After a two-year hiatus due to Covid-19, the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival hosted its 17th festival from 1 to 10 July 2022. One of the most attractive drawcards for the advanced student participant is the chance to win a scholarship to shadow a faculty member in their country of work for a period of 10 […]

Whilst still in the midst of the pandemic, but in positive anticipation that we will indeed wrestle it into submission, the management of the SICMF is moving forward with cautious optimism in soliciting student entries for the 2022 festival. The 17th SICMF will take place from 1 to 10 July at the Stellenbosch Konservatorium – the […]

On Sunday 8 November musicians around the world learned with shock and disbelief that cellist extraordinaire, Alexander Buzlov had passed away. He was just 37 years old. This humble musician, in demand across the globe for his supreme mastery of the cello, was a special presence at the SICMF for several years running. Alexander was […]

This fine cello and bow will be awarded to a cello student who has attended the SICMF and who is not in the financial position to purchase a fine instrument and bow themselves. The cello and bow are estimated to be worth around R100 000 and students wishing to be considered for this award must […]

Despite the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival not taking place for the first time in 17 years, the management thereof has decided to again award the coveted 10-day job shadow scholarship first awarded in 2013. This scholarship valued at R45 000 provides the means for a deserving student to travel internationally to the place of […]

2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition silver medal laureate, Marc Bouchkov gave his Wigmore Hall debut in 2016 where he was awarded the London Music Masters award. Marc has  performed in Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Gasteig Munich, KKL Luzern, Konzerthaus Berlin and the Tchaikovsky Hall Moscow as well as having performed with orchestras such as the Tonhalle […]

Since 2016 the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival, a project of Stellenbosch University’s Department of Music, has used its platform to tell the stories of South Africans who have shaped our country. Some like Desmond Tutu have been in the public eye for decades. Others like Denis Goldberg have not been part of mainstream news […]

The SICMF hosts some of the world’s top musicians in Stellenbosch each year – no wonder that many of them are asked to return time and time again. This year’s returning musicians include Alissa Margulis, Andrej Bielow, Madeline Adkins, Suzanne Martens and Farida Bacharova (violin); Xandi van Dijk (conductor & viola); Juan-Miguel Hernandez and Gareth […]

The Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival is the brainchild of its long-standing Artistic Director, concert pianist and professor at the Department of Music at Stellenbosch University, Nina Schumann. 17 years ago, Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhães, also a concert pianist and associate professor at Stellenbosch University attended a similar festival in Austria. The bug bit […]