Louise Howlett Unplugged

09/11/2025

🎹 Join us for our SACM Piano Competitions!

📅 Tuesday 11 November
🕐 From 1pm onwards
📍 Baxter Concert Hall
🎟️ FREE ENTRY!

Experience an afternoon of masterful piano performances as our talented UCT students compete for three prestigious prizes, adjudicated by Tertia Visser Downie.

✨ Programme Highlights
13:00 – Lionel Bowman Beethoven Prize
Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven performed by Giorgia Ehlers and Dirk Nagtegaal

13:45 – Robert Andrews Prize
Contemporary works by Alexander Johnson, Ayo Bankole, Isaac van der Merwe, and Hendrik Hofmeyr performed by Carla Coltman, Rhulani Rikhotso, Isaac van der Merwe and Dané van Graan

14:30 – James de Villiers Prize
Romantic and virtuosic showpieces by Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, Granados, and more — featuring Carla Coltman, Giorgia Ehlers, Loren Ehlers, Lucas Marques, Dirk Nagtegaal, Fiela Nel, Isaac van der Merwe and Dané van Graan

🩵 See you at the Baxter!

29/10/2025

Time to get the diaries out.. November is jam packed and bookings already open for the festive season. All this and more in the latest Unplugged. Click here for all the news and book a date with live music im Cape Town

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04/10/2025

Time to get the diaries out for the revised issue of Unplugged Concerts for October around Cape town - also including the incredible Woordfees and the welcome return of the Voorkammerfees in Darling. For all this and more check the link below.

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