People of Note

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY PIETER TOERIEN PRODUCTIONS. People of Note is broadcast on Sunday evening at 6 pm on Fine Music Radio with a repeat on Thusday afternoon at 1 pm, presented by Rodney Trudgeon.

Says Rodney: “There are a number of fascinating people who pass through Cape Town and I’ve always felt there to be a need for a programme that allows an in-depth discussion with these personalities. Whether their fields are music, literature, theatre, dance, opera or even politics and economics, we’ll invite them into the studio to talk about their lives, inspirations and role models, among other things.
“Rather like the famous BBC programme, Desert Island Discs, I’ll ask my guests to bring with them their six or seven favourite pieces of music to share with us.”

Among the long list of guests on the programme so far have been people such as Rhoda Kadalie, Lord Robin Renwick, Petronel Malan, Pieter Dirk Uys, Ruby Wax, Jonathan Roxmouth, Imam Rashied Omar and many more.
Weekly English South Africa TV & Film
458 Episodes
180 – 200

People of Note - Dr Leigh Adams Tucker

This week on People of Note, Rodney Trudgeon will be discussing PETS AS THERAPY, A COMMUNITY BASED, VOLUNTARY OUTREACH ORGANISATION THAT COORDINATES ANIMAL ASSISTED ACTIVITIES IN A RANGE OF SETTINGS SUCH AS HOSPICES, FRAIl Care facilities, special needs schools and many others. The Chairperson of Pets as Therapy is clinical…
17 Apr 2022 57 min

People of Note - Elizabeth Folgen

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is ELIZABETH FOLGEN who is the founder and one of the directors of an organisation called Redrhino, which designs and sells exquisite wilderness-inspired scarves specifically for the corporate gift market as well as for selected boutiques. Importantly, all net profit goes…
10 Apr 2022 55 min

People of Note - Mike and Diane Rossi

Rodney Trudgeon will have a husband and wife team in the People of Note studio this week. Mike Rossi is an Emeritus Professor in Jazz at the University of Cape Town who performs regularly at jazz clubs and jazz festivals and who has made numerous recordings and international stage appearances…
27 Mar 2022 56 min

People of Note - Kirsten Neuschafer

This is Rodney Trudgeon and I’m very excited to introduce you to my guest on People of Note this week. Her name is KIRSTEN NEUSCHAFER and she is a hugely experienced solo yachtsman who has spent the last 5 years cruising the Southern Ocean alone while working for Skip Novak,…
20 Mar 2022 57 min

People of Note - Dzvinka Kachur

As we watch the humanitarian tragedy unfold in Ukraine, we are reminded of the horrors of war. In People of Note this week Rodney Trudgeon spoke to DZVINKA KACHUR, who is the co-founder and honorary president of the Ukrainian Association of South Africa and who is passionate about promoting Ukrainian…
13 Mar 2022 57 min

People of Note - Magdalene Minnaar

At a glittering event at the V&A Waterfront last week, Cape Town Opera announced a diverse, innovative and creative programme for 2022, encompassing both the artistic and educational. Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week to discuss the programme, is the newly appointed Artistic Director of Cape Town…
5 Mar 2022 56 min

People of Note - Fee Halstead

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to FEE HALSTEAD who has made an extraordinary name for herself living in the Natal Midlands at her home called Ardmore. Here, Fee teaches a group of talented rural people all about ceramics. Fee’s home bustles with over 70…
27 Feb 2022 58 min

People of Note - Paul Hammer

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the South African pianist and composer PAUL HANMER who is perhaps best known for South African Music Award winning jazz albums such as Trains to Taung and Tananas, but he was also chosen as composer in residence for the 2012…
20 Feb 2022 58 min

People of Note - Dr Jean Moorcroft Wilson

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is Dr Jean Moorcroft Wilson who was in Cape Town recently to present a series of lectures called “Literature For Troubled Times”. Dr Wilson is a leading authority on British poets of the First World War and has been described as…
13 Feb 2022 56 min

People of Note - Deon Meyer

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is one of South Africa’s most successful crime writers both locally and internationally. DEON MEYER has published 11 novels, collections of short stories and film scripts and his latest crime thriller, The Dark Flood, is a page turner in the truest…
6 Feb 2022 55 min

People of Note - Rosemarie Saunders

A ‘Sprig of Rosemarie’ is an unusual cookery book as each recipe connects with a memorable story of my cooking career. Savour the likes of the classic Coq au Vin or titillate your guests with Florentine Nutty Tart or whip up a batch of Jonah’s Gingers for a teatime treat,…
30 Jan 2022 58 min

People of Note - Jeremy Boraine

I recently had a book published and part of the excitement and challenge involved, I found myself fascinated by the whole publication process. So I decided to invite Jeremy Boraine, the publishing director of Jonathan Ball Publishers, to be my guest on this week’s edition of People of Note. Jeremy…
23 Jan 2022 58 min

People of Note - David Juritz

Rodney Trudgeon's guest on People of Note this week is violinist David Juritz. He is in demand as a chamber music artist and is a prolific arranger. His career has taken him to many interesting places. In 2007, he travelled around the world. On the 60 000 mile journey through…
16 Jan 2022 55 min

People of Note - Gustavo Romero

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the internationally renowned concert pianist GUSTAVO ROMERO. Critics talk of his exceptional technical brilliance and his interpretive depth with a wide variety of composers. Gustavo is currently lecturing at the College of Music at the University of North Texas, but…
2 Jan 2022 56 min

People of Note - Brian Ingpen

A magnificent new coffee table book has just been published called Cape Town’s Dockland. It has been written and compiled by the well know shipping correspondent BRIAN INGPEN and aprt from a host of personal reminiscences, it has numerous beautiful photographs, both in black and white, and in colour, of…
26 Dec 2021 56 min

People of Note - Damon Galgut

This week on People of Note, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to the 2021 Booker Prize winner, the South African DAMON GALGUT. His novel The Promise won the coveted award and he joins the likes of Nadine Gordimer and J M Coetzee as a Booker Prize Winner. The book is…
12 Dec 2021 57 min

People of Note - Dr Matodzi Mukosi

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the Chief Executive Officer of Tygerberg Hospital DR MATODZI MUKOSI. He is the former CEO of the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital but he is also the Pastor of the Jesus The Saviour Church and is the author of…
5 Dec 2021 56 min

People of Note - Nancy Richards

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon will be chatting to NANCY RICHARDS, an independent journalist with a good few years’ experience in both radio and print. Nancy also founded Woman Zone and the Women’s Library at Artscape Theatre Centre. She produces many podcasts and has written books, the…
14 Nov 2021 54 min

People of Note - Albie and Hanna van Schalkwy

One of Cape Town’s most well-known and enduring musical partnerships is that of the husband and wife team of Albie and Hanna van Schalkwyk. Hanna is a highly regarded and successful singing teacher – some of her pupils have won international competitions and are enjoying international careers. Albie is a…
7 Nov 2021 57 min

People of Note - Marc Falconer

This is the second year that our matrics are writing exams in masks! In fact FMR has dedicated our Keyboard Classics to our matrics during the month of November. Rodney Trudgeon invited Marc Falconer into the People of Note studio to discuss the plight of education and how it has…
31 Oct 2021 56 min
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