The 2024 Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival will run from 5 to 14 July. The 2023 SICMF was a resounding success with a star-studded faculty of 29 internationally acclaimed artists inspiring, coaching and performing alongside 257 student participants from seven countries, the vast majority of which were South Africans, and 91 of which qualified for […]

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 […]

The Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival will run from 30 June to 9 July next year following its successful revival this year after a two year break due to Covid-19. This year’s SICMF was a resounding success with a star-studded faculty of 32 internationally acclaimed artists inspiring, coaching and performing alongside 220 student participants from […]

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 […]