You've probably heard of Soweto, the sprawling black township in South Africa where the struggle against apartheid was born. That battle is over. Today, Soweto is fighting against poverty, ...

Egypt's Faculty of Music Education recently screened South African film 'Soweto Strings,' which examines the casual relationship between music knowledge and the development of economic and social ...

One of the founding members of the Soweto String Quartet has died in his home on Wednesday morning. Reuben Malusi Khemese played the Cello and will be missed by the remaining members of the quartet, ...

After travelling around the world 26 times, Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble returns to the Linder Auditorium — where it held its first performance — to commemorate 25 years of music making. Buskaid ...

Rosemary Nalden, founder of Buskaid and director of the Buskaid Soweto String Project. Buskaid is a charitable trust which helps young black musicians from South African Townships. (Charlie ...

This week the founder of the project, British viola player Rosemary Nalden, will be in London accompanied by six senior Buskaid musicians. They will be talking about what they do at the TedX Festival ...

There are few experiences as thrilling as watching young people make music. It is a big part of the appeal of rock, which is always at its best when performed by teenagers and twenty-somethings ...

ALTHOUGH the immediacy has dulled after 10 years of working in this South African township, there are little moments when Rosemary Nalden is reminded of the desperation around her. ''I saw a student ...

Ten years ago I flew from London to Johannesburg on what turned out to be one of the most worthwhile journeys I have ever made as a musician. It was the catalyst for the extraordinary Prom that I will ...