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Introducing The 1st International Chopin Piano Competition that will be hosted in South Africa.
The competition will provide young and professional pianists with the opportunity to develop their professional careers through the inspiration of Frédéric Chopin's music.
This competition will significantly contribute to the professional development of young and upcoming pianists across the world.
The international jury will be Piotr Paleczny, Congyu Wang, Ben Schoeman and Gen Li.
On-line applications are open until the 30 June 2020.
Invitation
To find out more about the competition, visit our website here: www.sachopinpiano.com

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Kids & Youth Talent Festival is a one of a kind talent competition in South Africa that offers some of the biggest cash prizes to be won in a competition environment.
Each category winner will receive cash prizes as well as Masterclasses with some of the finest South African and International artists, some with industry experience of over 30 years. These Masterclasses will prove to be invaluable to any contestant's life experience and will place them in a different league to their peers.
All auditions, Semi-finals and the Grand Finale will be a great learning experience for every contestant. Authentic exposure to the professional environment of real-life artists, qualified and experienced judges will be emphasized.
Each student will get valuable individual feedback from the judges and Masterclass panel;
We are extremely honoured to have Karin van der Laag, Jannie du Toit, Ignatius van Heerden, Berthine van Schoor, Magdalena de Vries, Ilse Fourie, Dawid Ras and the very accomplished International concert pianist Congyu Wang from Singapore and Ben Schoeman from South Africa on our Judging and Masterclass panel.
Kids & Youth Talent Festival offers some of the biggest prizes to be won in a competition environment.
R500 000 in prizes to be won, as well as Masterclasses by some of the finest International and South African artists.
Art exhibition by Dawid Ras gallery for winner.
Please note that there will be no registration fees payable this year to participate in the Festival, only a flat fee depending on the category. This will allow more students to participate in the festival. We have also simplified the entry process.
The 2020 categories are as follows:

• Drama : Solo, Groups (up to 5 members)
• Vocal :Solo, Groups (up to 5 members)
  
• Dance : Solo, Groups (up to 5 members)
• Instrumental (Solo, Groups (up to 5 members) : Piano, Strings, Woodwind, Percussion, Drum kits,
• Instrumental: Classical (Advanced students) : Piano, Strings
  
• Visual art :Theme for audition round: "New Beginnings"
  Theme for Semi-Final Round: "Positive"

Dates:
Closing date: 30 June 2020.
Semi-finals:

• Pietermaritzburg 31 July, 1 and 2 August 2020.
• Bloemfontein 15 and 16 August 2020.
• Cape Town 21, 22 and 23 August 2020.
• Gauteng 4, 5 and 6 September 2020.

Grand Finale performance round and presentation of prizes: 24 - 27 September 2020.
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St Dominics Catholic School for Girls Boksburg
Composer of the Year: Frederic Chopin
More info:
Joan Lithgow
Marimba Specialist and Director of the International Marimba and Steelpan Festival
joan@educationafrica.org
Tel: +27 (0)11 685 7300
Cell: +27 (0)82 266 4229
www.educationafrica.org
www.internationalmarimbafestival.org

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BETHLEHEM EISTEDDFOD TIME LINE
New Rules
http://www.bethlehemeisteddfod.co.za/
AFRIKAANS SPRAAK EN DRAMA
DANS-DANCE
ENGLISH SPEECH AND DRAMA
KUNS-ART
MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIEK VOKAAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
CREATIVE WRITING
KREATIEWE SKRYFWERK

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