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The biennial symposium aims to bring the foremost piano teachers and learners together at Stellenbosch University, for a week of lectures, public master classes and concerts. The Stellenbosch International Piano Symposium has introduced many international … Read More

Khachaturian’s Danse du Sabre performed on 10 grand pianos by 200 fingers, 40 hands and 20 pianists brought the Stellenbosch International Piano Symposium of 2022 to an exhilirating end. What a blast! And to me, these three … Read More

Bulgarian pianist Emanuil Ivanov brought the Yamaha grand piano into a different sphere – this most gifted and genius pianist played the scores by Rameau, Debussy and Liszt as if he composed them himself. It … Read More

When people on earth was asked to send to those in space the biggest contribution to civilisation thus far, they sent Bach’s music. Yes, the Johann Sebastian Bach who is still considered a genius in … Read More

On the second night of the Stellenbosch International Piano Symposium the atmosphere in the Conserve was one of anticipation. And then the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra entered the building. Suddenly there was an unmistakable buzz … Read More