Two young Cape Town musicians hope to inspire next generation with free orchestra performances

• Two young orchestral musicians will be performing for Cape Town communities in the coming weeks.
• Both hope to inspire other youth to take up classical music.
• The performances will form part of free concerts held by the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra.

Two young musicians will aim to inspire Cape Town youth as they pick up their instruments for two free orchestral concerts this week.

The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) will hold concerts in Kraaifontein and Grassy Park, with two local talents performing solos.

The concerts offer a platform for local artists to showcase their talents and make music and culture accessible to communities.

CPO CEO Louis Heyneman said: "Our aim, where possible, is to include young artists from the communities, and at the Kraaifontein concert, Brackenfell's brilliant young Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (CPYO) violinist Corban Beukes will perform the Meditation from Thais," he said.

"In Grassy Park, the outstanding young CPYO trumpeter Chad Groepies from Mitchells Plain... will perform a movement from Haydn's Trumpet Concerto."

The 15-year-old Beukes started playing violin at the age of three and has been attending music school since he was eight.

He recalls his first experience with the CPO was four years ago, when, at the age of 11, he auditioned for the Western Cape Youth Classical Concert.