Well-known Swiss recorder virtuoso Maurice Steger joins leading South African guitarist James Grace for a series of concerts in South Africa for the first time in 2012. Supported by Pro Helvetia, the two award-winning musicians will perform a repertoire of music by legends G. Ph. Telemann, J.S. Bach...

From 1 February onwards, Pro Helvetia Cape Town will change into Pro Helvetia Johannesburg. And, to substantiate the name change, we move to the title city! There have been 13 very productive and exciting years of running the office from Cape Town, and we are looking forward to a very lengthy stay i...

Pro Helvetia Cape Town is excited to announce its relocation to a new office in Johannesburg in 2012. It will close its Cape Town office with a celebration at Zula Bar in Long Street on 10 December. Taking the stage at Zula will be a diverse line-up of artists representing the wide spectrum of Pro H...

Pierre-Henri Wicomb, a South African composer of contemporary music, is working on collaborations with three Swiss ensembles. Wicomb, of Stellenbosch, is currently in Sierre, Switzerland, where he is a composer in residence at Chateau Mercier, courtesy of Pro Helvetia Cape Town, the Swiss Arts ...

Add Hope and “(…)YOU CAN TRUST Always” are the titles of two new individual works that Swiss visual artist Celia Sidler presents at artSPACE in Durban from 17 October until 5 November. Sidler, in South Africa as part of Pro Helvetia Cape Town’s artist-in-residence programme, has engaged deeply with ...