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17th Annual Schock Foundation Prize for Chamber Music

The seventeenth edition of this annual competition for ensemble playing, sponsored by the Schock Foundation. This final round will feature ensembles selected from the chamber music concerts throughout the year.

UCT String Ensemble

For this concert UCT String Ensemble joins forces with the strings of the Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra to perform Händel, Mozart and South African composer Hans Huyssen.

UCTSO Concerto Festival 2024

Some of the top performers from the SACM who successfully auditioned to perform at this festival will play alongside the University of Cape Town Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Brandon Phillips.

UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Marcello Vichi

Professor Marcello Vichi from the Department of Oceanography will present his inaugural lecture titled “Fifty degrees of separation. Why Antarctica and the polar regions matter for Afrika” at 17:30 SAST on Monday, 21 October 2024.

UCT Symphony Orchestra

UCT Symphony Orchestra performs the premiere of an overture titled “Ukuthwasa” composed by student composer James Geldenhuys. UCT’s Gerhard Joubert performs Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 and the concert ends with Brahms Symphony No. 3.

UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Shose Kessi

Professor Shose Kessi will deliver her inaugural lecture titled "S#*T HAPPENS: A Decolonial Feminist Psychological Reflection on Institutional Racism in Higher Education" on Wednesday, 19 March at Neville Alexander Building, lower campus.

UCT Inaugural Lecture: Professor Francois Cilliers

Professor Cilliers will deliver his Inaugural Lecture, titled “Theory from the Past – Theory for the Future: Rethinking Health Professions Education in Context” on Wednesday, 9 April 2025 at 18:00 SAST.