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People of Note - Louise Howlett

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On the first edition of People of Note for 2025, we’ll be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Cape Town Concert Series which is an integral part of Cape Town’s music scene, featuring as it does some of this country’s finest musicians as well as international artists, all of whom are superb chamber musicians. I invited Louise Howlett, the General Manager of the Cape Town Concert Series into the studio to talk about the history and current activities of the Society.

People of Note with Louise Howlett. Sunday at 6pm and again on Thursday . Brought to you by PTP
5 Jan English South Africa TV & Film

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