CONCERTS
Old Nectar Concerts bring you curated Classical Music concerts at Old Nectar’s historic wine cellar in the Jonkershoek Valley. Seating 50 audience members, we offer an intimate concert experience with top local and international artists. We also provide a performance platform to talented young students and upcoming South African musicians.
All concerts last approximately 2 hours.
Tickets are available from Quicket and proceeds from all ticket sales go towards Animal Welfare Society Stellenbosch. Tickets include wine and finger food at interval. Student and scholar tickets are available at the door.
Visitors are encouraged to park cars at the entrance to Old Nectar and walk up the drive to get a feel for the beautiful environment surrounding Old Nectar. We invite you to come early or stay after the concert to enjoy the tranquility of the Old Nectar gardens.
Fiona Grayer - Concert Curator
082 539 6025
Email for more information: concerts@oldnectar.com
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UPCOMING CONCERTS
1 November 2026, 4pm - Jean-Philippe Sylvestre Piano Recital
Old Nectar Concerts welcomes French Canadian pianist Jean-Philippe Sylvestre for a solo piano recital at Old Nectar gardens historic wine cellar in Jonkershoek.
His programme spans the virtuosity of Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 and Balakirev’s Islamey, the atmospheric colours of Ravel’s Miroirs, Beethoven’s beloved “Moonlight” Sonata, and the vibrant rhythms of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Quebecois composer André Mathieu’s Concerto de Québec.
Renowned for his dazzling technique and vivid imagination, Jean-Philippe Sylvestre has been described as “a poet of the piano” by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Originally from Montreal, Quebec, he has received numerous distinctions, including the Virginia Parker Prize — the highest honour awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts — as well as First Prize and the Audience Award at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition. He is also a laureate of the CBC National Competition for Young Performers, where he received the People’s Choice Award, and of the Concertino Praga International Competition. Sylvestre has performed on many of the world’s most prestigious stages, including the Berlin Philharmonie, Musikverein in Vienna, Warsaw Philharmonic, Rudolfinum in Prague, Salle Gaveau in Paris and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. He has recorded several albums, including one as a soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra on the CHANDOS label. Jean-Philippe Sylvestre is a teacher at the prestigious École Normale de Musique de Paris.
Join us for this piano recital at Old Nectar gardens’ historic wine cellar in Jonkershoek. Tickets are R200 per person and include selected wines from Banhoek’s renowned Oldenburg Wine Estate and finger food at interval. Student / learner tickets are offered at R50 per concert at the door. Guests are invited to come early or stay after the concert to enjoy the tranquility of the Old Nectar gardens
PROGRAMME
LISZT Rhapsodie hongroise No. 2
RAVEL Miroirs: Oiseaux tristes & Une barque sur l’océan
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 no. 2 Moonlight
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
MATHIEU Concerto de Québec
BALAKIREV Islamey, Op. 18