2015 ANNUAL REPORT 2016

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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 , 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

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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 .

The CPO has been part of the cultural fabric of We perform for 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 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 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 18 performances with Cape Town City Ballet 23 performances of My Fair Lady for Cape Gilbert & Sullivan Society 9 performances of 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) 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 Omri Hadari Yevgeny Kutik (violin) Goitsemang Lehobye (soprano) OTHER PERFORMERS Kamal Khan Jack Liebeck (violin) Stéfan Louw (tenor) Evita Bezuidenhout (narrator) Gérard Korsten Peter Martens (cello) Mandla Mndebele (bass) Cape Town City Ballet Charl-Johan Lingenfelder Nettle & Markham (piano duo) Lukhanyo Moyake (tenor) Cape Town Gilbert and Corvin Matei Hugh Masekela (trumpet) Bongiwe Nakani (mezzo) Sullivan Society Tim Murray Rachel Lee Priday (violin) Given Nkosi (tenor) Cape Town Opera Neville Franco Deepak Pandit (violin) Brandon October (singer) Mzansi Youth Choir Brandon Phillips Alexander Ramm (cello) Melanie Scholtz (soprano) Sterling EQ Carlo Ponti Aviram Reichert (piano) Sarah Theron (popular singer) Sue Pyler (master of ceremonies) Howard Shelley Howard Shelley (piano) Janelle Visagie (soprano) Daniel Mpilo Richards (narrator) Arjan Tien Melvyn Tan (piano) Siphamandla Yakupa (soprano) Victor Yampolsky Michael Thornton (horn) Pretty Yende (soprano) Conrad van Alphen Jan Hugo (piano)

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REVIEW 11 >> * THE MASIDLALE GRASSROOTS TRAINING PROJECT FOR ASPIRING YOUNG MUSICIANS

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE >> Members of the Cape Town Philharmonic Music Academy COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS When the parents, family and members of the community spill out into the streets at a ‘’house concert” featuring young learners in the community of Delft, one realizes the significance of music as a bridge-builder, and the CPO’s key role in taking it as far afield as possible. The CPO’s youth development programme, renamed from This programme continues to be one of the most important outreach to reflect more closely the aims to teach and make orchestral youth development organizations in the region, music accessible to as many young people in the CPO’s various working closely with music centres like the Beau Soleil, Hugo communities as possible, deepened its reach significantly. Lambrechts, Frank Pietersen and the universities. Testimony Its community collaborations grew as the young musicians to the growth of the youngsters is that several were chosen connected and interacted with new audiences in places as to perform in a special fundraiser for Dyer Island Conservation far apart as Oudtshoorn and the Overberg, raising funds for Trust and in Design Indaba. Three young Masidlale musicians drought-stricken farmers in the Northern Cape and raising moved up into the junior wind band and several youngsters the rafters at the Suidoosterfees on live radio. participated in the National Horn Symposium.

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REVIEW 13 >> The programme encompasses all aspects of teaching and skills Where possible, the CPO’s soloists are happy to give master transfer, involving not only the CPO’s musicians but musicians classes to CPYO/WE musicians … cellist Maria Kliegel and in the youth orchestras who teach at Masidlale and the Music violinist Olivier Charlier were two of them, while Bernhard Gueller Academy as well as a few dedicated teachers, some of whom assisted with youth orchestra assistant conductors. were assisted financially in their own education. Steps included: In order to gain performance confidence and also to learn from • The introduction of a mentoring programme in which collaborations with other musicians, the CPYO and CPO gave CPO musicians are twinned with CPYO musicians several concerts under the direction of their conductors Brandon • A total of 30 bursaries provided for CPYO musicians to attend Phillips and Faan Malan, both of whom have taken the ensembles the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival over to new artistic levels; and each ensemble has 60 musicians, with the two years junior strings and wind bands with a total of 40. • 1 bursary provided to Masidlale teacher Noluvuyo Nteta to enrol at the University of Stellenbosch for a Diploma in Music; and Friends All musicians participated in a music camp in the January school of Orchestral Music provided several more to CPYO musicians. holidays in Paarl where cross cultural boundaries are deepened.

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REVIEW 14 >> CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA • 67 minutes for Mandela concert by the CPYWE and the Invited appearances and concerts include SA Army Band • The Artscape Audience and Education Department launch • Curtain raisers for the CPO at the • At the end of the CPO’s 10th International Summer Music Festival • Curtain raiser for Windworx at the Cape Town City Hall • At the KKNK Festival in Oudsthoorn, where the orchestra • Joint concert with DF Malan High School winds and choir collaborated with icons in the music industry in • “A Taste of Belgium” concert at the V&A Waterfront Silwerskermpops and gave two performances of Carnival of • Benefit workshop for Ad Libitum Music Academy in Robertson the Animals; and played in the Suidoosterfees “Winds of • Performance at the SA Tuba and Euphonium workshopnium Change Concert”, broadcast live on RSG workshop • Woordfees Pops concert with the Stellenbosch Youth Orchestra MASIDLALE GRASSROOTS TRAINING PROJECT • The CPYO and some Masidlale musicians played with the The Masidlale project has been moved from the townships visiting Scottish Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra and attended (Langa, , , Nyanga and Atlantis) to the a workshop Artscape theatre complex, and students are transported daily • Members of the CPYO joined the CPO and Cape Town Opera from various locations to the venue. This has resulted in better at the Duet gala concert with Pretty Yende and Sonnyboy Dladla infrastructure, vastly improved safety, more regular lessons and • Fynarts Festival in Hawston focused teachers and improved performance by the learners. • Tour of the Northern Cape Ash-lee Louwskieter, manager of the project, continues to • A reconciliation concert, in conjunction with a German teach woodwinds in Mamre and convened an Orff workshop in facilitator and conductor, in Mitchell’s Plain in which listeners Malmesbury. It is an indication of acceptance in the community of FMR partnered with the community to bring more local that Masidlale learners are invited to perform in community people to the concert events. They also hold end-of-term and end-of-year concerts. • Two Nederburg Picnic Pops with Arno Carstens, young pianist It is also a sign that Masidlale learners are benefiting, as several Qden Blaauw and entertainer Refentse progressed into the junior wind band. • A collaboration with the SA National Youth Orchestra in a performance of Mahler’s Symphony no 5 Performances and activities • The opening of the Artscape Youth Month in 2016 CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC YOUTH WIND ENSEMBLE • The Langa Open Streets event • Gala concert at the Cape Town City Hall • UNISA strings jazz and improvisation workshop with • Windworx Fanfare at the Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre Tim Kliphuis at Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre • SA Army Band collaboration that included mentorship and • Concert with Neo Motsatse at Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre individual tuition, and attendance of a training camp • Heritage Day Concert at Guga S’thebe

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REVIEW 15 >> • Musical event: “A Boy’s Story of How Africa was made” SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CONCERTS at Rhodes High School in Mowbray More than a dozen schools concerts in areas stretching from • Youth Celebration Concert at Guga S’thebe to Saldanha Bay to Bonteheuvel, and • Year-end concert at Guga S’thebe Gugulethu, Hermanus and Gansbaai reached 10 000 learners. This included a community concert in Gansbaai where many MUSIC ACADEMY heard a symphony orchestra for the first time. For many, this By moving into larger premises at Rhodes High School was “truly a life-changing experience”. in Mowbray, the Academy could expand to teach theory and practice. Faan and Kim Malan have infused energy in The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra’s youth education partnership with their Make an Instant Difference (MAID) programmes which provide access to education are aligned to project. Learners benefited from coaching by American take learners from beginner to tertiary level, and then on to a bassoonist Lecolion Washington. professional career.

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REVIEW 16 >> * KIRSTENBOSCH – ARGUABLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR CONCERT VENUE ON THE GLOBE

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE >> MARKETING REACH GROWS Social media has become an integral part of the CPO’s marketing mix, combining traditional methods in an integrated manner to expand the reach of the CPO and its value to the community. While subscriptions have been on the increase, in contrast to chairs situated down the side of the stalls because of fire international trends and thanks to brand-building across the restrictions. This impacts on no shows, since people who board, there is no doubt that the younger faces are brought traditionally may have arrived in hope at the City Hall no in by the use of social media, and the positive comments they longer do. write on Facebook pages are inspiring. Subscriptions for the International Summer Music Festival in January 2015 reached The diversity of the CPO, its collaborations with opera, ballet, 298, while 2016 saw the number increase to 427, the highest musicals, youth development and tours, and concerts in new then to date. There are also increased followers of the youth communities like Gansbaai and Grootbos also ensure maximum development programmes thanks to social media. news interest.

The growing use of smart phones and tablets for information The strategy included: and access to bookings has underscored the need to continue • Two concert cards per year listing events over a six-month to make use of traditional means and new technology to drive period each, available widely around Cape Town and the the marketing for the sustainability of the CPO. Newsletters Helderburg and also on the website and via newsletters are responsive to smart phones and the modest marketing • Concerto, the CPO’s prestigious magazine with articles, budget is maximised to reach the most people. We have interviews and a concert calendar, was published twice each reached the stage where virtually all the symphony concerts year and won four medals at the prestigious SA Publications are sold out. The CPO was forced to stop selling tickets for Awards Ceremony for design and writing in both 2015 and 2016.

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REVIEW 18 >> • Two or three newsletters a month, reaching a data base of • Collaborations and hirings like Duet Gala, Starlight Express, more than 9000 people each, opened by at least more than Valentine’s Day concerts, Youth Music festivals, ATKV Music double the industry standard, and augmented with names of Competitions and National Concerto Competitions, National new audiences at concerts and collaborations like Symphony Botanical Gardens at Kirstenbosch, Western Cape Choral Music of Ghazal and Overberg tour Society, a Woman’s Day concert, West Side Story, the G&S in •  Print publicity was particularly high, with interviews of most Mikado, Fair Lady, the SA Ballet Theatre in Spartacus, CTCB artists and/or conductors carried in the Cape Times and and CTO, where the companies shared publicity took the name in newsletters. Attracting much attention from print and of the CPO into wider fields. There were also collaborations electronic media was the winner, Chad Hendricks, of the 3rd with the Cape Town Jewish Community to mark 175 years Len van Zyl Conductors’ competition in 2016. The competition of Jewry in the city. One performance of Beethoven’s 9th generated much interest with increasing numbers of entrants Symphony was sponsored by the World Psychiatric Congress • Posters and flyers which generated interest in specific which brought an international audience concerts such as those by the Masidlale learners in the • Maximising reach through gala concerts such as those townships, supported by the , and the with Joshua Bell which made a huge impact, with Green Point concerts sponsoring and using one concert to entertain its stakeholders

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REVIEW 19 >> Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Archestra • The concert of Peter and the Wolf narrated by Evita The brand-building value of the introduction of live broadcasts Bezuidenhout and the Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by FMR at the City Hall was immense, taking the orchestra into narrated by Daniel Mpilo Richards brought many young people distant homes as well into the homes of people too frail or ill to to the concert hall venture out at night. The CPYO’s concert at the Suidoosterfees • Our own celebration of South African tenor Johan Botha, was also broadcast live by RSG. a Kammersänger in the Vienna State Opera, proved not only to be an artistic and box office success, but his last The final concert of the 35th International Hans Gabor major concert before his death a month later in Vienna and Belvedere Singing Competition was streamed live, and was reached out to lovers of opera and voice as well as symphony seen by nearly 30 000 music lovers in 164 countries, including concertgoers viewers in 84 different locations in South Africa. • Concert programmes resized to A4 in full colour proved attractive and the CPO sold its first advertisements. While this is a potential revenue source, it is also useful as an incentive to sponsors like Aon and Le Lude.

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* PACKED CONCERT HALLS AND A LIVELY CONCERT CULTURE MAKE* CAPE TOWN THE HUB OF CLASSICAL MUSIC IN SOUTH AFRICA

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE >> A young soloist at the annual Artscape Youth Music Festival BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra is shaped by the people it serves. Joining a major orchestra takes years of training, exceptional musicianship and, above all, a successful audition. It is a very competitive environment requiring dogged determination and hours of practice. The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) celebrated its its social media presence, strengthened by the involvement of 100th anniversary in 2014, making it the oldest orchestra on the international artists, and live broadcasts on Fine Music Radio. continent. Analysis of its successes reveals that CPO has always been shaped by the distinctive characteristics of the people it Mindful of the communities it serves, as far back as 2003, serves. Increasingly, social, cultural, economic and policy changes CPO established its Youth Education and Development create a complex and ever-shifting landscape that places huge Programme (YDEP), aimed at demands on the way that CPO engages not only with the arts • securing the future of the orchestra, and community but also with the communities, both urban and rural, in • changing the face of the orchestra, one player at a time, the Western Cape; as well as nationally and internationally through to more closely represent the communities it serves.

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REVIEW 22 >> The initiatives of YDEP – the two youth orchestras, Masidlale, CPO is working creatively to mine the full potential of the and the Cape Town Philharmonic Music Academy - provide orchestral experience and repertoire. Rich and varied YDEP underserved but talented young artists with the tools to programmes annually increase the scale of school, family succeed in a highly demanding industry. and community concerts. As a result, musicians connect with communities that are far more diverse than those typically At a strategic level, CPO, together with its affiliated youth attending a symphony concert - and audiences are connecting orchestras, articulates a significant level of interest in more deeply with orchestral repertoire. YDEP’s annual • helping to shape and/or celebrate community identity performance schedule is packed with a vast array of musical • creating access for audiences not traditionally engaged activities and events that are tailor-made to fit the needs by the orchestra, and and culture of the distinctive communities, but also to enhance • addressing specific social issues in communities. the appeal that is unique and integral to a musical/theatre/art performance. This strategic imperative is translated into partnerships and programmes that achieve real impact and engagement within Community engagement initiatives have grown new and the various communities. distinctive opportunities for young musicians to further their

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REVIEW 23 >> own musical, artistic and professional development. Besides more particularly, members of symphony orchestras, practise training as musicians and music teachers, participants in YDEP their art to enhance the quality of public life, providing a have trained in arts management, as music librarians, and platform for and broadening participation in the arts in and conductors while many young musicians are employed as full- outside universities. One of the challenges of CPO is to garner time or ad-hoc teachers. support from across a broad spectrum of positions; identity groups and communities, belief systems, and experiences. Creating pathways from Masidlale to the CPYO and CPYWE, coupled with a degree in music, is the commitment of YDEP, through CPO, We live in times that call for courageous leadership. At this to the world of orchestral music. In this paradigm, CPO not only crucial moment, the education and engagement work undertaken performs, but also teaches, leads, facilitates and trains. by CPO – such as the diversification of orchestras and the true artistic costs associated with CPO’s YDEP - puts in sharp focus Music is for everyone. Access to the arts is critical for everyone. what it means to construct a well-functioning demographic and The ideal is for every community to have its own orchestra, democratic orchestra in this current age. Alone, CPO cannot because there are hundreds of musically talented children, not achieve this ideal, but we play our part, and more, by providing only in Cape Town but in every city in South Africa. Musicians and, services and musical instruments for free.

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REVIEW 24 >> Many of our sponsors, funders and supporters have been part of WHEN WE RECOGNISE THAT THE ARTS, the streamlined CPO’s journey since 2000. Their loyal support equips CPO with the capacities and commitments needed in AND MUSIC SPECIFICALLY, FOSTER MUTUAL a time of great pressure on the humanities and liberal arts education, while support from government agencies (at all RESPECT FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND three levels) serves the interests of the nation by creating NATION BUILDING – VALUES WHICH ARE VITAL opportunities for scholars, artists, and other cultural caregivers to find innovative solutions for the world we share. TO DEMOCRACY AND WORTHY OF SUPPORT

- THERE IS REASON TO HOPE.

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CEO’S REVIEW 25 >> * MUSICAL TRAINING TRANSFORMS COMMUNITIES – MEMBERS OF THE CAPE PHILHARMONIC YOUTH WIND ENSEMBLE

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE >> ENDOWMENT FUND TO APRIL 2016 The CPO Endowment Fund stood at R7m at the end For that one is indeed grateful to supporters and sponsors, of the financial year in 2016. The total, which had and I implore them to maintain their interest. Donors have been diminished by a R3m start-up grant to the Duet the choice of which to support, knowing that they both Endowment Fund established in 2014 to support the support the CPO’s core business of symphony concerts CPO and Cape Town Opera, was boosted in the short and youth development. A donation is not only greatly term by a generous R10m donation from Naspers, appreciated, but it will be wisely invested by the Investec which was parked in the Fund. professional team under the baton of Jonathan Bloch.

The South African economy has had a couple of very I am indebted to my colleagues on the Endowment distressing years, and the international scene was Fund, Wendy Ackerman, Benny Rabinowitz, Wilmot equally unimpressive. The result was that orchestras James, Christoff Pauw, Louis Heyneman, and the world-wide were under the cosh. Despite that, the Investec investment specialist Jonathan Bloch. CPO maintained its upward level of performance and drew excellent audiences throughout the year. This could only be done with management and the orchestra players doing their duty and performing Ton Vosloo (Chair, Cape Town Philharmonic devoid of anxiety as to their future. Endowment Fund)

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW 27 >> “THE SOUL OF CAPE TOWN

IS MUSIC AND MUSIC

SPEAKS TO THE SOUL” –WENDY ACKERMAN, (CHAIR OF DUET ENDOWMENT TRUST)

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE >> THE DUET ENDOWMENT TRUST The aim of The Duet Endowment Trust is to build a fund of The road ahead to reach R100m is a challenging one: however at least R100m for its two beneficiaries, Cape Town Opera individual philanthropy prompted by a deep love of music and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. The purpose always has been and always will be the vital buttress of music of the Trust is to address the unpredictability of long-term in Cape Town. sources of funding for symphony concerts and for .

Wendy Ackerman Such patronage enables our orchestra and opera company Founding Trustee The Trustees are pleased to report that from its initial to continue to provide the best environment possible to and Chairperson amount of R16m, from founding donors the Ackerman attract, nurture, develop and present the extraordinary family and gifts from the endowments trusts of the depth of young musical talent we have in our country. Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and Cape Town Opera in 2014, the Trust has grown to an amount of This has been superbly showcased at the Duet gala R31m as at June 2016. concerts -- most notably the 2016 concert performances by new Duet Honorary Patrons internationally acclaimed We are very appreciative and greatly reassured by the Pretty Yende and Sunnyboy Dladla. increasing number of generous and farsighted donors Further members: Benjamin Rabinowitz, Trustee and former Chairperson of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. Susan Smith, Trustee and Chairperson who are helping to build Duet. of Cape Town Opera

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW 29 >> * STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY – THE ICONIC INDIAN CLASSICAL VIOLINIST DEEPAK PANDIT PERFORMING WITH THE CPO

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE >> HIGHLIGHTS FROM AUDITED STATEMENTS DETAILED INCOME STATEMENT DETAILED INCOME STATEMENT CONTINUED 2017 2016 2017 2016 R R R R REVENUE Donations 50,000 3,004,415 Ballet 681,840 382,600 Instrument maintenance 154,216 98,674 Bequest Income 100,000 10,005,000 Insurance 283,803 82,730 Concerts 3,084,225 3,878,190 Marketing expenses 2,211,079 1,884,423 Donations received 22,611,317 22,841,640 Music/instrument hire 610,765 472,430 Hire-outs 1,508,916 3,205,298 Office operating expenses 879,218 878,927 Opera 971,586 1,328,268 Other expenses 63,716 60,883 28,957,884 41,640,996 Recruitment fees 8,046 0 OTHER INCOME Professional fees 307,608 205,457 CD & DVD sales 48,055 5,466 Salaries & Wages 24,802,238 24,060,986 Programme advertisement 59,860 177,719 Study Grants 33,000 0 Other income 144,562 15,561 Transport & travel 948,362 513,582 Commemorative Book Sales 263 2,166 Venue hire 206,503 230,534 Dividends received 197,170 230,215 30,857,301 31,718,244 Interest received 913,002 464,039 Operating (deficit) surplus (451,941) 10,835,610 Profit on sale of shares 0 17,692 Interest expense (4,180) (15,821) Fair value adjustments 84,564 0 Withholding tax expense (1,574) (2,773) 1,447,476 912,858 Fair value adjustments 0 (301,988) OPERATING EXPENSES (5,754) (320,582) Bad debts 0 7,244 (Deficit) surplus for the year (457,695) 10,515,028 Bank charges 119,531 85,042

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 31 >> HIGHLIGHTS FROM AUDITED STATEMENTS CASH FLOW STATEMENT STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY 2017 2016 Accumulated Surplus (deficit) R R R CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES BALANCE AT 01 APRIL 2015 7,019,950 Cash (utilised in) generated from operations (397,143) 12,976,734 Surplus for the year 10,515,028 Interest income 913,002 464,039 Other comprehensive surplus 0 Dividends received 197,170 230,215 Total comprehensive surplus for the year 10,515,028 Interest expense (4,180) (15,821) BALANCE AT 01 APRIL 2016 17,534,978 Net cash flow from operating activities 708,849 13,655,167 Deficit for the year (457,695) CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Other comprehensive surplus 0 Purchase of property, plant and equipment (2,240,998) (534,968) Total comprehensive deficit for the year (457,695) Purchase of other intangible assets (3,713) (3,511) BALANCE AT 31 MARCH 2017 17,077,283 Purchase of additional investments (5,608,871) (10,755,119) Proceeds from sale of investments 15,331,820 3,555,901 Net cash flow from investing activities 7,478,238 (7,737,697) CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Advancement of loans from related parties 0 (2,800,000) Net cash flow from financing activities 0 (2,800,000) Total cash movement for the year 8,187,087 3,117,470 Cash & cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 2,813,611 (303,859) Total cash & cash equivalents at the end of the year 11,000,698 2,813,611

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 32 >> DONATIONS RECEIVED DONATIONS RECEIVED CONTINUED 2017 2016 2017 2016 Oppenheimer Memorial Trust 750,000 750,000 R R Phillip Schock Charitable & Educational Foundation 70,000 60,000 REVENUE Remax 75,000 0 Albert Wessels Trust 0 500,000 Richard Cock Music Enterprises 50,000 0 Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne 0 871,593 RMB Fund 0 400,000 Ben Rabinowitz 146,500 0 Rupert Music Foundation 1,180,000 720,000 Bloomberg LP 131,579 0 SAMRO 60,500 60,500 Cape Union Mart 68,000 0 Stella & Paul Loewenstein Charitable & Education Trust 100,000 100,000 Caroline van Zyl 54,000 0 Stonehage Fleming Charitable Trust 75,000 100,000 D Bloomberg 0 100,000 Susman Charitable Trust 50,000 50,000 Dr Chris Eedes 68,000 0 Suzanne Ackerman 90,000 0 Dr Christo Wiese 0 1,000,000 The Cape Town Gilbert & Sullivan Society 372,000 170,00 E/L AM Goosen 100,000 0 The Mauerberger Foundation 50,000 100,000 E/L Bossard 0 221,493 The Woolworths Trust 0 50,000 Friends of Orchestral Music 320,000 337,000 Ton Vosloo 1,636,000 0 Graham & Rhona Beck Foundation 500,000 1,000,000 Trencor 55,000 50,000 HCI Foundation 0 50,000 Various donations under R50,000 732,779 410,717 Joan St Leger Lindbergh Charitable Trust 300,000 100,000 Wenhold Family Trust 300,000 0 Lorenzo & Stella Chiappini Charitable & Cultural Trust 0 100,000 Anonymous 1 600,000 600,000 LS Plougmann 0 50,000 Anonymous 2 0 300,000 Manning Bequest 0 10,005,000 Total Private / Corporate Donations 12,811,317 21,733,640 Maria Marina Foundation 500,000 200,000 DONORS PUBLIC SECTOR Andrew Mellon Foundation 2,119,619 785,111 City of Cape Town 1,500,000 1,500,000 N Nel 154,000 0 National Arts Council 6,900,000 6,813,000 Naspers 1,700,000 2,184,700 National Lottery Distribution Trust 0 1,300,000 Natie Kirsh Foundation 403,340 307,526 Western Cape DCAS 1,500,000 1,500,000 Total Public Sector Donations 9,900,000 11,113,000

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 33 >> * TRANSFER OF SKILLS – THE CPYO, WITH ITS MUSICAL DIRECTOR BRANDON PHILLIPS CONTINUES TO EXCEL IN PERFORMANCE

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE >> BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BOARD OF PATRONS (MARCH 2017)

Back from left: Nisaar Pangarker, Christo van der Rheede, Lerato Ndlovu, Len van Zyl (Board of Patrons), Louis Heyneman, Felicia Lesch, Ben Rabinowitz (Board of Patrons) Front from left: Ronnie Samaai, Elita de Klerk, Derek Auret (Chairman), Wendy Ackerman, Ton Vosloo (Board of Patrons)

3 Inserts: Ruth Allen (Board of Patrons), Judge Dennis Davis, Christoff Pauw

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Back from left: Siyathemba Nteta, Ivan Christian, Daniel Neal, Ash-lee Louwskieter, Monica Dadase Middle: Marvin Weavers, Shirley de Kock Gueller, Louis Heyneman (CEO), Paul Chandler Front: Tembisa Ntshongontshi, Sergei Burdukov, Mary Frew, Odile Burden, Noluvuyo Nteta, Luvuyo Kakaza Insert: Suzanne Aucamp

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Suzanne Aucamp Mary Frew Marvin Weavers Sergei Burdukov Ivan Christian Daniel Neal Luvuyo Kakaza Business Developement Fundraising Youth Development & Louis Heyneman (CEO) Artistic Executive General Manager Music Librarian PR & Communications Fundraising Office Administrator Education Coordinator

Odile Burden Paul Chandler Salagadien Paulse External Consultants: Full-time Masidlale Ash-lee Louwskieter Assistant Orchestra Orchestra Stage Marketing Strategist, Accounting, Orchestra Members Teachers Graphic Design, Labour consultants, Manager Manager Social Media consultants, IT Noluvuyo Nteta Tembisa Ntshongontshi Ad hoc Abdullah Trout Craig Wildeman Derrick Wildeman Youth Orchestras Siyathemba Nteta Orchestra Members Orchestra Attendant Driver / Attendant Driver / Attendant CPYO, CPYWE Monica Dadase

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE MANAGEMENT 36 >> THE MUSICIANS CPO AND MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH ORCHESTRA IN FRONT OF THE CAPE TOWN CITY HALL

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE THE MUSICIANS 37 >> THE ORCHESTRA CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (Full time members) Principal Guest Conductor: Renée van der Westhuizen Clarinets Timpani Bernhard Gueller Michéle Williams * Annelize de Villiers # Christoph Müller * Daniel Prozesky * Resident Conductor Violas Percussion: Brandon Phillips supported Radomir Cermak Bassoon: Eugene Trofimczyk * by RMB Starlight Classics Camilla Driver Simon Ball ** Paula Gabriel * Brandon Phillips * Orchestra Stage Manager Guest Concertmasters Azra Isaacs # Salagadien Paulse Farida Bacharova Renette Swart Horns Suzanne Martens Lindsay Mulgrew # Orchestra Attendant: Cellos Mark Osman Abdulla Trout Concertmaster Kristiyan Chernev * Caroline Prozesky * Patrick Goodwin Dane Coetzee Conrad van der Westhuizen Drivers Edward McLean # Craig Wildeman Deputy Concertmaster Dorette Roos Trumpets Derrick Wildeman Philip Martens Paul Chandler Double Basses Pierre Schuster # CPYO Artistic Director In alphabetical order Zanelle Britz David Thompson * & Conductor Violins Donate Pellei # Brandon Phillips Eugénie Bahlsen Roxane Steffen * Trombones Miroslawa Domagala Slavomir Mrazik * CPYWE Conductor Petra Hofmeyr Flutes Ryan van der Rheede Faan Malan Tomasz Kita # Louisa Theart Emina Lukin * Gabriele von Dürckheim * Bass Trombone Principal * Colette Niemand David Langford # Associate Principal ** Annien Shaw Oboes Guest Principal + Milena Toma Carin Bam # Tuba Sub Principal # Maretha Uys Sergei Burdukov + Shaun Williams

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE THE MUSICIANS 38 >> * THE FUTURE IS HERE WITH MASIDLALE MUSICIANS AND THEIR TEACHERS

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE >> FINANCIAL PARTNERS AND SPONSORS

FOUNDING DONORS Lindbergh Charitable Trust, Oppenheimer Dr Chris Eedes, FNB, Gabriele & Isabella Artscape, Caltex, Cape Metropolitan Council, Memorial Trust, MariaMarina Foundation, James (Ford Foundation), Gerlinde Moser Caroline van Zyl, National Arts Council (DAC), Rand Merchant Bank Fund, Rolf-Stefan Re/Max, Erakis Investments, Estate Goosen, Distell, Jan S De Villiers, Naspers , Nussbaum Foundation, , National Dr Axel Horvath / proCAPEriccio (Germany), Robin Hamilton, Rupert-Musiekstigting, Arts Council (DAC), Caro Wiese Deon Knobel, Kraft Foods (in kind), Sanlam, Western Cape Cultural Mauerberger Foundation , MPDV Mikrolab Commission GOLD GMBH, , Susman (R500 000 to R999 000) Charitable Trust, PC Theron Estate, PARTNERS Albert Wessels Trust, Anonymous Family Pick n Pay, Rotary , SAMRO, (Cumulative since 2001. Trust, Investec Trusts, Kirsh Foundation, Schmidhauser Electrical, Solomon Family Donors listed in alphabetical order) Lorenzo and Stella Chiappini Charitable Foundation, Steven Nussbaum Estate, and Cultural Trust, Lorna Vosloo Trust, Stonehage Fleming Charitable Trust, Chairman’s Circle Michael Blersch Estate, Old Mutual, Trencor, Vodacom Foundation, (R5 000 000 and more) Christoff Pauw (in kind), Philip Schock Wurth Finance, Woolworths Trust Andrew Mellon Foundation, Charitable and Educational Foundation, City of Cape Town, Estate Erica Manning, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (in kind), CENTENARY CIRCLE Naspers, National Lottery Distribution SAMRO Foundation, Werksmans (in kind) (R100 000) Fund (NLDF), Die Rupert-Musiekstigting, David and Rochelle Bloomberg, Western Cape Department of Cultural SILVER Friends of Orchestral Music, The Gys Steyn Affairs and Sport (R100 000 to R499 000) Family Trust, Dr Axel Horvath, PSG Wealth Allen Ambor & Family, Aon South Africa, Hermanus, Remgro, Hanneli Rupert, PLATINUM Appletiser (in kind), Aramax (Berco Johann Rupert, Gerhard and Di van Niekerk (R1 000 000 to R4 999 999) Express), Artscape, Anonymous, Wendy Ackerman, Anglo American, Ben & Shirley Rabinowitz Foundation, PATRONS Anonymous (3), Art Mentor Foundation Australian High Commisssion, Blastrite/ (R50 000 – R99 999) Lucerne, Distell Foundation, Estate E Erakis Investment, P Bloewenstein, AA Newman Charitable Trust, Masterton, Estate Erich Bossard, Friends of Bloomberg , Business Arts South Africa, Ackerman Family Educational Trust, ACSA, Orchestral Music, Graham and Rhona Beck Caltex, Cape Gate, Caroline van Zyl, African Centre for HIV/Aids Management, Foundation, Herring Trust, Joan St Leger David Graaff Foundation, De Beers, A & M Pevsner Charitable Trust,

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Andros Boutique Hotel (in kind), Isidore Theresa & Ronald Cohen Charitable Louis Heyneman, Joan St Leger Lindbergh Azriel and Josephine Fine, Estate Trust, Dr T Lachman and Nancy Krish, Charitable Trust (3), Gordon Johnson, Jean-Louis Bertin, brandhouse, Folio J D Orr, Leo & Patricia Fine Foundation, Kirsh Foundation (8 keys), Ettienne Translation Consultants, Fynbos Trust, DK Little, Luminaire, Graham McIntosh, Koekemoer, The Kove Collection Gisela Lange Trust, Louis Heyneman, MUA Insurance, Nedbank, New Apostolic (5 keys), Philip Krawitz/Cape Union Mart, HCI Foundation, Mrs DV Johnson, Church, Ian and Elmarie Neilson, Nic Barrow Le Lude, In memory of David Luyt, Faan Pam Golding Properties, Lennart S Plougmann Family Trust, Eddy Oblowitz (in memory of and Kim Malan, In memory of Solly Marks, and Careen Bernstein, Mrs F H Baumann Sydney and Sara Oblowitz), Estate Late AO Marietha Mostert, Dr NJ Nel, (St Ola’s Trust), M F van Breda, Purcell, R&L Architects, Raymond Ackerman Nikola Nel, Shirley Parkfelt, Rupert Pardoe Van Ewijck Stigting Family Education Trust, Cedric Reid, Rotary (2 keys), In memory of Sara Pascall, Cape Town, Rotary , Rotary Signal Maria-Jose Pascual, Ben Rabinowitz (8 keys), BENEFACTORS Hill, Henk Rubidge, Delia Scott, Shill Trust, Carien Ras, Gus Robins, In memory of (R10 000 – R49 999) Paul Sulcas, Len van Zyl, Peter Voss Jenny Rogan (2 keys) (Allister Rogan; Ackerman Family Trust, Ruth Allen, Altron, Helen Boonzaier), In memory of Mina Anonymous (in memory of Mrs Rupert), STEINWAY KEY SPONSORS Smulowitz, Clandice and Phyllis Stein, Anonymous (in loving memory of Rosanna R18 000 Brian Swart, Nancy and Michael van Breda, Strauss), Anonymous (in memory of Nicholas Ackerman, Raymond Ackerman, Bill van Rensburg, Caroline van Zyl (3 keys), Hans Witthoft), Azriel and Moyra Fine Wendy Ackerman, Suzanne Ackerman- Ton and Anet Vosloo (2 keys), In memory Foundation, Dr Ellen Ancker, Austrian Berman (5 keys), Ruth Allen, Allen Ambor of Sona and Michael Whiteman, Consulate General, David and Rochelle & Family, Amanda Katz Architects, Phillip Zietsman. Bloomberg, Camaham Trust, Cape300 Anonymous (4 keys), Derek Auret, Foundation, Church Street and Antique Sandy Bean, Richard Berger, In memory of SUPPORTERS Market, Consol Glass, Coronation Asset Jean Louis Bertin, In memory of Clive William (R1 – R9 999) Management, Countess Sylvia Labia, Blaiklock, David and Rochelle Bloomberg, A and Y Galombik Charity Trust, L Abel, Brian Dix-Hart Estate, Eliot & Myra Osrin David Brokensha, Mariki Chin, In memory G Albert, H Adonis, Glenda and Selwyn Atlas, Trust, Alma Finch, SS Folb Estate, Nhlanhla of Erik Chisholm, Robin Crawford, In memory T Aluko, Sandy Bean, Bellville Moravian E Fologowe, D&S Franklin, Freddie Hirsh, of Beatrice de Kock, Dr Chris Eedes, Church, D Binnerman, Black Olive Giuseppe Gussi, Hippo Boutique Hotel In memory of Azriel Fine (2), Margot Gawith, Entertainment, AP Blignaut, J Bloch / (in kind), Hyman Goldberg Foundation, Pam Golding, Hanne and Wolfgang Haupt, S Pollack, JI Bloch, Jurgen & Silke Bockholt,

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B Bohle, M Bosazza, N Brand, F Broeze, François van Niekerk, O van Oordt, Vernon, Robert Brookes, Avigail Bushakevitz, NJ Violett, S Visser, Westerford High Cape Classic, Barbara Churms, F Cilliers, School, Russ Whalley, P Whitelock, Classics For All, Cleaver, Christine Coates, D Wolfaardt, David Wolfe and Kathy Cohen Cathy Cohen, PB Copelyn, G Dahl, Dennis Davis, Karien de Waal, BL Dreyer, CPYO SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS M&A Dunn, A Ellenbogen, Essack Esvat, Alma Finch, All Music, Ben Rabinowitz, Fiscal, Dr Hans Fransen, JA Freeth, Distell Foundation, Friends of Orchestral Gill Gallo, Dr Leon Geffen, J Gerber, Music, Gisela Lange Music, Jean Jooste, German School, German School Ulm, Marshall Music Cape Town, Mr & Mrs Herbert Gloeckner, Dawn Goodman, Moodley, University of Stellenbosch, Harris & Tessa Gordon, J Gray, Ben and Fritz von Seggern. Rosemary Griesel, Gueller to honour Rabinowitz, C Hambleton-Moser, CPO ENDOWMENT TRUST Lester Hoffman, Hospice Palliative Orchestra Angels Care Association, Houtkapperspoort, Ben Rabinowitz, Caroline van Zyl, Hiersh Idesis, Deon Irish, Pete Janisch, Josephine Fine, N Kirsh, Wendy Ackerman, R Kadalie, Anton Katz, D Katz, Cyril Kern, Gys Steyn Family Trust, Hanneli Rupert, Caroline Kingdon, Kingswood College, Johann & Gaynor Rupert WJ Kotze, P Louw, Lynn and Donson, AR Mackinley, Murray and Roberts, Musikanti, G N Nader, R Naumann, Oaten and Gaverna, Paarl Media, Pam Golding, Pauw, Planet Prod (Cavendish), RSM Students, Ronaldo Sasson, T Schreuder, Shirley Sieglaar, MC Silbert, Sue & George Smith, PG Soal, Dixie Strong, Simon Susman, M Swersky, J Theron, Willem Thijsse, Unilux, USA Embassy,

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE FINANCIAL PARTNERS 42 >> * THE LATE TENOR JOHAN BOTHA AND THE BARITONE MANDLA MNDEBELE IN BOTHA’S HISTORIC LAST CONCERT WITH THE CPO

<< >> BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE >> THE CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

ACKNOWLEDGES THE GENEROUS SUPPORT

OF ITS SPONSORS AND DONORS, WITHOUT

WHOM WE COULD NOT EXIST

MEDIA PARTNERS PARTNERS AND DONATIONS IN KIND

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