Musicians of the Highest Calibre
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
2015 ANNUAL REPORT 2016 << 1 >> VISION An orchestra for all seasons Artscape Theatre Centre DF Malan Street MISSION P O Box 4040 To excel as a world class multi-functional symphony orchestra committed to Cape Town, 8000 entertaining and educating diverse South African audiences with the finest musical Tel: 021 410 9809 performance while also creating career opportunities as well as a platform for local Fax: 021 425 1009 and international musicians of the highest calibre. e-mail: [email protected] www.cpo.org.za The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra Reg. No. 2000/014462/08 Public Benefit Organisation Exemption No. 930 013 846 << >> CONTENTS 4 6 13 18 22 CHAIRMAN’S CEO’S COMMUNITY MARKETING BUSINESS REPORT OVERVIEW CONNECTIONS DEVELOPMENT / FUNDRAISING 27 29 31 35 36 ENDOWMENT DUET FINANCIAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT FUND ENDOWMENT HIGHLIGHTS DIRECTORS / PATRONS TRUST 37 40 44 THE MUSICIANS FINANCIAL SPONSORS PARTNERS & DONORS << >> * THE TRANSFER OF SKILLS TO A NEW GENERATION OF MUSICIANS IS A PRIORITY << >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE >> CHAIRMAN’S REPORT These two years have been the best to date … more full houses and better financial security, thanks in large part to an unexpected bequest. These successes were due to and committee work indefatigably to offer support, • excellent governance, and the responsibility, soirees and sponsorships leadership and ethics displayed by a committed board • collaborations which have brought new audiences • a management team of energy, dedication and skills to concerts • the support of existing donors for their renewed • plans which will see these developed in the coming commitment and new donors for seeing how much year, and, above all the CPO adds to the cultural mosaic of the city • a great orchestra, its musicians and artists which • usually sold-out houses and an increasing prove time and again that the CPO is Africa’s subscription base brought about by branding and premier orchestra constant communication • youth development, where passion for the young My thanks to everyone. It has been my great pleasure pays huge dividends in our quest for complete to chair this board. transformation • community and schools audiences where families support their own • Friends of Orchestral Music whose chairman Ben Rabinowitz (Chairman 2009-2016) << >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW 4 >> * THE CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND ITS PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR BERNHARD GUELLER << >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE >> CEO OVERVIEW In tough economic times the survival and sustainability of artistic endeavours become a challenge. But, in spite of constant challenges, the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra has been able to strengthen its position as the leading multi-functional orchestra in South Africa. The CPO has been part of the cultural fabric of We perform for opera and ballet, as well as musicals Cape Town for more than a century and, apart and for community and symphony choirs, making us from facilitating symphonic music of international not only a multi-functional orchestra but one that standards, it also provides a platform for first-class is indispensable to the community. We undertake local and international musicians. Over the past schools and community concerts to spread the decade the streamlined orchestra has focused on word that music is food for the soul, uplifting and growing the next generation of musicians with bridge-building, reaching thousands of new audience a well-developed youth educational programme. members each year. We offer free music tuition to more than 400 young people in our Music Academy In most cities, a symphony orchestra is a cultural asset, and various youth orchestras. an attraction that appeals to the local community and to visitors from around the country and foreign shores. A bonus is that many of the young musicians who have It is an employer of staff – management, musicians, learnt to play in the CPO youth programmes become teachers. Its musicians also form the basis of much of the more rounded young people, for playing an instrument university teaching that takes place in part-time capacities. provides self-confidence and is an expression of self-value. << >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REPORT 6 >> In addition to that, we reach more than 50 000 people public as well as the private sector. We have developed each year with our formal concerts. We play to sold-out a funding strategy that includes support from public, houses, and our subscription base is rising, corporate and individual sources. In the past two in direct contrast to world trends. years our financial position improved largely due to a generous bequest at the end of 2015. Our youth Through international tours and the distribution of our development and transformation strategy has given CDs and DVDs abroad, we take the name of Cape Town the CPO access to development funds from South Africa into global fields. Our symphony concerts are broadcast and abroad. Strict fiscal discipline and careful planning live on Fine Music Radio 101.3 FM, and streamed on allows the orchestra to fulfil its mandate and be Cape the internet and correspondence from people living in Town’s “Orchestra for all Seasons”. countries as far afield as Canada, Germany and Holland. A professional symphony orchestra cannot be sustainable without financial assistance from the Louis Heyneman (CEO) << >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REPORT 7 >> TOTAL PERFORMANCES 169 performances; 355 sessions 129 performances; 279 sessions 19 symphony concerts 22 symphony concerts 12 performances for Cape Town Opera 3 choral concerts 11 performance sessions devoted to school concerts 4 0 performances of West Side Story for the Fugard Theatre 12 other outreach & community development concerts 4 choral concerts 10 commercial or popular concerts 27 performance sessions devoted to school concerts 9 performances for Cape Town Opera 8 other outreach & community development concerts 26 performances of Mandela Trilogy on UK tour for Cape Town Opera 10 performances of The Mikado for Cape Gilbert & Sullivan Society 13 performances with Cape Town City Ballet 18 performances with Cape Town City Ballet 23 performances of My Fair Lady for Cape Gilbert & Sullivan Society 9 performances of Swan Lake for the St Petersburg Ballet 10 performances of Spartacus for the SA National Dance Trust 12 commercial or popular concerts << >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REVIEW 8 >> WHO WE ARE FULL-TIME STAFF ADMIN & SUPPORT STAFF MUSICIANS AD HOC STAFF - MUSICIANS AD HOC SUPPORT STAFF WHITE MALE WHITE FEMALE BLACK MALE BLACK FEMALE ETHNIC AND GENDER DIVERSITY FULL-TIME STAFF ADMIN & SUPPORT STAFF AD HOC STAFF Total staff 60 Total admin & 16 Ad hoc 78 full-time staff support staff musicians & Total turnover 5 appointments, 1 promotion Ethnic & gender 6 female (3 black, 3 white) support staff 4 resignations, 1 retirement diversity 10 male (6 black, 4 white) AD HOC MUSICIANS Total ethnic & 28 female (5 black, 23 white) MUSICIANS Total ad hoc 55 gender diversity 32 male (10 black, 22 white) Staff 44 musicians used Ethnic & gender 22 female (2 black, 20 white) Ethnic & gender 25 female (13 black, 12 white) diversity 22 male (4 black, 18 white) diversity 30 male (18 black, 12 white) AD HOC SUPPORT STAFF Ad hoc staff 23 Ethnic & gender 8 female (6 black, 2 white) diversity 15 male (14 black, 1 white) << >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW 9 >> GUEST ARTISTS - 1 JANUARY to 31 DECEMBER 2015 The following guest artists Perry So Antonio Pompa-Baldi (piano) CHOIRS performed with the Cape Town Dmitry Yablonsky Awadagin Pratt (piano) Cape Town Opera Chorus Philharmonic Orchestra during Victor Yampolsky Ben Schoeman (piano) Camps Bay High the period under review: Louis Zurnamer Nina Schumann (piano) Sing the Change Choir CONDUCTORS SOLOISTS (INSTRUMENTAL) Maria Solozobova (violin) St. Andrews Choir Daniel Boico Joshua Bell (violin) Liesl Stoltz (flute) OTHER PERFORMERS Xavier Cloete Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano) Oxana Yablonskaya (piano) Blackbyrd Alastair Cockburn Olivier Charlier (violin) Dmitry Yablonsky (cello) Cape Town City Ballet Richard Cock Maria Du Toit (clarinet) SOLOISTS (VOCAL) Cape Town Gilbert and Timor Gorkovenko Janna Gandelman (violin) Elvis Blue (popular singer) Sullivan Society Bernhard Gueller Anzel Gerber (cello) Lloyd Cele (popular singer) Cape Town Opera Paul Hoskins Stewart Goodyear (piano) Goitsemang Lehobye (soprano) South African National Kamal Khan Derek Han (piano) Magdalene Minnaar (soprano) Dance Trust Tim Murray Yi-Jia Susanne Hou (violin) Vicky Sampson (jazz singer) Cape Town Opera Martin Panteleev Maria Kliegel (cello) Sarah Theron (popular singer) Rodney Trudgeon Brandon Phillips Natalia Lavrova (piano) Selim Kagee (popular singer) Graham Scott Luis Magalhaes (piano) Katlego Maboe (popular singer) Yasuo Shinozaki Frank Mallows (marimba) Allan Stephenson Pallavi Mahidhara (piano) << >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REVIEW 10 >> GUEST ARTISTS - 1 JANUARY to 31 DECEMBER 2016 CONDUCTORS SOLOISTS (INSTRUMENTAL) Bryan Wallick (piano) CHOIRS Daniel Boico Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin) SOLOISTS (VOCAL) Cape Town Opera Chorus Alastair Cockburn Erik Dippenaar (organ) Violina Anguelov (mezzo) New Apostolic Church Choir Richard Cock Peter Donohoe (piano) Johan Botha (tenor) Philharmonia Choir Alexander Fokkens François du Toit (piano) Sunnyboy Dladla (tenor) of Cape Town Bernhard Gueller Olga Kern (piano) Elizabeth Frandsen (mezzo) Symphony Choir of Johannesburg Omri Hadari Yevgeny Kutik (violin) Goitsemang Lehobye (soprano) OTHER PERFORMERS Kamal Khan Jack Liebeck (violin) Stéfan