NewMusicSA is proud to present their 2nd Unyazi festival, Fear of the Known, a festival of “extreme listening.”

Curated by James Webb, co-produced by Pro Helvetia Cape Town and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and supported by the Goethe Institute, Institut Français d'Afrique du Sud, the Embassy of France, the Danish Arts Council, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the National Arts Council, SAMRO Endowment for the National Arts, UNISA Music Foundation, the International Library of African Music, and the Nederlands Fonds voor Podiumkunsten, the festival will be hosted at the University of Cape Town on the 12th of March, the University of Stellenbosch on the 14th and 15th of March and at the University of the Witwatersrand on the 16th of March.

Artists appearing in concert and conference include: Asmus Tietchens (DE), Automat (FR), Brandon LaBelle (USA), Carine Zaayman (ZA), Ensemble Je Ne Comprends Pas (ZA), Eric LaCasa (FR) and many more!

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[Lecture] Tuesday 11th, 13h00, Lecture Theatre of the Stellenbosch University Visual Art Department, Stellenbosch: To Be Confirmed
Price: Free

[Lecture] Wednesday 12th, 13h00, Lecture Theatre of the Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town: Brandon LaBelle (USA)
Price: Free

[Panel Discussion] Wednesday 12th, 18h00, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town: Brandon LaBelle (USA)
Price: Free

[Concert] Wednesday 12th, 21h00, The Assembly, 61 Harrington Street, District Six, Cape Town: Lawrence English (AUS), The POW Ensemble (NL), Warrick Sony (ZA), Jako Maron (FR) & Automat (FR)
Price: R80 (R50 Student Discount)

[Lecture] Thursday 13th, 13h00, Lecture Theatre of the Stellenbosch University Visual Art Department, Stellenbosch: Marc Behrens (DE)
Price: Free

[Lecture] Friday 14th, 13h00, Lecture Theatre of the Stellenbosch University Visual Art Department, Stellenbosch: Jason Kahn (CH)
Price: Free

[Concert] Friday 14th, 19h30, The Endler Hall (at the University of Stellenbosch's Konservatorium (music school), Corner of Neethling & Victoria Streets, Stellenbosch: The Kemus Ensemble (ZA), Eric LaCasa (FR), The POW Ensemble (NL), Philip Samartzis (AUS), Sudden Infant (CH)
Price: R100

[Conference] Saturday 15th, 10h00, Jannasch Hall (at the University of Stellenbosch's Konservatorium (music school), Corner of Neethling & Victoria Streets, Stellenbosch: Carine Zaayman (ZA), Julian Jonker (ZA), Lawrence English (AUS), Philip Samartzis (AUS), Stacy Hardy (ZA), Willem Boshoff (ZA)
Price: Free

[Concert] Saturday 15th, 14h00, Fismer Hall (at the University of Stellenbosch's Konservatorium (music school), Corner of Neethling & Victoria Streets, Stellenbosch: Ulrich Süsse (DE/ZA) & Patrick Bebelaar (DE), Mark Schreiber (DE/ZA), Ensemble Je Ne Comprends Pas (ZA)
Price: R50

[Concert] Saturday 15th, 19h30, The Endler Hall (at the University of Stellenbosch's Konservatorium (music school), Corner of Neethling & Victoria Streets, Stellenbosch: Marc Behrens (DE), Righard Kapp (ZA), Asmus Tietchens (DE), Jason Kahn (CH), Eric LaCasa (FR) & Philip Samartzis (AUS)
Price: R100

[Concert] Sunday 16th, 19h30, WITS Theatre, Johannesburg: James Webb (ZA), Lawrence English (AUS), Marc Behrens (DE), Asmus Tietchens (DE), Eric LaCasa (FR) & Philip Samartzis (AUS), Sudden Infant (CH)
Price: R100

[Lecture] Monday 17th, 13h00, WITS Digital Arts Seminar Room, Johannesburg

Location

University of Cape Town on the 12th of March, the University of Stellenbosch on the 14th and 15th of March and at the University of the Witwatersrand on the 16th of March.

When to go

12/3/2008 a 16/3/2008

How much

Free,
Book through www.webtickets.co.za/unyazi />

Link

http://www.newmusicsa.org.za/unyazi2008.html

Contact info

James Webb - 0823713833

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