Alessandro Crudele will embark on his tour of South Africa tomorrow, 6th October in Johannesburg. The tour, which lasts for five weeks, will see Alessandro perform with two of South Africa’s critically acclaimed orchestras, the Johannesburg Philharmonic and the KZN Philharmonic. Alessandro will lead the orchestras across Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban, performing a wide repertoire (listed below). Check out Alessandro’s website and facebook to keep up to date with him whilst he is on tour.

Before he left for South Africa, we caught up with Alessandro to ask some questions about his time as a conductor and as a young musician.

South Africa Tour Dates:
Wed 6th October – Johannesburg (Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Brahms)
Thu 7th October – Johannesburg (Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Brahms)
Wed 13th October – Johannesburg (Vivaldi, Rodrigo, Weber, Brahms)
Thu 14th October – Johannesburg (Vivaldi, Rodrigo, Weber, Brahms)
Sun 17th October – Pretoria (Vivaldi, Rodrigo, Weber, Brahms)
Wed 20th October – Johannesburg (Respighi, Chopin, Tchaikovsky)
Thu 21st October – Johannesburg (Respighi, Chopin, Tchaikovsky)
Sun 24th October – Pretoria (Respighi, Chopin, Tchaikovsky)
Thu 28th October – Durban  (Haydn, Mozart)

Thu 4th November – Durban (Offenbach, Beethoven)
Wed 10th November – Johannesburg (Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Sibelius)
Thu 11th November – Johannesburg (Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Sibelius)
Fri 12th November – Pretoria (Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Sibelius)