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
427 Episodes
120 – 140

People of Note - Coenie De Villiers

Arguably one of South Africa’s best known performers and songwriters is Coenie De Villiers. He has released 22 albums of his own works, received a huge number of awards, he’s written and opera and a ballet and he anchored the kykNet flagship magazine programme Kwela for 17 years. Coenie began…
13 Nov 2022 58 min

People of Note - Matthew Wild

Cape Town Opera in collaboration with the UCT Opera School are presenting Handel’s exciting, fantasy opera ALCINA at the Artscape Theatre from the 12th to the 16th of November. The opera is being directed by Matthew Wild who is widely recognised as the leading music theatre and opera director of…
6 Nov 2022 57 min

People of Note - Lisa Cumberledge

The world of bikers takes centre stage on People of Note this week. Not the noisy, aggressive type, but a group of friends who have fun riding their Harley Davidson motorcycles to interesting places together. They are members of First Free Chapter Cape Town, who number about 58. Apart from…
30 Oct 2022 57 min

People of Note - Ralph Schmitt

Since its inception in 2009, the Ndlovu Youth Choir has become one of the world’s most treasured ensembles. Their unique musical arrangements, powerhouse vocals, combined with mesmerising choreography and infectious energy have inspired millions across the globe. They were the first choir in history to make both America’s Got Talent…
23 Oct 2022 56 min

People of Note - Erika Marias

An important and powerful play is opening this week at the Baxter theatre. The play is called THE UNLIKELY SECRET AGENT and it has been adapted by Paul du Toit from Ronnie Kasrils’ Alan Paton Award novel of the same name. The play explores the brave journey of Ronnie’s wife,…
16 Oct 2022 56 min

People of Note - JOSE DIAS

Arguably one of the most charming operas in the repertoire is Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore and you'll have a chance to see a production of it at the Theatre on The Bay from the 13th of October. It’s a Cape Town Opera production with the music performed on a piano by…
9 Oct 2022 58 min

People of Note - LEVY SEKGAPANE

One of the spectacular operatic success stories from South Africa is the exciting young tenor LEVY SEKGAPANE WHO STUDIED IN Cape Town, won the Belevedere Singing Competition, the Montserrat Caballe competition as well as the Placido Domingo competition known as Operalia. Levy has gone on to sing at the world’s…
2 Oct 2022 56 min

People of Note - PATRICK BONGOY

An exciting and unusual exhibition is on at the Southern Guild gallery at the Waterfront. It is the first exhibition by Congolese artist PATRICK BONGOY and is called “Unseen Dimensions of the Known”. Patrick works predominantly with waste materials such as inner tubes from tyres, industrial packaging, hessian sacking and…
25 Sep 2022 57 min

People of Note - Dr Leigh Adams Tucker

This week on People of Note, Rodney Trudgeon will be discussing PETS AS THERAPY, A COMMUNITY BASED, VOLUNTARY OUTREACH ORGANISATION THAT COORDINATES ANIMAL ASSISTED ACTIVITIES IN A RANGE OF SETTINGS SUCH AS HOSPICES, FRAIl Care facilities, special needs schools and many others. The Chairperson of Pets as Therapy is clinical…
18 Sep 2022 57 min

People of Note - Neo Muyanga

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People Of Note is a composer, musician, director and philosopher. His name is NEO MUYANGA, WHO WAS BORN IN Soweto and grew up during the hard years of student protests. He began studying natural sciences and Philosophy in Italy but he was…
11 Sep 2022 57 min

People of Note - Patricia Schonstein

I wonder if you know what “magic realism” is in literature? Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week uses this technique to enhance her novels and poems. PATRICIA SCHONSTEIN is an author, poet and publisher whose latest book called Thrown Among The Bones is her memoir in which…
28 Aug 2022 57 min

People of Note - Paul Slabolepszy

A new play is opening at Pieter Toerien’s Theatre on the Bay this weekend. It’s called Fordsburg’s Finest and it was written by and stars PAUL SLABOLEPSZY who is a well- known, award winning South African playwright who has the ability to reflect an authentic South African landscape with its…
21 Aug 2022 56 min

People of Note - Jonathan Lo

Cape Town City Ballet’s spectacular production of Prokoviev’s Romeo and Juliet Ballet is pulling in the crowds at the Artscape Opera House. The Cape Town hilharmonic is being conducted by a dynamic young conductor Jonathan Lo who was born in Hong Kong but who now lives in England. Jonathan is…
14 Aug 2022 57 min

People of Note - Judy Bekker

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to JUDY BEKKER, whose new book, Calling The Daughters, has just been published. The book invites us to step into what is described as a sacred wisdom circle of mothers, elder women and daughters as they journey together and…
7 Aug 2022 55 min

People of Note - Prof. Mike Bruton

Prof Mike Bruton a renowned Ichthyologist (the science of fish) his book, "When I Was A Fish", has been hailed for its accessibility. Mike was born in East London, where the first coelacanth was discovered, and studied at Rhodes University in South Africa. Mike’s research on the freshwater fishes of…
31 Jul 2022 54 min

People of Note - Mark Anderson

It’s all about birds and birdwatching on People of Note this week when Rodney Trudgeon talks to the CEO of Birdlife South Africa MARK ANDERSON. Birdwatching is an incredibly popular hobby and the organisations has well over 5000 members, many of whom belong to more than 40 affiliated bird clubs…
24 Jul 2022 58 min

People of Note - Fazioli

People of Note this week takes on an interestingly different format. My producer and I went to Ian Burgess Simpson’s Piano Shop in Lakeside where he had just taken delivery of a Fazioli Concert Grand for a local buyer. I invited Francois du Toit and three of his award winning…
17 Jul 2022 58 min

People of Note - Tony Heard

This Rodney Trudgeon and my guest on People of Note this week is the distinguished editor and author TONY HEARD whose latest book called 8000 Days – The Inside Story of an Editor in the Corridors of Power. The book traces the career of Tony after he’d been invited to…
10 Jul 2022 57 min

People of Note - Bill Nasson

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to one of the three editors of a major new book called New History of South Africa. Since the last illustrated history of South Africa was published, far-reaching changes have affected not only the country, but the writing of…
3 Jul 2022 57 min

People of Note - Mark Jennings

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to the outgoing manager of Fine Music Radio, Mark Jennings who has decided to go to England with his wife to be with his children. Mark became station manager of FMR in 2015 after nearly 40 years of having…
26 Jun 2022 57 min
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