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
160 – 180

People of Note - Jeremy Boraine

I recently had a book published and part of the excitement and challenge involved, I found myself fascinated by the whole publication process. So I decided to invite Jeremy Boraine, the publishing director of Jonathan Ball Publishers, to be my guest on this week’s edition of People of Note. Jeremy…
23 Jan 2022 58 min

People of Note - David Juritz

Rodney Trudgeon's guest on People of Note this week is violinist David Juritz. He is in demand as a chamber music artist and is a prolific arranger. His career has taken him to many interesting places. In 2007, he travelled around the world. On the 60 000 mile journey through…
16 Jan 2022 55 min

People of Note - Gustavo Romero

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the internationally renowned concert pianist GUSTAVO ROMERO. Critics talk of his exceptional technical brilliance and his interpretive depth with a wide variety of composers. Gustavo is currently lecturing at the College of Music at the University of North Texas, but…
2 Jan 2022 56 min

People of Note - Brian Ingpen

A magnificent new coffee table book has just been published called Cape Town’s Dockland. It has been written and compiled by the well know shipping correspondent BRIAN INGPEN and aprt from a host of personal reminiscences, it has numerous beautiful photographs, both in black and white, and in colour, of…
26 Dec 2021 56 min

People of Note - Damon Galgut

This week on People of Note, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to the 2021 Booker Prize winner, the South African DAMON GALGUT. His novel The Promise won the coveted award and he joins the likes of Nadine Gordimer and J M Coetzee as a Booker Prize Winner. The book is…
12 Dec 2021 57 min

People of Note - Dr Matodzi Mukosi

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the Chief Executive Officer of Tygerberg Hospital DR MATODZI MUKOSI. He is the former CEO of the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital but he is also the Pastor of the Jesus The Saviour Church and is the author of…
5 Dec 2021 56 min

People of Note - Nancy Richards

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon will be chatting to NANCY RICHARDS, an independent journalist with a good few years’ experience in both radio and print. Nancy also founded Woman Zone and the Women’s Library at Artscape Theatre Centre. She produces many podcasts and has written books, the…
14 Nov 2021 54 min

People of Note - Albie and Hanna van Schalkwy

One of Cape Town’s most well-known and enduring musical partnerships is that of the husband and wife team of Albie and Hanna van Schalkwyk. Hanna is a highly regarded and successful singing teacher – some of her pupils have won international competitions and are enjoying international careers. Albie is a…
7 Nov 2021 57 min

People of Note - Marc Falconer

This is the second year that our matrics are writing exams in masks! In fact FMR has dedicated our Keyboard Classics to our matrics during the month of November. Rodney Trudgeon invited Marc Falconer into the People of Note studio to discuss the plight of education and how it has…
31 Oct 2021 56 min

People of Note - Kevin Winter

In this uncertain world we are living in - what with the global Covid pandemic and global warming to name a few of the existential crises we seem to be facing - it's often said that "the next great war will be fought over water". Somebody who has spent much…
24 Oct 2021 57 min

People of Note - Tom Eaton

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note is the well-known and much respected author and columnist TOM EATON. Tom is a Business Day and Times Select columnist and the author of the bestselling novel The De Villiers Code, among other books. His latest book has the following intriguing title: “Is…
3 Oct 2021 55 min

People of Note - Liam Pitcher

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People of Note is a truly multi-talented South African composer, musician and teacher. LIAM PITCHER is known primarily for blending elements of classical, electroacoustic and electronica music as well as for his distinctive piano improvisations. In fact he has just released a…
19 Sep 2021 58 min

People of Note - Niel Rademan

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the highly acclaimed South African singer Niel Rademan who covers genres from folksong to opera. He is also a dynamic theatre producer and his annual festival called Hessequa Harmonie has gone for from strength to strength in the beautiful setting…
12 Sep 2021 55 min

People of Note - Mona Golabek

The Children of Willesden Lane is a multi-layered programme that was presented this past week in collaboration with the Cape Town and Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centres. The programme was devised by the concert pianist MONA GOLABEK, whose book called The Children of Willesden is the moving story of her…
29 Aug 2021 57 min

People of Note - Ryk Neethling

One of South Africa’s iconic sportsmen, Ryk Neethling will be Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People of Note. Famously, Ryk won an Olympic Gold Medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics followed by a number of other prestigious international awards and medals. He went on to study in…
22 Aug 2021 52 min

People of Note - Thomas Harding

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the award winning author Thomas Harding whose latest book, LEGACY, is described as a panoramic new history of modern Britain as told through the story of one extraordinary family and one ground breaking company. That company is called J. Lyons…
15 Aug 2021 54 min

People of Note - Peter Soal

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon speaks to Peter Soal who was a Member of Parliament for 12 years. After the 1994 elections, Nelson Mandela sent him to New York where he served as the South African representative on the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations
8 Aug 2021 58 min

People of Note - KOBIE van RENSBURG

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…
1 Aug 2021 54 min

People of Note - Dr John Hanks

Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to Dr John Hanks who has over 45 years of experience in a wide variety of conservation management and research projects. Among his many important posts have been Chief Professional Officer for the Natal Parks Board and Professor and Head of the Department of Biological…
25 Jul 2021 53 min

People of Note - Francois Du Toit

Music lovers in Cape Town were treated recently to a musical feast and feat when Francois Du Toit played all 5 Beethoven Piano Concertos over 2 nights in the City Hall with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. The concerts were a stunning success and demonstrated just why Francois is such…
18 Jul 2021 54 min
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