Great art has no gender: Female composers take centre stage in Wakkerstroom
Renowned women composers and performers whose works of “enduring beauty and power” have been shelved, sidelined, misattributed or overlooked will be given a platform at the 2026 Wakkerstroom music festival. In her welcoming note, festival chairperson Linette van de Merwe, a professional mezzo-soprano and lecturer in the Humanities Department at Pretoria University, invites classical music…