Welcome to the 2025 South African Strings Convention.

Berthine is a sought after teacher, a Unisa music examiner and a part-time lecturer at the University of Pretoria.

Leon Bosch is a double bassist known for his expressive bel canto style.

Workshop with Janna Kwheis & Odile Burden

Final Round of the SASF String Quartet Competition

Violist, educator, researcher and philanthropist Louise Lansdown is currently Assistant Head of Strings (viola) at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) and Professor of viola at the Yehudi Menuhin School (YMS).

Cross-cultural Sounds: South African Contemporary Solo cello works

Classical Guitar Composition for Non-Guitar players

Orchestral Excerpts Preparation for SICMF 2025

The Journal of Southern African Strings

Ensemble Fons Partita & Viola Ensemble

Babette Roosenschoon (DMus, LLB) is a cellist who enjoys a career as teacher and performer. Her cello has taken her travelling across Europe, Southern Africa and to the USA, where she has performed, toured, studied and taught.

Improvisation in string pedagogy: musical confidence and creativity

Svend Christensen: a performance of Bernard Romberg’s cello Sonata in E minor arranged for four celli featuring an ensemble of Svencino celli discussing the mechanics of sound

Soundscapes of Tomorrow – Kefenrse Motshabi, Kitso Moreeng, Reitumetse Mosala, Azania Mosia, Christiaan Carelse and the US String Quartet.