihlalo, a Salt River non-profit that trains young women in fine woodwork, makes traditional African instruments from indigenous woods, and teaches Philippi children to play them.
Die Siyafunda Beursfonds is ʼn gemeenskap-gedrewe projek van Pinelands Gemeente. Ons help leerders uit Maitland, Langa en Woodstock met handboeke, skoolklere, aansoekfooie en ekstra lesse — sodat hulle met waardigheid kan skoolgaan.
The Siyafunda Bursary Fund is a community-driven project of Pinelands Gemeente. We support learners from Maitland, Langa and Woodstock with textbooks, uniforms, application fees and extra lessons — so that they can attend school with dignity.
Op die aand van 23 Mei het meer as 150 mense saamgekom om musiek te beleef en die Siyafunda Beursfonds te ondersteun. Saam het ons R20 520 ingesamel — geld wat regstreeks help om leerders deur die skooljaar te dra. Aan elke musikus, elke gas, elke vrywilliger: dankie.
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