Lundi Mgijima, music director
Lundi has held the rostrum since 2019. He grew up in KwaZakhele, learned trumpet in a church band, and spent eleven years between Cape Town and Leipzig before coming home to take the post. He puts one South African work on every main-stage bill — a commission, an arrangement, or something out of the archive nobody has played since the seventies. He also takes the schools morning himself, which is why the Wednesday rehearsal starts late. Rehearsals are open to subscribers on the last Thursday of the month. Come at six, sit anywhere, leave when you like.
