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Freshlyground recently announced they would be singing ‘Waka Waka It’s Time for Africa’ with Colombian songstress Shakira at the FIFA World Cup™ 2010 Kick-off Celebration Concert, the opening ceremony and just before the final. Freshlygrou...
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South African musician, composer and bandleader Hugh Masekela is internationally acclaimed for his legendary trumpet playing and collaborations with the likes of Paul Simon, Simply Red, Bob Marley and Stevie Wonder. Masekela returns to The Teatro a...
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The South African State Theatre in Pretoria will present a musical take on one of the country’s most famous and controversial historical figures – Shaka Zulu – from 26 June to 18 July. Produced by Packed House Productions in association with ...
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Naxos’ A-Z of Classical Music has just been reissued in its third, expanded edition. Providing a cross-section of the exhaustive Naxos range, the double-CD set highlights the unbelievable breadth of classical music and its masters across the cen...
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James Grace’s album Sevilla - Music of Spain II was nominated for a South African Music Award in the category Best Popular Classical Album at the 2010 MTN SAMAS. The Cape Town based guitarist garnered another accolade recently when his solo conce...
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South African baritone Njabulo Madlala has won First Prize in the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Awards. The Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund was founded in 1953 in memory of a popular and talented contralto from Lan...
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The reputable Handspring Puppet Company has launched an annual contest to reward the best in their craft. The company’s founders, Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler, made the announcement at a packed Baxter Theatre hall at the launch of this year’s Out the...
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Iziko Museums Council is pleased to announce that Ms Rooksana Omar has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (Designate) for Iziko Museums.Ms Omar holds an MBA and BA (Hons) degree and was the Director of the Luthuli Museum, a National Cultural In...
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The annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards took place in March, held at the Baxter Theatre in Rondebosch and supported by Distell. The Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards are given in 18 categories and the winners each receive R15 000 prize money and a commemorative ...
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After four years of planning, marketing, putting together the creative team under the leadership of acclaimed director Janice Honeyman, rehearsals for Joburg Theatre’s production of the Boys in the Photograph finally began on April 6.Andrew Lloyd Webber...
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This year’s Festival (20 June – 4 July) offers visitors a smorgasbord of national, continental and world premieres in theatre, dance, music and visual art, alongside South Africa’s best productions over the past year. Theatre highlights include ...
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The makers of Hiphopera Afrikaaps set out on a mission of investigation and redefinition, using storytelling, poetry, music and video to trace the evolution and roots of Afrikaans from the 1600s onwards. Director Catherine Henegan has assembled a formida...
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In its 35th Session of the General Conference UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – has unanimously approved the African World Heritage Fund’s application to become a category 2 centre under the auspices of ...
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Isango Portobello Theatre Company were recently presented with the prestigiousGlobes de Cristal Award for Opera for The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo, recognising their sell-out season at the historic Théâtre de Châtelet in France.The Globes de Cris...
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A UK assessment of the advertising world’s top creative talent recently named South African Nadja Lossgott (27) as top art director in the world, with her colleague Shelley Smoler (33) as joint runner-up. Lossgott and Smoler jointly won a record number ...
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The TRIO BROZ, an exciting Italian string ensemble, will soon dazzle Southern African audiences with a series of much-loved works. The Trio has garnered rave reviews for their CDs, recordings and over 450 concerts both in Italy and abroad. National...
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Kudzanai Chiurai extends his foray into the murky world of African politics with a new installation at Goodman Gallery Project Space. Taking his cue from a series of large scale photographs critiquing the representation and aesthetics of political power p...
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In its 46th year the South African National Youth Orchestra Foundation boasts a whole series of Nationals courses and programmes for young orchestral musicians between the ages of 13 and 25. The orchestra is formed each year at the Sasol National You...
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Nine months after the 2010 soccer fans have left, thousands of innocent babies are expected to be born in South Africa as an after effect of the 'success of the tournament'. In response to an article written by Vivian Attwood in the Sunday Tribune in...
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Acclaimed Dutch artist Auke de Vries will be exhibiting A Gentle Invasion: 11 Sculptures for South Africa at Nirox Sculpture Park in the Cradle of Humankind from 1 March to 2 May. From 16 May to 1 July the exhibition will move to Arts on Main’s Seippel ...
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