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People of Note - KOBIE van RENSBURG

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Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People of Note is the internationally famous South African tenor and now opera director in Berlin, KOBIE van RENSBURG. His career has taken him to all the world’s major opera houses and he is in Cape Town for an exciting venture with the project called “SHANDE”. The Songmaker’s Guild in collaboration with Umculo will present two performances of Schubert songs for four singers, piano and video in this new and innovative production described as a dramatic journey in search of atonement and acceptance. Kobie van Rensburg will direct the production.
1 Aug 2021 English South Africa TV & Film

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