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
442 Episodes
420 – 440

People of Note - Neels Clasen

This week is the South African actor and writer Neels Classen who is one of the cast members of the hugely successful Off Broadway hit “I Love you you’re perfect now change.” The play opened at the Theatre on the Bay on 20 July and runs there until 6 August…
24 Jul 2016 53 min

People of Note - Denis Goldberg

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to Denis Goldberg who is well known as one of the Rivonia trialists, an anti-apartheid activist and a member of Umkohnto we Sizwe. Denis was sentenced to 22 years in prison separated from his black colleagues like Nelson Mandela…
11 Jul 2016 51 min

People of Note - Cheryl Abromowitz

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is someone who has been intimately associated with children and children’s theatre for many years now. Her name is Cheryl Abromowitz and they say she was born to be in theatre. Her mother did it, she did it and now her…
3 Jul 2016 53 min

People of Note - Janni Younge

This week on People of Note, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to Janni Younge whose production of The Firebird opens at Artscape this week. The show features giant puppets which, along with Stravinsky’s fantastic score, make for a visually stunning dance production. Janni Younge has taken some two years to…
19 Jun 2016 53 min

People of Note - Andrew Feinstein

The guest on People of Note this week is the well known campaigner against the global arms industry, Andrew Feinstein. Originally from Cape Town, he was a facilitator in the constitutional negotiations that led to the 1994 elections. He became an ANC MP, but later resigned in disgust over Parliament's…
12 Jun 2016 54 min

People of Note - Rodney Trudgeon

People of Note has a slightly different format because instead of Rodney Trudgeon being in the interviewer’s chair. He has given over the role of interviewer to Pieter Dirk Uys and the two of them chat about Rodney’s 40 years in broadcasting with a good deal of reminiscing from Pieter…
5 Jun 2016 54 min

People of Note - Arjan Tien

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest this week in the People of Note studio is the Dutch conductor Arjan Tien. Maestro Tien has been in Cape Town conducting 2 concerts with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. He is one of the more popular visiting conductors, much respected by the musicians and the audience…
22 May 2016 52 min

People of Note - Marthinus Basson

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest in the People of Note studio this week is the well known and sometimes controversial director Marthinus Basson. He has directed the play Cock And Bull which opens next week at Pieter Toerien’s Theatre On The Bay. Marthinus has had a long and distinguished career that has…
15 May 2016 52 min

People of Note - Rob van Vuuren

Rodney Trudgeon guest on People of Note this week is the comedian and actor Rob Van Vuuren who became famous not only for his role as Twakkie but also for his famous prank that fooled Leon Shuster. Rob’s new play called “Life” has just opened at the Baxter Golden Arrow…
8 May 2016 53 min

People of Note - Ashley Killar

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the internationally renowned ballet choreographer Ashley Killar who is in Cape Town to present his new ballet called 'Shades of Love' with Cape Town City Ballet. Ashley has spent four decades in the world of dance on 4 continents after…
1 May 2016 53 min

People of Note - Patrick San Francesco

Rodney Trudgeon has an unusual guest in the People of Note studio this week. His name is Patrick San Francesco who is a world renowned healer and teacher and who was in Cape Town recently to lead a series of workshops on energy and healing. Patrick travels the world empowering…
17 Apr 2016 54 min

People of Note - Leon Bosch

Dragana Jevtovic’s guest this week on People of Note is Leon Bosch, Cape Town born, UK based double bass virtuoso. After completing his degree at UCT, Leon has gone on to pursue an international career as a virtuoso performer and researcher of his instrument, the double base. Leon was recently…
10 Apr 2016 49 min

People of Note - Diane Van Schoor

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest this week on People of Note is a South African born, UK based ballet dancer who, apart from having been a former Ballet Principal at the Roayal Ballet School in London, is now an international Master teacher and Examiner who has taught at many of the world’s…
3 Apr 2016 53 min

People of Note - Vetta Wise

Handel’s magnificent oratorio MESSIAH is a perennial favourite over Holy Week and Easter and this year The Philharmonia Choir of Cape Town will be performing the work on Good Friday and Easter Sunday at the City Hall. On the conductor’s podium will be the South African singer, voice teacher and…
20 Mar 2016 53 min

People of Note - Gerard Korsten

Cape Town Opera’s daring and exciting production of Richard Strauss’s blood thirsty opera Salome opens next week at the Artscape Opera House and the conductor will be the distinguished South African maestro Gerard Korsten. It’s been 13 years since Maestro Korsten has conducted in Cape Town and he is enjoying…
13 Mar 2016 53 min

People of Note - Charon Williams-Ros

A Musical that is pulling in the crowds at Theatre On The Bay and which is being raved about in the press is Steven Sondheim’s lood thirsty show Sweeny Todd starring Jonathan Roxmouth as the demon barber and Charon Williams-Ros as his assistant, Mrs Lovett who turns the barber’s victims…
6 Mar 2016 52 min

People of Note - Dr Iqbal Surve

Dr Iqbal Surve will be interviewed by Chris Nicklin. His early years as a medical doctor were devoted to treating political activists who had been detained or tortured during the fight against Apartheid. With the advent of democracy, he went into business intent on playing a role in transforming South…
21 Feb 2016 54 min

People of Note - Matthew Wild

Cape Town Opera has a hugely exciting year of productions planned for 2016, beginning spectacularly with a production of Richard Strauss’s sensuous and debauched opera Salome. In the People of Note studio this week, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to the newly appointed Artistic Director of Cape Town Opera Matthew…
14 Feb 2016 54 min

People of Note - Len van Zyl

A good deal of excitement surrounds the Len Van Zyl Conductor’s Competition which reaches its climax next Sunday the 14 February with the finalists concert with the Cape Town Philharmonic. This is the third competition and Len van Zyl says he remains impressed by the standard of entrants. Len had…
7 Feb 2016 53 min
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