TOTAL MAIGI – ‘Music Is a Great Investment’
Formerly known as the ICMP, the International Classical Music Festival is now known as MAIGI – their slogan is Uniting the power of classical, indigenous & jazz They’re having their annual country-wide festival that will bring 5 musical experiences that fuse together the sounds of diverse genres and traditions. Art…ists that will be performing: South African diva Miriam Makeba, pennywhistle group Kwela Tebza, The International MIAGI Orchestra, Zanzibar Orchestra Baladna Taarab, conductor Dante Anzolini, Vevek, Ram (sitar), Haren Tana (tabla), Paulus van der Merwe (oboe), Andy Manndorff, (Jazz guitar), Leon Bosch (bass), Habib Hana (lute), Cape Malay Alabama Entertainers and many others. VENUES: JOHANNESBURG Mon 26 September: Gala Concert, Civic Theatre, 20h00 Miriam Makeba, Kwela Tebza (pennywhistle), MIAGI Orchestra, Dante Anzolini. Tickets: R150, R120, R100. Tues 27 September: Orchestral concert, Linder Auditorium, 20h00. Classics and Jazz. Vevek Ram (sitar), Haren Tana (tabla), Paulus van der Merwe (oboe), MIAGI Orchestra, Dante Anzolini (conductor). Tickets: R110, R85, R65 STELLENBOSCH (all events in partnership with the Stellenbosch Festival) Wed 28 September: Orchestral concert, Endler Hall, 20h00. Classics and Jazz. Vevek Ram (sitar), Haren Tana (tabla), Paulus van der Merwe (oboe), MIAGI Orchestra, Dante Anzolini (conductor). Tickets: R70, R50. Thurs 29 September: Cultures of the Oceans Concert, Endler Hall, 20h00. Baladna Taarab Orchestra (Zanzibar), Habib Hana (lute), The Alabama Entertainers (Cape Malay choir). Tickets: R70, R50. CAPE TOWN Thurs 29 September: Gala Concert, Cape Town City Hall, 20h00 Miriam Makeba, Kwela Tebza (pennywhistle), MIAGI Orchestra, Dante Anzolini. Tickets: R135, R110, R85. Fri 30 September: Cultures of the Oceans Concert, Cape Town City Hall, 20h00. Baladna Taarab Orchestra (Zanzibar), Habib Hana (lute), The Alabama Entertainers (Cape Malay choir). Tickets: R85, R60, R45. Sat Oct 1: Schubertiade, Baxter Theatre , 15h00 and 20h00. The Music of Franz Schubert, Cape Town Opera Chorus, SA soloists, Peter Valentovic (conductor). Tickets: R80, R70, R50. PRETORIA Tues 4 Oct: Cultures of the Oceans Concert, ZK Matthews Hall, Pretoria, 20h00. Baladna Taarab Orchestra only. Tickets: R85, R60, R45. DURBAN (Awesome Africa), Sat 1 Oct: Baladna Taarab Orchestra. Please see Awesome Africa Festival Details. Sun 2 Oct: Baladna Taarab Orchestra. Please see Awesome Africa Festival Details. Sun 2 Oct: Andy Mandorff. Please see Awesome Africa Festival Details. Tickets @...
BOOK! TRI continents FILM festival – Joburg this weekend!
UPDATE Film-maker REHAD DESAI gives us his picks for this weekend’s festival ANGOLA – SAUDADES FROM THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU Dir: Richard Pakleppa Angola 2005 65 min World Premiere Friday 16th Sept. 8pm Pakleppa brings us a story of the people, told directly from the streets. It captures a unique moment in Angola’s history, a country coming to terms with the realit…y of peace and democracy at a time in which all kinds of forces are emerging from the rubble and decay. Despite its abundant natural wealth and the flagrant displays of wealth by the political and military elite, this is a country where the person on the street encounters daily struggles to put a meal on the table. Conscious of this inequality and injustice, the films central character, MCK, a politicised street rapper, uses his songs as a protest against the corruption and cronyism that surrounds him. MCK is supported by a diverse and dynamic cast of characters, all struggling to make sense of their paradoxical environment.The film generates a kaleidoscopic structure that follows the rhythms, and irrepressible energy, of people determined to make a living, despite the fact that some are making a killing. REBEL MUSIC AMERICAS Dirs: Marie Boti and Malcolm Guy Canada 2004 79 min African Premiere Friday 16th Sept. 5.45pm From Tierra del Fuego to the Rio Grande the Americas are in turmoil, and in the midst of the social and political movements rocking the region, are some amazing rebel musicians. Theirs is the music of the other America, the America of the South – popular, dynamic, rebellious and often….”anti-American”. It’s the rhythms and voices of displaced communities in Columbia, of “los piqueteros” blocking access to a refinery in Buenos Aires, of indigenous Mexicans hunted down at the US border, of peasants staging vast land occupations in Brazil. Rebel Music Americas follows the adventures of four radical musicians, taking us into the heart of the political and social movements shaking contemporary Latin America. THE AGRONOMIST Dir: Jonathan Demme USA/Haiti/France 2004 91 min Saturday 17th Sept. 4.15 Academy Award winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme presents a heart-wrenching biography of a Haitian national hero – journalist and freedom fighter Jean Dominique. Demme first met and filmed Dominique in 1986. As owner and operator of Haiti’s first and only free radio station, Dominique was a thorn in the side of his country’s repressive governments. His outspoken opposition forced him into exile in the early 90’s in New York, where Demme continued to interview him over the years. Fighting tirelessly against Haiti’s injustice, oppression and poverty, Dominique’s shocking and still-unsolved assassination in April 2000 gave the director the...
Chickrock band MITSOO phunking it up
We like all girl bands, especially chiccas with attitude like these punkyrock chicks that all play an instrument or sing…You know ROCK and PUNK are midway through a massive trend revival – so GET AMONGST – Come on Townians and get to their launch – throw name and jump around in celebration of local attitude and flava! Prepare for a night of air brushed models, lurching zombies…, undead give-aways, some killer bands, tasteful gore and oestrogen rock as Cape Town’s premier all-girl band Mitsoo launch their first album ‘the misfortune of the unicycle bear’ (recorded and mastered by Simon Ratcliffe of Spindle Sect & Rudimentals fame). Mitsoo will be supported ontage by the able groove of Velve and Three Chord Theory. Artwork by local artists including illustrator Robert Dersley and photographers Gavin Smit and Shaun Staegemann will also be on display and Mitsoo’s big new music video ‘Suburbia’, will be shown for the first time. CLICK HERE FOR THEIR SITE. Friday 7 October 2005 at Mercury Live (43 devilliers street, zonnebloem). Doors open @ 9pm. Entrance is R30 or R70 and a copy of the new album. More on the band: All girl grit/rock/indie/punk band, Mitsoo is: Karen – guitar and vocals Michelle – guitar Nita – drums and back up vocals Tanya – bass Background: An advert in the local newspaper brought the founding members of Mitsoo in 2003. Two of those members: Karen and Nita remain and two new members, Michelle and Tanya joined the band at the beginning of this year. The bands first gig was at Lestat, a former alternative music venue in Observatory – Cape Town, where they played with renowned local metal band: Toyland. Mitsoo has gigged at Purple Turtle, Whammy bar, Gandalfs, Lemon Connection, Lanners Landing, Armchair Theatre, Acoustic Cafý, Wynberg Sports Club, Mercury lounge and Mercury Live, The Cause festival and just about every else in the vicinity of Cape Town. On 26 March 2004 Mitsoo released their three-track EP: Afterglow at Evol, in Gardens – Cape Town. The venue was raging with more than 200 fans, press and new admirers of the band. This year has seen Mitsoo record a music video “Suburbia” which will be launched together with the debut album” the misfortune of the unicycle bear” on the 7 Oct. Mitsoo also feature on two compilation cds due for release next month. The Dead Kennedy’s tribute album “give us coincidence or give us death” and also on Delinquents Disco – Volume One : Holding Cell. Mitsoo thrashed national radio waves last year, and the girls now plan to rocket themselves into South Africa’s major music festivals with the...
JAZZ from FRANCE and SA – CATCH THIS!
Catch this Jazz melange featuring two HOT Jazz bands – we love the Goema Captains – let’s hope Ernie is on vocals, and apparently the French IMAGES QUARTETTE comes highly recommended…. IMAGES QUARTETTE Accustomed to the departures and the arrivals of new musicians, Images Quartette makes it a …point of the honour, always being surrounded by the best artists of the moment, to turn each one of its concert into true celebration of music. GOEMA CAPTAINS The Goema Captains of Cape Town will perform with Images Quartette for an exceptional meeting between French classical Jazz and South African New Jazz… ITINERARY: 26 sept : Pretoria 28 sept : Mbabane (Swaziland) 30 sept : Durban – Awesome Africa 03 oct : Maputo – CCFM (Mozambique) 06 oct : Windhoek (Namibia) 08 oct : Lusaka – Alliance Franýaise (Zambia) 11 oct : Lusaka – French Embassy (Zambia)...
03/09 – 31/10 :: DAVID GOLDBLATT – new and rarely-seen
The Goodman Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new and rarely seen works by David Goldblatt. The opening of the show will take place on Saturday 3rd September 2005. The gallery will have extended hours on this day, from 09h30 – 17h00. Please join us for a drink at noon. David Goldblatt is renowned for his documentation of the progress of societal changes and… how these impact on the landscape and South African communities. His body of work will consist of stark landscapes shot in the Northern Cape, the impact of AIDS in various communities as well as the increasing roadside memorial sites that one encounters when driving through several landscapes in South Africa. Goldblatt will also be exhibiting portrait photographs of municipal officials. An established photographer Goldblatt has always interacted immensely with the subjects of his photographs. In a documentary (“On the Road”, Produced by Greg Marinovich) recently flighted on SABC, Goldblatt revisited people he photographed in the 70’s and spoke quite earnestly about these interactions reflecting that language has been the only barrier in communicating. The exhibition closes on Saturday 1st October 2005....
07/09 :: Deluge of SA content @ Animation Xchange
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW VENUE – IT IS NOT AT WITS THIS MONTH!!! Animation Xchange Joburg is on Wednesday 7 September and Touchvision have kindly offered to host the get-together for them. There’s a deluge of South African content that will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy… We will have feedback on SIGGRAPH from the Touchvision team and Brian Goodwin, some work bei…ng presented by Nick Gordon, Ministry of Illusion and David Felix, and finally after much haggling and arm-twisting, Brian has also obtained the Oscar-winning short film ‘Ryan’ for our viewing pleasure. And as if that wasn’t enough, Touchvision will be giving a brief preview of 3DS Max 8, and handing out free trial versions of Max and Combustion! So don’t go to Wits on Wednesday 7 September! You could, but you’d probably be quite lonely and not see much animation. Touchvision’s address is (click the address for a map): 3rd Floor Standard Bank Centre 304 Oak Avenue Ferndale Randburg or email....
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