CPO Spring Symphony Concert 4
Thu, 28 Sept
|Cape Town
Join us for the final of the Spring Symphony Season concerts, which will be a grand celebration of Africa, with a programme consisting of Marten Maxym's Suite from the Opera "Children of Africa", Maxym Siyakhulekela's Zulu Wedding Scene for Praise Poet and excerpts from Mzilikazi Khumalo's uShaka.
Time & Location
28 Sept 2023, 18:30 – 21:30
Cape Town, Darling St, CBD, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
About the event
A Celebration of Africa
Conductor Robert Maxym
Martens Maxym Children of Africa suite Maxym Siyakhulekela Dramatic Zula Wedding Scene for Praise Poet
Khumalo/James/Maxym uShaka (Prelude, Part 1, and Part 3)
These works, Suite from the Opera “Children of Africa”, Dramatic Zulu Wedding Scene for Praise Poet, Choir, and Orchestra Excerpts from Mzilikazi Khumalo’s uShaka, KaSenzangakhona, celebrate the 75th birthday of Robert Maxym. He has spent 30 years in South Africa as a conductor, orchestrator and educator while continuing international engagements. With Ukrainian roots, Maxym was born in New York, studied at the Manhattan School of Music, in Montreux and Munich and won positions such as Music Director of the Essen Opera. His collaboration with Mzilikazi Khumalo and Themba Msimang on “uShaka” as orchestrator and conductor has toured internationally.