Eastern Cape`s National Arts Festival and Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra

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The National Arts Festival one of the world’s three biggest arts gatherings attracted just over 180 000 visitors to the 2010 National Arts Festival, sponsored by Standard Bank, The Eastern Cape Government, The National Arts Council, The National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, The Sunday Independent and M-Net.

The KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra will be traveling to Grahamstown, Eastern Cape in June 2011 to take part in the Festival, which runs from 30th June to 10th July as part of a three year agreement that will see the orchestra perform at the National Arts Festival for the next three festivals.

Founded in 1982 based in Durban, the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra is one of South Africa`s leading Philharmonic Orchestras dedicated to building new audiences for serious and popular music. Aspiring musicians will be given opportunities to engage and learn from professional musicians through workshops that will be included in the 2011 National Arts Festival’s education programmes.