(Michael Mass who founded the competition
with Sakhile Humbane and Brandon Phillips who conducted the orchestra in the
final round of the competition. Picture supplied by www.nymc.co.za)
Sakhile Humbane
(19), a Durban High School Old Boy (Class of 2013) recently walked off with the
laurels at this year’s National Youth Music Competition.
Hosted by the
National Youth Music Foundation, this annual competition is open to classical
instrumentalists aged between 14 and 19 years and offers cash prizes.
This year saw 19
musicians from across South Africa auditioning to take part in a four round
play-off where each musician had to perform a variety of classical works in
front of eight adjudicators, assisted by a shadow jury that included former
contestants and music students.
Apart from
clinching the prestigious gold medal and prize money at the grand finale
concert at the Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium in Parow, Cape Town, Humbane also
walked off with the prize for the best concerto performance, as well as the
Leon Hartshorne prize for the best wind instrumentalists.
Humbane, who was
born in Durban and now lives in Rondebosch, performed Francois Borne’s Fantaise brillante sur Carmen with the
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO). As part of his first prize he will go
on to perform at concerts at Nederburg in Paarl, Overstrand Arts in Hermanus,
the Darling Music Experience, as well as a concert or recital of the Friends of
Orchestral Music (Cape Town).
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