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Speaker 1: Lunch with PIPA. Hudson on Kate Talk Join the conversation.

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Speaker 1: Every morning, as I drive into work, I get a

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Speaker 1: glimpse of the two murals hanging on the side of

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Speaker 1: the not hanging, but embedded on the side of the

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Speaker 1: civiccent of a lack of a better term, the ones

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Speaker 1: honoring the late Nelson Mandela and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu,

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Speaker 1: and quite often think to myself how astonishing it is

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Speaker 1: how a work of art can evoke such an unlock

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Speaker 1: such sensory memories, because whenever I look at that mural

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Speaker 1: of the Arch I almost physically hear his giggle in

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Speaker 1: my ears as I drive past. It's that sort of

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Speaker 1: visceral or reaction. And soon there is going to be

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Speaker 1: another likeness of the arch for Stellenbosh residents to respond

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Speaker 1: to and appreciate, I'm sure, in a similar fashion with

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Speaker 1: fund memories and with gratitude for his life of service.

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Speaker 1: That piece of art is going to be unveiled by

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Speaker 1: the Staninbosh International Chamber Music Festival next week. And if

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Speaker 1: that confuses you, bear with us. We'll explain the connection

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Speaker 1: between the art and this event. If you are a

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Speaker 1: classical music lover, you'll probably know that the Stellebosch International

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Speaker 1: Chamber Music Festival happens in July each year. So what

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Speaker 1: has this got to do with the arch and artwork

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Speaker 1: and next week, which is still March. Well, the answer

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Speaker 1: is there's a sort of an early celebration happening next

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Speaker 1: week that we want a flag for you, attached to

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Speaker 1: some other music you might want to be part of.

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Speaker 1: That's all very cryptic. Let's start clarifying for you as

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Speaker 1: we welcome to the show. The artistic director of the festival,

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Speaker 1: acclaimed pianist Professor Nina Schumann, who's gonn explain to us

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Speaker 1: why the festival holds the Archbishop's legacy so dear and

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Speaker 1: why this piece of art has been commissioned. Nina, it's

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Speaker 1: wonderful to have you on the show.

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Speaker 2: Welcome Hia, Thanks so much a pleasure.

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Speaker 1: What was the archer's link to the Stellarbosh International Chamber

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Speaker 1: Music Festival.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, you know, he loved absolutely ad all to

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Speaker 2: classical music, and we were lucky enough in twenty thirteen

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Speaker 2: when we had our tenth anniversary, we did a very

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Speaker 2: special piece called The Selfish Giant, which was written by

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Speaker 2: Peter Lewis and Dyker, South African composer, and that was

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Speaker 2: written for orchestra and children's choir and narrator and the

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Speaker 2: narrator for that evening was Archbishop Adivement. It was quite

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Speaker 2: an extraordinary event and thereafter we ourked him if he

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Speaker 2: would be our patron, which he happily agreed. So last July,

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Speaker 2: when we had our twentieth celebration of the festival, I

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Speaker 2: decided that I wanted to commission an artwork, something that

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Speaker 2: would be permanent and in particular that would represent the

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Speaker 2: festival as being a community, a symbol of a community.

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Speaker 2: So what is extraordinary about the artwork as it consists

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Speaker 2: of one ninety eight circles and each circle bears a message,

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Speaker 2: be it from a participant into an audience member or

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Speaker 2: a faculty member of the festival, and those messages were

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Speaker 2: etched onto the circles. And the extraordinary artist Gavin Rain

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Speaker 2: what he does was he normally with color. In this guys,

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Speaker 2: because it's mounted outside, he has to work with shadow.

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Speaker 2: So every single circle is slanted at a particular angle

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Speaker 2: and when you step back you see the face of

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Speaker 2: Archbishop and of course when you come close you get

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Speaker 2: to read all those messages.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I've got goosebumps. It sounds absolutely incredible. Nina, so

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Speaker 1: commissioned with a very specific purpose in mind to honor

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Speaker 1: his legacy, to honor the connections between your festival and

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Speaker 1: the late archbishop, and to make this a point of

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Speaker 1: focus where people can remember him and be grateful for

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Speaker 1: his contribution. Now, the decision to unveil it next week

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Speaker 1: rather than as part of the festival itself in July,

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Speaker 1: talk to us about what's happening next week and why

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Speaker 1: are you doing it now.

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Speaker 2: In Yeah, Well, it's kind of a conglomeration of three

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Speaker 2: different projects that I'm involved in. The one as the

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Speaker 2: time of Music Festival. The second one is next Wednesday

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Speaker 2: is the opening of the Sannbosh International Piano Symposium, which

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Speaker 2: will have its tenth here. It's by annual, so at

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Speaker 2: six o'clock in the evening, that's when we are going

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Speaker 2: to unveil the artwork with another performance of exactly the

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Speaker 2: same piece of twenty thirteen, and then thereafter it will

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Speaker 2: be the opening of the symposium. And then lastly, the

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Speaker 2: third component is another project that I'm involved with called

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Speaker 2: Cape Piano, and one of its legs. Is that we

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Speaker 2: are going to We have a program called the Cano

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Speaker 2: Graveyard Revival whereby people night pianos, we fix them up

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Speaker 2: and then when we give them to communities in need.

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Speaker 2: So that evening we are also taking one of these pianos,

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Speaker 2: and we have a street artist who will be panting

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Speaker 2: the piano. So by the time the festivities are over

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Speaker 2: later on in the evening, there'll be a fantastic, brand

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Speaker 2: new looking piano standing right under the artist's nose.

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Speaker 1: Sounds amazing, Nina. This is Wednesday next week, the twenty

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Speaker 1: fifth of March, that the unveiling is happening, and that

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Speaker 1: performance of the Selfish Giant concert to follow the unveiling.

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Speaker 1: Does one need to book tickets to be part of it?

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Speaker 1: I understand it is a free event. Is that correct?

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Speaker 2: It is a free event. It will be outside and

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Speaker 2: rejected whether everything is going to be absolutely or wonderful,

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Speaker 2: and then when people, if I feel like it in

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Speaker 2: the feel inspired. After the Selfish Giant, I can continue

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Speaker 2: on inside the hall and here recital by the brilliant

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Speaker 2: South African young pianist Leo guesses.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so it's it's all happening next Wednesday, the twenty

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Speaker 1: fifth of March. What's the venue for the event, Nina.

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Speaker 2: Well, it will be outside the steps of the conserve

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Speaker 2: as we call it, so that's going to be outdoors,

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Speaker 2: and then the piano recital will be in the end

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Speaker 2: Low Hall.

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Speaker 1: Okay, in the heart of Stellenbosch, an unmissible venue for

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Speaker 1: those who love their music and a very important and

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Speaker 1: significant venue. Nina. Okay, if somebody wants to be there,

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Speaker 1: and as you've said, it's a free event. But if

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Speaker 1: you want to attend some of the subsequent Piano Symposium performances,

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Speaker 1: et cetera, those you will need to book for on

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Speaker 1: web tickets as your booking platform, and the dates for

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Speaker 1: the evening concerts associated with that are the twenty fifth

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Speaker 1: to the twenty ninth of March. But if you want

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Speaker 1: to go and be there for the unveiling of the

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Speaker 1: statue itself, that is six pm on Wednesday, the twenty fifth. Nina,

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Speaker 1: I think it's I mean, I can't wait to see it.

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Speaker 1: It sounds absolutely amazing, and I think it's a beautiful

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Speaker 1: way to remember the archer's contribution in a place that

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Speaker 1: he loved and to remember his love of music with it.

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Speaker 1: So thank you so much for the initiative in getting

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Speaker 1: that ball rolling, and thanks for telling us about it today.

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Speaker 2: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: It's my pleasure, Professor Nina Skumann speaking to us there.

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Speaker 1: And for those asking, I've already got somebody asking. Does

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Speaker 1: this mean the Chamber Music Festival is happening next week? No,

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Speaker 1: the Chamber Music Festival itself is in early July, as

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Speaker 1: it usually is. But the Stenebosh International Piano Symposium happening

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Speaker 1: next week, and this very special performance of the Selfish

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Speaker 1: Giant and the unveiling of the Gavin Rain Statue is

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Speaker 1: next week Wednesday, the twenty fifth