19th Annual Recorder Symposium (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival – EVENT 1)

Recorder masterclasses with Erik Bosgraaf, inspiring young recorder players at the beginning of their careers to bloom into professional musicians! Bosgraaf will commence the Symposium with a lecture presentation titled Adriana van den Bergh – a 17th-century recorder prodigy. Please also join us for complimentary mid-morning refreshments. The 19th annual Recorder Symposium is proudly presented in collaboration with the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra, Stellenbosch University Department of Music and the annual Cape Town Recorder Symposium administrators.

Date: Saturday, 20 September
Time: 09:00-13:15 (View detailed programme here.)
Venue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant, Cape Town
Tickets: R200 (regular), R150 (pensioners), R100 (learners/students)*

*Special bundle offer available for Event 1 (Symposium) and Event 5 (Tribute to Telemann orchestral concert with Erik Bosgraaf as soloist on Saturday, 27 September at 19:00): R300 (regular), R230 (pensioners), R150 (learners/students).

Enquiries can be directed to [email protected].

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This is Event 1 in our 2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival. Click here for a downloadable summary of all the festival events. We are offering a limited number of discounted festival passes, which include access to all four festival concerts (i.e., excluding Event 1, which is an educational event). Book a festival pass here.

The 2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting, Bill van Rensburg, the RHL Foundation, and the Cape Town Theatre Trust.