After its debut in 1971 at the then Nico Malan theatre, Artscape and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra is presenting the 53rd Youth Classical Concert, taking place Saturday 5 October at 7:30pm. It will be featuring 13 young soloists with an age range of 11 to 27, who will be performing along with the orchestra. Lester Kiewit speaks to Simone Heradien, Artscape Senior Manager for  Communication and Brand Management, as well as Loren Ehlers, a 20-year old 3rd year BMus composition student at UCT, who will be performing his own composition “Fantasy for accordion and orchestra in D Major”