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STELLENBOSCH INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
3 – 12 JULY 2026
Testimonials
I’ve just been watching us on SABC and relived a wonderful hour or so. It was fabulous. It gives so much hope for our children. I was deeply moved as I looked at black kids from the so called informal settlements playing those instruments. It says wow,we have such fantastic potential. What an amazing country we have it in us to become. And you helped us to hold on to the dream of 1994. Thank you. It was a huge privilege. Love and blessings,
Arch. Desmond Tutu
Copyright © 2013 by Desmond M Tutu. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
The Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival commissioned the young South African composer, Matthijs van Dijk, to compose a work based on extracts from my autobiography. I narrated the text in the world premiere performance of “Moments in a Life” on the 6th of July 2016. The movingly conducted stellar ensemble of musicians from around the world gave an emotionally charged performance of the beautifully crafted score to give powerful life and meaning to my words.
* Thank you to the SICMF for educating and inspiring more than 300 music students each year.
* I thank the SICMF for harnessing the power of music for social cohesion and community development,
* by creating a platform where we can listen to each other and share each other’s stories.
* And I thank the SICMF for playing to large nonracial audiences to overcome our divided past.
* Please support the SICMF to enable it to continue its work for a long and prosperous future.
Denis Goldberg
Rivonia Trialist, Freedom Fighter, Patron of the Arts. Patron of the SICMF
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