Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra

Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra
Background information
Also known as CPO
Origin Cape Town, Western Cape SA
Genres Classical, popular music, soundtrack, new-age
Occupation(s) Symphony orchestra
Years active 1914–present
Website www.cpo.org.za
Past members Thomas Rajna
Darryl Andrews

The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) is an orchestra based in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

History

The CPO is part of a history of symphonies based in Cape Town which began in 1914.[1] In 1987, an exchange program was established between the Orchestra and the Taipei Arts Festival as part of South Africa's relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).[2]

In 1994, many feared that the CPO and other Eurocentric cultural institutions would diminish or fail in the non-racial democracy begun with the 1994 elections. This fear was not realized as the orchestra grew in the post-1994 era. It began including courses in local townships which were created for non-white South Africans during the apartheid era.[3]

In 2011, the group became the first African orchestra to tour the United States. As of that year, it performed 160 concerts at home a year and received 80% of its US$2.7 million budget from the South African government.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Heyneman, Louis (20 January 2015). "To orchestra or not to orchestra? The Cape Town question". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Taiwanese Investment in South Africa by John Pickles and Jeff Woods, African Affairs, October 1989
  3. 1 2 Palm Beach Daily News (14 February 2011) "Cape Town Philharmonic working to bridge the racial divide"

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