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
465 Episodes
412 – 432

People of Note - Nataniel

One of South Africa’s most colourful, flamboyant and eccentric artists is undoubtedly NATANIEL, whose breathtaking costumes, individual songs and performing style and his lifestyle retail company Kaalkop Studio all combine to make him an artist of irresistible charm who is often outspoken and controversial. Nataniel will be celebrating his 30…
2 Apr 2017 58 min

People of Note - Daniel Boico

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note is the conductor DANIEL BOICO who is well known to Cape Town audiences and who will be conducting the first 3 concerts in the Autumn Symphony Season of the Cape Town Philharmonic. Maestro Boico spent time as Assistant Conductor of the New York…
26 Mar 2017 53 min

People of Note - Marko Ahtisaari

One of the delegates at the recent Design Indaba held here at Artscape was MARKO AHTISAARI who is the CEO of the Sync Project whose mission it is to develop music as a form of medicine. The project has brought together scientists, technologists, clinicians and musicians to try to accelerate…
19 Mar 2017 54 min

People of Note - Michael Collins

On this week’s edition of People of Note, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to the distinguished clarinetist, MICHAEL COLLINS who is regarded as one of the most complete musicians of his generations. He was only 22 when he made his American debut at Carnegie Hall and has subsequently played with…
12 Mar 2017 53 min

People of Note - Charl Du Plessis

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the much respected cross-over artist CHARL DU PLESSIS. Charl rose to fame as the youngest pianist in Africa to be named a Steinway Artist and he has since embarked on an international career working simultaneously as a classical and jazz…
5 Mar 2017 51 min

People of Note - Nádine

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People of Note is the popular and glamorous pop singer NADINE who is currently appearing as The Narrator in the Pieter Toerien production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Nadine is enjoying an exciting career both locally and internationally with her…
26 Feb 2017 53 min

People of Note - Fikile Mvinjelwa

Verdi’s dramatic opera RIGOLETTO opens at Artscape this weekend and in the title role is the South African baritone based at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, FIKILE MVINJELWA. Fikile has enjoyed a phenomenal rise to fame since his early days in Langa here in Cape Town and we at…
12 Feb 2017 52 min

People of Note - Mark Banks

MARK BANKS is one of the most recognized and respected comedians of his time. He has been in the comedy business for over 25 years and presents a new one-man-show each year which he writes and performs himself. Mark is known for his political satire and his commonplace poke at…
5 Feb 2017 58 min

People of Note - Keith Mackintosh

50 years ago, an enthusiastic and hugely talented young ballet dancer sailed in to Cape Town on the mail ship at the invitation of David Poole who had seen him dance in London. His name was KEITH MACKINTOSH and he fell in love with Cape Town and stayed on ever…
29 Jan 2017 53 min

People of Note - Bronwyn Leigh Gottwald

This week is the exciting actress Bronwyn Leigh Gottwald who is appearing in Pieter Toerien Productions of a new play called Sherlock Holmes and the Curse Of The Queen’s Diamond. This is described as an “unrecorded case by Royal Request” and has been written by Robert Fridjhonr. Apparently it is…
22 Jan 2017 53 min

People of Note - Riaan Van Wyk

The world of wind and brass music comes under the spotlight in this week’s edition of People of Note. Rodney Trudgeon has invited one of Cape Town’s well known wind players, teachers and conductors Riaan Van Wyk in to the studio to talk about the group 'Windworx' and his passion…
14 Jan 2017 52 min

People of Note - Thomas Lange and Wiebke Renner

In December, on Reconciliation Day, Fine Music Radio took a group of listeners to a school in Mitchell’s Plain to hear a concert by the Cape Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. The concert was the culmination of a week of workshops in a discipline called “Resonance Training” which was directed by the…
8 Jan 2017 52 min

People of Note - Hendrik Hofmeyr

Rodney Trudgeon’s first guest on People of Note for 2017 is the South African composer Hendrik Hofmeyr who turns 60 in 2017. Professor Hofmeyr has been called South Africa’s most performed composer and the most commissioned composer living in South Africa. He currently holds the post of Professor and Head…
1 Jan 2017 53 min

People of Note - Father Christmas

Rodney Trudgeon has asked Alan Committie to use his many contacts to see if we can get the real Father Christmas to come into the studio. There are of course many practical problems with regard to accommodating the reindeer for example and the various bags and cloths for Santa himself…
25 Dec 2016 55 min

People of Note - Teagan Schwerin

The fascinating world of Guide Dogs will be discussed in this week’s edition of People of Note. Teagan Schwerin, the Marketing Manager for the Cape Town Branch of the SA Guide-Dogs Association will be talking to Rodney Trudgeon about how these remarkable dogs are bred and trained and eventually given…
18 Dec 2016 54 min

People of Note - Jerry Watt

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People of Note is Jerry Watt, a long time member of the legendary band The Rockets. The band has been in existence for some decades now and they spend up to 6 months of the year performing overseas. They’ve also supported many…
11 Dec 2016 55 min

People of Note - Anton Luitingh

The sparkling and much loved musical for the whole family 'Annie' has just opened at the Artscape Opera House. The spectacular Pieter Toerien Productions has just completed a successful run in Johannesburg and is in Cape Town now for the Festive season. The resident director of the show is Anton…
4 Dec 2016 1 hour

People of Note - Howard Shelley

The distinguished British pianist and conductor Howard Shelley was in Cape Town recently where he both played and conducted a programme of music by Mozart for the Gala Concert of the Friends Of Orchestral Music. Howard Shelley has had a long and exciting career as a concert pianist working with…
27 Nov 2016 54 min

People of Note - Veronica Paeper

People of Note this week is the renowned choreographer Veronica Paeper whose hugely successful production of Spartacus last year is being re-staged this week at the Oude Libertas Theatre. Veronica has had a long career as one of the country’s foremost choreographers and has created more than 40 ballets including…
20 Nov 2016 55 min

People of Note - Michelle Botha

Rodney Trudgeon's guest is the actress Michelle Botha who plays the lead role in a new production at Pieter Toerien’s Theatre On The Bay called My Fat Friend. The play was a London and Broadway hit and involves a woman who owns a successful bookshop in London and who guzzles…
13 Nov 2016 53 min
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