EDITORIAL

World acclaimed virtuoso violinist Pinchas Zukerman will perform and conduct in one of the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra's concerts this month.

The Kwasuka Theatre is now well and truly launched with two productions running at present and the Playwrights' Festival booked later this month. On a sad note, Kwasuka's artistic director Pieter Scholtz lost his wife, dancer and choreographer Jilian Hurst, after a long and courageous battle against cancer. Another Durban theatrical personality to pass on was pianist Jack Dowle. Both made major contribu-tions to the local arts scene.

D'ARTS congratulates the regional FNB Vita winners with particular praise going to the Actor's Co-operative and Greig Coetzee for the runaway success of White Men with Weapons which garnered no less than five awards in the Cape region.

In an effort to gear KZN's development in the field of tourism, Technikon Natal will hold an Arts & Culture Tourism Research Forum. On the same subject, the new International Convention Centre is going to change the face of Durban - both from an aesthetic and an empowerment point of view. Take a look at the artwork next time you're there - not all the commissions are completed yet but there are some very impressive works, particularly Carl Roberts lion and Walter Oltman's metal tapestry.