21 November 2018 |
[ Prof Tinus Botha was one of five South Africans that had been invited by Yamaha on a tour of their instrument factories in Japan. He tells us about his visit. ] I was privileged to be a member of a small South African delegation that toured Japan in November in...
09 March 2016 |
as told to Anri Stenden Christelle Engelbrecht, a third year piano student at our School of Music, also attended the UNISA International Piano Competition and had some great stories to share from her own experiences: “For the first time in the history of piano...
07 March 2016 |
as told to Anri Stenden This year’s brag worthy 13th UNISA International Piano Competition was not only exciting and near-overflowing with young talent, the competition was also the first piano competition worldwide to feature a Classical and a jazz category! With...
20 November 2013 |
An alumnus of the School of Music, Pierre van der Westhuizen, was appointed in January 2012 as the executive director of one of the most prominent classical music competitions, the Cleveland International Piano Competition. At this year’s competition in August, he had...