Opera Africa stages a gender-bending version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, writes Paul Boekkooi.
Paul Boekkooi speaks to Herman van Veen about building a community theatre</i>.
A local lyric theatre company is making a name abroad with its gutsy performances, writes Paul Boekkooi. And New Yorkers are currently enjoying uCarmen — not set in the…
"Often, especially when I play it abroad, I can feel how the composer’s heart is full of tears." Russian pianist Olga Kern’s programme for her local tour is soulful and brave,…
The Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra’s (JPO) fourth birthday is on June 21 — an unbelievable feat, because the months between January and June 2000 were some of the blackest…
Maxim Vengerov, arguably the greatest violinist of his generation, is a musician of great depth and wisdom as well as a self-effacing humanitarian who changes people’s lives…
The International Classical Music Festival, now in its third year, has been an effective and, at times, overpowering tool in the search for our cultural roots and identity. As…
Composer Michael Blake of NewMusicSA responds to Paul Boekkooi’s accusations of poor organisation at the recent New Music Indaba, and Boekkooi delivers his final word.
The first three rounds in Unisa’s Fourth International String Competition have provoked controversy, but the finals on Friday and Saturday promise great opportunities for musical…
Spier at last seems to have taken the first steps to free itself from the operatic doldrums and find direction, writes Paul Boekkooi.
Estelle Kokot is ready to roll and do what she does best in her public life, writes Paul Boekkooi.
The two works Harrell will perform during his South African tour, Haydn’s <i>Concerto in C Major</i> and Tchaikovsky’s <i>Rococo Variations</i>, have great public appeal, writes…
