CT Concerts May Update
Dear Music Lovers For our next concert - we move to a Friday evening in order to feature the world acclaimed tenor Levy Sekgapane alongside pianist, conductor and opera coach Jeremy Silver for a special recital of songs and arias. Levy is in Cape Town for a very short period to sing in Cape Town Opera's production of the Pearl Fishers, but very much wanted to connect further with Cape
CT Concerts April Update
Dear Music Lovers We are particularly excited to welcome members of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra to the Baxter concert platform for our next recital taking place on Saturday 22 April. They will be repeating three works which featured at the Franschhoek Chamber Music Festival in February. The concert will open with the Pian e Forte by Gabrielli for brass ensemble and then will follow with Mendelssohn's String Octet and
CTCS Update: March 2023
Dear Music Lovers The Cape Town Concert Series presents our next recital on Saturday 11 March, and for the first time it will be held at Christ Church, Constantia. As always it is our mission to present the finest artists available in the country and we didn't want to miss the chance to hear Rachel-Lee Priday once more. She will performing the following programme with Francois du Toit: Schubert D Major Sonatina
CTCS Update February 2023
Dear Music Lovers A reminder that this coming Saturday 11 February the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra will present a celebration of the music of Purcell. The programme includes a line-up of instrumental repertoire and arias from his most famous stage works, including King Arthur, Dioclesian, Faerie Queene and Dido and Aeneas. The concert, performed on period instruments, will be directed from the harpsichord by the CTBO’s Artistic Director, Erik Dippenaar and also features German sopranist-countertenor Philipp
CT Concerts February to May 2023
Dear Music Lovers The Cape Town Concert Series is building an exciting line-up of artists for 2023. In order to accommodate as many artists as possible, both locally and internationally after the Covid hiatus, we continue to work concert by concert with occasional venue and time changes. Our next 4 concerts are as follows: On Saturday 11 February the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra will present a celebration of the music
January 2023: Gustavo Romero Opens Cape Town’s Classical Scene
Dear Music Lovers Wishing you a healthy and happy music filled 2023. The classical music scene of Cape Town opens this Saturday 7th January with pianist Gustavo Romero presenting the first in his series of Schubert Sonatas at the Baxter in their wonderful Concert Hall in collaboration with Ian-Burgess Simpson Pianos. The concert starts at 11am and tickets are available through Webtickets. The series continues on Monday 9, Wednesday 11
CTCS Update and Plans for 2023
Dear Music Lovers It has certainly been an interesting year for concerts and event planning - and 2023 looks set to be an exciting year as we put our plans into place and have our first five concerts set! We will open our season in February with the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra. In March violinist Rachel-Lee Friday will present a programme of Schubert, Beethoven, Poulenc and Bartok with pianist Francois
CTCS Update: Final Concert for 2022
A reminder that our final concert of the year takes place next Tuesday evening, 22 November at 7.30pm in the Baxter Concert Hall featuring Romanian pianist Daniel Ciobanu. He will present an exciting programme including: Toccatta by Khachaturian, Kreisleriana - Schumann, Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody Nr. 12 and Tokyo Encore by Kieth Jarrett. Ciobanu also has a few more surprises up his sleeve which make this concert one not to miss!
CTCS November 2022: International Festival
Dear Music Lovers If you missed the chance to snap up the special tickets available for our fundraiser at the Norval Foundation this weekend you still have two more concerts to look forward to this month. We complete our year with an International Festival in collaboration with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra to welcome artists back who were unable to travel in 2020. On 12 November, cellist Alexey Stadler presents
CTCS October 2022: Music and Art
Dear Music Lovers While the Cape Town Concert Series enjoys a long residency with the Baxter Theatre, occasionally we are afforded the opportunity to present concerts in other locations in order to create awareness and fundraise for future concerts. On Saturday November 5th we are excited to announce an afternoon of Music and Art in collaboration with the Norval Foundation and Ian-Burgess Simpson Pianos. The concert features the international superstar
September Reminder: Baroque with a Twist
A reminder that the Cape Town Concert Series has it's next morning concert this coming Saturday 24 September which also opens the Cape Town Baroque Festival for 2022. Baroque with a Twist features two multi talented musicians – Dutch violin virtuoso Tim Kliphuis and South African pianist Charl du Plessis presenting a programme of works by Bach and Vivaldi mixed with jazz arrangements of Layton and Lewis. Both Kliphuis and Du
CTCS September 2022: Baroque With a Twist
The Cape Town Concert Series is delighted to be opening the Cape Town Baroque Festival 2022 on Saturday 24th September at 11am in the Baxter Concert Hall. Baroque with a Twist features two multi talented musicians – Dutch violin virtuoso Tim Kliphuis and South African pianist Charl du Plessis. On the programme are works by Bach and Vivaldi mixed with jazz arrangements of Layton and Lewis. Both Kliphuis and Du
CTCS August 2022: Leo Gevisser
Dear Music Lovers A reminder that our first concert in the 2nd quarter takes place on Saturday 6th August at the matinee time of 2.30pm featuring the incredible young pianist Leo Gevisser who so impressed audiences at the opening of the June symphony season with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. Leo is currently studying for his BMus degree at the esteemed Juilliard School of Music in New York with the legendary
CTCS Concert news for July and August 2022
Dear Music Lovers After an incredible mix of concerts at the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival, the Cape Town Concert Series looks forward to supporting the next two events taking place at the Baxter through the SA College of Music. Firstly, next Tuesday 26th July there will be a concert celebrating the music of Hendrik Hofmeyr. Hendrik will be retiring at the end of this year, and four of his
CTCS June 2022: Bryan Wallick Virtuosic Fugues
Dear Concert Series Supporters For our next concert, we are delighted to fulfil another of our lost 2020 concerts with pianist Bryan Wallick returning to the Baxter Concert Hall on Saturday 11 June at 11am. Bryan will present a mix of Virtuosic Fugues with works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Marc-André Hamelin, Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Bryan was one of South Africa’s favourite pianists until he returned to his native America to
CTCS May 2022: Music From Spain
Dear Music Lovers It has been so exciting to see audiences venture out over Easter weekend to enjoy the wonderful festive music making and also to see a sold out end to the CPO Autumn Symphony Season. We, at the Concert Series, are looking forward to our next morning concert taking place on Saturday 14 May with classical guitarist James Grace. James will be presenting Music from Spain taken from
CTCS April 2022: Cape Chamber Music Collective
Dear Concert Series Supporters For our next concert, we once again collaborate with the SA College of Music to bring you the next project of the newly formed Cape Chamber Music Collective. The concert takes place next Tuesday evening, 5th April at 7.30pm The Cape Chamber Music Collective is a passion project featuring different musicians for each concert, ranging from established performers to new generation artists. For this concert we
CTCS Concerts for March 2022
Dear Concert Series Supporters The Concert Series is delighted to present for its next concert a special 'Art Deco' inspired performance for violin and piano with David Bester and Jose Dias on Saturday 19th March at 11am. They will present works by Strauss, Stravinsky, Bartok and Kreisler and after the concert will stay on stage for a short in-conversation to discuss the music and also answer any questions from the
CTCS January 2022: New Beginnings
Dear Concert Series Supporters Happy 2022 from the Cape Town Concert Series! We have been quietly preparing for the year ahead with cautious optimism and looking at broadening our mandate with regards to music in Cape Town. While we will still be presenting our own recitals during the year we feel it is also important to offer a supporting role to other concert projects taking place. As such our first
CTCS November 2021: Duo of Trios
Dear Concert Series Supporters Following our trio of duos programme in October - we celebrate our final concert of the year with three of Cape Town's finest musicians performing two of the finest trios for violin, piano and cello. The duo of trios takes place on Saturday 13th November at 11am in the Baxter Concert Hall and features Farida Bacharova on violin, Graham du Plessis on cello and François du