Free State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Fokkens
Soloists : Samson Diamond Farida Bacharova (violins)
Dates : Thursday 12 March
Venue : Odeion
Time : 19:30
On Thursday 12 March the Free State Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Alexander Fokkens will perform in the Odeion. The violinists Farida
Bacharova and Samson Diamond will be the soloists with the orchestra in
Mozart’’s Concertone for Two Violins and
Orchestra and Sarasate’’s exciting Navarra for
Two Violins and Orchestra, op. 33. After interval the orchestra will play
Beethoven’’s majestic Symphony No. 3
(“"Eroica”").
In 1992, Farida, then the youngest female concertmaster
in Russia, was the soloist for more than forty performances of ballets such as
The Golden Age, The Nutcraker and Swan Lake in
Tokyo’’s Metropolitan Hall. During twelve years of
experience performing in Russia and on international tours, she has appeared as
a soloist for ballets and as a symphonic soloist in many of the
world’’s major halls, including, among others, Fischer
Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York, Champs-ÉÉlyséées in Paris,
Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Berlin’’ Schauspiel Haus,
Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Tonhalle in Zurich as well as the Moscow Conservatory
Main Hall and Tchaikovsky Hall. A highlight of her orchestral career was a
joint-concert with the New York Philharmonic, under the baton of Zubin
Metha.
Samson was appointed leader of the Odeion String Quartet in
2013. He got his first taste of music in Soweto, where he studied with the
founding director of Buskaid, Rosemary Nalden and in the UK with Richard
Ireland, Pauline Nobes and Philippe Graffin. As a freelance orchestral player in
the UK, Samson played in the Halléé Orchestra, the Academy of St Martins in the
Fields, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, and the Academy of
Ancient Music. He has been heard in concert in prestigious venues such as the
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Hall in Berlin, Bela Bartok National Concert Hall
in Budapest, and the Musikverein in Vienna, with the Academy of St Martin in the
Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner.
Tickets for the concert in the Odeion are available
from Computicket outlets or book online at www.computicket.com.
Admission:
R130 (adults)
R100 (pensioners)
R50 (students/learners/group bookings of 10+)
Enquiries:
Ella Kotze (FSSO), tel. (051) 401-2342 (office hours)
www.fsso.org.za