The Winter Season of the KZN Philharmonic’s World Symphony Series concerts starts on May 19 with concerts taking place at 19h30 in the Durban City Hall (see separate article).

As always, during these seasons, Friends of Music hold pre-concert Lectures at 18h15 at the Royal Hotel prior to each Thursday night concert. These talks are designed to enlighten and entertain, and each speaker is an authority on their subject.

The line-up of speakers for the Winter Season includes Marc Uys - featured soloist (May 19); Spencer Myer - featured soloist (May 26); Barry Edwards (June 2); Andrew Warburton (June 9); En Shao (June 16); Dr T Pillay (June 23) and Michael Green (June 30).

The admission price is R20 per person, which includes light refreshments.