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AWARDS 2019

World Symphony Series 2019

Early Spring Season 21 AUGUST – 13 SEPTEMBER, LINDER AUDITORIUM, PARKTOWN, JOHANNESBURG

Concert Daniel Kharitonov

Debora Waldman

PIANO

CONDUCTOR

21 August at 7:30pm

PROGRAMME

22 August at 7:30pm

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45

23 August at 11:00am

César Franck: Symphony in d minor

Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major

Please note the additional Friday morning performance

Concer t Susanne Hou

Daniel Raiskin

VIOLIN

CONDUCTOR

28 August at 7:30pm

PROGRAMME

29 August at 7:30pm

Samuel Barber: Adagio For Strings Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26 in g minor Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Op. 68 in c minor

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“The action of making and sharing great music is one of the most profound and uplifting experiences known to humanity. It is the surest way of bringing people of diverse ages and cultural backgrounds together in a spirit of harmony, goodwill and understanding.” BONGANI TEMBE - CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Concer t Megan-Geoffrey Prins

Lykele Temmingh

PIANO

CONDUCTOR

4 September at 7:30pm

PROGRAMME

5 September at 7:30pm

Gioachino Rossini: Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21 in f minor Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5, D. 485 in B-flat Major

Concer t Gary Hoffman

Daniel Boico

CELLO

CONDUCTOR

11 September at 7:30pm

PROGRAMME

12 September at 7:30pm

Bedřich Smetana: The Moldau from My Fatherland (Má Vlast)

13 September at 11:00am

Piotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 in c minor, “Little Russian”

Piotr Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33

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THURSDAY, 22 AUGUST 2019, 7:30PM, DURBAN CITY HALL Conductor:

Daniel Raiskin

Soloist:

Susanne Hou, violin

Fauré

Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80

WORLD SYMPHONY SERIES 2019

Bruch

Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26 in g minor

Dvorák

Symphony No. 8, Op. 88 in G Major

EARLY SPRING SEASON

THURSDAY, 29 AUGUST 2019, 7:30PM, PLAYHOUSE OPERA THEATRE Conductor:

Bernhard Gueller

Soloist:

Daniel Kharitonov, piano

Saint-Saëns

Danse Macabre, Op. 40

Liszt

Piano Concerto No. 1, S.124 in E-flat Major

Brahms

Symphony No. 2, Op. 73 in D Major

WITH OUTSTANDING SOLOISTS AND STAR CONDUCTORS, THE

THURSDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2019, 7:30PM, DURBAN CITY HALL

KZN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Conductor:

Daniel Boico

Soloist:

Gary Hoffman, cello

PROUDLY PRESENTS THE EARLY

Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

SPRING SEASON OF ITS RENOWNED

Fauré

The Élégie, Op. 24

WORLD SYMPHONY SERIES FROM

Tchaikovsky

Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

22 AUGUST TO 12 SEPTEMBER 2019

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 in c minor

THURSDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2019, 7:30PM, DURBAN CITY HALL NATIONAL YOUTH CONCERTO FESTIVAL Conductor:

Lykele Temmingh

Soloists:

Various Young South African Soloists

Paule

Tableaux de Provence

Weber

Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Op. 74 in E-flat Major: Mvt.3

Mozart

Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 in E-flat Major: Mvt.1

Kovács

Sholem-alekhem, Rov Feidman!

Vivaldi

Concerto for 2 Violoncellos, RV 531 in g minor

Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 10 in D-flat Major

Bongani Tembe, Artistic Director

“The

KZN

Philharmonic

committed

enriching the cultural life of South Africa’s diverse audiences by presenting world-class concerts and implementing education and community engagement programmes.”

Single tickets priced from R68 – R240 are available at Computicket. All concerts commence at 7:30pm at the Durban City Hall, except for Concert 2 which takes place at the Playhouse Opera Theatre. The City Hall and Playhouse precinct, including surrounding parking garages, is patrolled by a dedicated security team.

Susanne Hou

Lykele Temmingh

Gary Hoffman

Daniel Raiskin

Bernhard Gueller

SOME OF THE ARTISTS FEATURED IN THE KZN PHILHARMONICâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EARLY SPRING SEASON

Daniel Kharitonov

The KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra

Daniel Boico

CONTENTS

This month sees the celebration of National

COVER IMAGE Ceramic by Doreen Hemp photographed

Women’s Day on 9 August, ushering in a

inside the Kim Sacks Gallery. PHOTO Leigh Forrest

month-long opportunity to celebrate women’s achievements and the important role that women of all races and religions have played and continue to play in South Africa.

CREATING A READING CULTURE The South African publishing industry is considered among the best in Africa – but we still have much to achieve. In honour of Women’s Month, Creative Feel looks at the publishing industry and the women who

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THE ART OF WOMEN

CRAFT: THE NEW LUXURY

are fighting to grow it.

54 NAC TODAY: WOMEN LEAD INTO THE FUTURE

In celebration of Women’s Month this August,

This Women’s Month provided the National Arts

Creative Feel spoke to one of the South African

Council with an opportunity to reflect

ceramics industry’s most respected creators and

and take stock of their progress in terms of

businesswomen, Kim Sacks.

gender empowerment.

arts & culture

28 CULTURAL EXPRESSION CAPTURED IN SCULPTED CLAY: A PERSONAL VIEW

HITTING THE HIGH NOTES Meet the next generation of home-grown musical heroes – twelve unique vocalists the SAMRO

Every year, DITSONG: Museums of South Africa

Foundation believes have the promise and

celebrates women in the arts during the month of

potential to rise to the top.

August. What follows is a personal reflection by Corine Meyer, curator of the Ceramics and Precious Metal Collection at the DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History, on two pieces in the

62 SOUTH AFRICAN VIRTUOSO TO PERFORM WITH JOHANNESBURG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

collection, one by Henriëtte Ngako and the other by

On 4 and 5 September 2019, internationally acclaimed

Dinah Molefe.

South African concert pianist Megan-Geoffrey Prins

34 GABRIELLE GOLIATH’S THIS SONG IS FOR… South African multimedia artist, gender advocate and now 2019’s Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Visual Art, Gabrielle Goliath, brings her new work, This song is for… to Johannesburg.

will join the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Lykele Temmingh.

64 DRAMA FOR LIFE AND SWEDISH NATIONAL THEATRE UNGA KLARA TO PARTNER AT CUTTING-EDGE CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL

74 JOBURG BALLET’S GISELLE After an absence of three-and-a-half years, Giselle, the most sublime of all romantic ballets, returns to the stage of Joburg Theatre when Joburg Ballet

Audiences will experience the power of

presents a season of ten performances of the

performance this August when Drama for Life’s

beloved classic from 4 to 13 October.

full-time professional theatre company and the internationally acclaimed Swedish national theatre Unga Klara join creative forces at the

76 ROMANCE: THE PIANO MUSIC OF CLARA SCHUMANN

Wits Theatre complex in Johannesburg to

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason has debuted at the top

explore the role of the arts in building a child-

of the UK Official Classical Artist Chart with her

centred society.

album Romance, which is devoted to the music of Clara Schumann, born 200 years ago.

66 THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA TO SHOW AT THE FUGARD THEATRE Following their highly successful run with The Snow Goose at The Fugard Theatre earlier this year, local theatre gem Contagious Theatre is excited to be returning with their interpretation of the Ernest Hemingway classic, The Old Man and the Sea.

CION: REQUIEM OF RAVEL’S BOLÉRO RETURNS TO JOHANNESBURG

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BOOK REVIEWS ENCORE: GABRIELLE GOLIATH

contributors

Vuyani Dance Theatre’s Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s

Boléro returns to Johannesburg for a ten-day

Michelle Constant pays tribute to Johnny Clegg.

season at The Mandela at Joburg Theatre from 5 September until 15 September 2019.

72 BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE CION TEAM

CONSTANT & CULTURAL

CREATIVITY @ WORK

Dave Mann chats to Anastasia Pather in her studio.

LITERARY LANDSCAPES

Siyandiswa Dokoda, production and marketing

Indra Wussow reports back on her experience with

manager for Vuyani Dance Theatre, spoke to

the Human Library.

Gregory Maqoma, Oliver Hauser and Nhlanhla Mahlangu about the upcoming amplified season of

Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro at The Mandela at

Ashraf Johaardien celebrates the special women in

Joburg Theatre.

BUSINESS & ARTS his life.

EDITOR’S LETTER

POWERFUL AND POTENT

hen we started planning the content for this August issue, the Creative Feel team, which is mostly female, sat down and spoke about how best to celebrate Women’s Month in a way that is authentic and doesn’t trivialise the 1956 Women’s March. A key for us was that we couldn’t pretend women aren’t still facing tremendous

issues on a daily basis 25 years post-apartheid. Equality and gender pay gaps aside, gender-based violence is an enormous problem that we as a nation face – and really are struggling to defeat. While these issues aren’t easy to talk about in every-day conversation, one key way that we can create discussion, and hopefully bring about transformation and change, is through the arts. One of our featured artists this month, Gabrielle Goliath is both a supremely talented artist and fierce in her fight against gender-based violence. Her latest exhibition, entitled This song is for…, is powerful and potent; an emotionally charged, yet palatable, tribute to survivors of rape. This exhibition is something I wish every South African could experience and truly comprehend. Another creator who has spent decades working to make a difference in the lives of others is Kim Sacks. Through the Kim Sacks Gallery in Parkwood, she provides a space for the best ceramicists and crafters from across the continent to sell their creations, providing these individuals with a way to grow their skills and earn an income. Sacks spoke to us about the genesis of her Ceramics School

and Gallery: ‘I was really quite radical in my activities. That was long before apartheid ceased and I

worked extensively in rural areas. Sometimes there were question marks, people kept saying, “are

PHOTO Matthew Jordaan

you really doing craft?” But for me, craft was political. It was an activity that made a difference, that

had the ability to take rural women and put food in their children’s mouths, even if it was small

amounts… it wasn’t huge, but it definitely made a difference.’ Sacks has also spent an enormous amount of time and energy educating the public on how these artefacts are made, particularly the time, skill and love that goes into creating each piece, thereby creating an appreciation and a demand for the works. A visit to her Gallery to find your next treasure is definitely recommended! With the President’s State of the Nation Address in June, the very scary statistics about children’s reading abilities in South Africa were brought the fore. That eight out of every ten 10-year-olds can’t read for basic meaning is terrifying for the future of our country, which is why we explored some of the female independent publishers who are working to make reading more accessible and more exciting for all South Africans, so that we can hopefully begin to see these figures improving soon. On a personal note, we are heart broken to have to say goodbye to two icons that Creative Feel has admired and worked with over the years – Dr David Koloane and Johnny Clegg. They will be sorely missed. This issue is full of strong and incredible females who are excelling in their craft – and uplifting those around them simultaenously. Enjoy the issue!

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Kim Sacks Gallery

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Crocheted flowers by Projekt, photographed inside the Kim Sacks Gallery. PHOTO Leigh Forrest

Peta Becker brings an offbeat sensibility and independent creative vision to the work produced by her handmade-goods label Projekt. Becker left South Africa as a fine art graduate in 1978 to live and work in London as a designer specialising in fashion packaging. In 2004, she returned home with the desire to start a design-based project that would provide skills and income for unemployed

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women in her area. ‘I wanted to do something with unemployed women in my area, which is Hout Bay, so I began Projekt,’ says Becker. ‘I decided to do something with crochet work because it is a handcraft that you can do anywhere. You don’t need a lot of machinery and it is fairly easy. You just need a little hook and a ball of yarn.’ Ten years later, 25 women work under her design direction, producing quirky

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produce components for the different designs that then get sewn together at the studio in Woodstock. Becker believes that there is a crossover between craft and design and that all good craft has a large component of design. For her, the distinction is between whether the product is handmade or machine-made.

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