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Stefan Velkov Guitar Recital
2018-04-19

19 April 2018

Odeion

19:30

Bulgarian-born Stefan Velkov was introduced to music since earliest childhood. His official training in music theory, piano and guitar started at the age of seven.

Stefan received his first music degree as a guitar and light music performer from the Bulgarian State Conservatoire (later renamed to Bulgarian Academy of Music). At this stage (the late seventies of the 20th century) the guitar in Bulgaria was still regarded mostly as a light-music instrument. That is why it was included as a study subject only within the Light Music Department of the Conservatoire. The interest and the knowledge of the classical guitar was still at its infancy, but its popularity was growing fast. This made it necessary for the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture to make a historic decision: for the first time in Bulgarian music history, a decision was made to send a young Bulgarian guitarist to Germany to receive a proper music degree in classical guitar and to return to Bulgaria and introduce classical guitar as a subject at the Bulgarian Academy of Music.

After competing with all the most talented guitarists of the country, Stefan won the competition which enabled him to receive a master's degree in classical guitar from the Berliner Hochschule fur Musik Hanns Eisler. He completed his studies in guitar, piano and composition with a special reward of the Hochshule as one of the five best students. During his studies he also won the competition for the best guitar composition.

During his studies abroad (1981 - 1988) Stefan met and had masterclasses with most of the best guitar professors and guitar maestros of our time: Maria-Livia Sao Marcos (Switzerland/ Brazil), Costas Cotsiolis (Greece), Dieter Kreidler (Germany) and Leo Brouwer (Cuba).

In 1986 he was appointed as the first classical guitar lecturer at the Bulgarian Academy of Music and chairperson of the guitar festivals and competitions. This was the time when his own active concert career began. Stefan's repertoire includes most of the great masterpieces ever written for this instrument, but he became more and more known for his own compositions for guitar which, according to critics, outshine the best known masterpieces created for classical guitar.

Stefan’s arrival in SA (1991), coincided with the search of the Free State Musicon for a qualified guitar lecturer in order to introduce the subject classical guitar as part of its music training programme. He was offered the position of senior guitar lecturer at the Musicon which he holds until present day. During this time he also taught at the University of the Free State (1992 - 1999).

Stefan has given concerts in Bulgaria, Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, England and South Africa.

PROGRAMME

  • Velkov: Summer Dream
    From the golden heritage of the classical guitar:
    • Villa-Lobos: Prelude
  • Two Magnificent Arpeggios
    • Giuliani
    • Brower
  • Two Romantic Pieces:
    • Velkov: Serenade
    • Velkov: Adagio (The Magic Of Love)
  • Velkov: Bulgarian Suite for Guitar
    • I Bulgarian folk dance
    • II Bulgarian folk-singing
    • III Bulgarian folk dance in 7/8
    • IV Bulgarian folk-song
    • V Bulgarian folk dance in 9/8
  • Velkov: Tango
  • Velkov: Two Modern Dances
  • Velkov: The Wild Horse

ADMISSION

  • R120 (adults)
  • *R80 (pensioners)
  • *R70 (UFS staff)
  • *R50 (students, learners and block bookings of 10+)

Tickets available at Computicket or online at http://online.computicket.com/web/

*Please note that tickets for pensioners, students, learners and UFS staff can only be purchased at a Computicket outlet (Shoprite Checkers) or at the doors since a valid card or ID has to be presented to qualify for the above mentioned discount.

ENQUIRIES
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)


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An Evening with Kobie Kloppers

5 October 2013
Odeion
19:30

Staff and students of the OSM will present a special concert in honour of Kobie Kloppers.

Jacobus (Kobie) Kloppers (born in 1937 in Krugersdorp) has taught musicology and organ in South Africa and Canada and given organ recitals, including broadcast work for the SABC and CBC.  He has served as a church organist, examiner, composer and organ advisor. He served on the Organ Advisory Committee of the Winspear Centre (1994 - 2002), Edmonton and oversaw the final voicing of the new Davis Concert Hall Organ in the Centre.  He is a member of the Canadian League of Composers, voting member of the Canadian Music Centre, The Edmonton Composers Concert Society and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Organists. His musical compositions have been performed and broadcast in Europe, the Americas, Hong Kong, and South Africa.

Kobie Kloppers served professor in organ and musicology as well as chairperson of the music department at the King’s University College in Edmonton (Alberta; Canada) from 1979 - 2008.  After his retirement in 2008, he continued as full-time lecturer in organ and musicology at King’s and adjunct professor in keyboard at the University of Alberta until 2013. After completing his undergraduate studies and organ licentiate in South Africa, he continued his studies in Frankfurt am Main: organ with Helmut Walcha at the Musikhochschule (1961 - 1965), and musicology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University (1961 - 1966). 

His compositions (around 70) include works sponsored by the Canada Council, CBC, the Royal Canadian College of Organists, the Marjorie Young Bell Fine Arts and Music Fund at Mount Allison University (Sackville, New Brunswick), the South African Foundation for the Creative Arts and various private sponsors. 

Organists Jan Beukes, Eljee du Plooy, Luzanne Eigelaar and pianist Cèzarre Strydom, will perform during the concert.

PROGRAMME:

Chorale Prelude on Valet will ich dir geben
Chorale Prelude on Wie gross ist des allmächtigen Güte
Pastorale on Ps 23
Choral Prelude on Ps 25
Introduction and Toccata on Lass uns Erfreuen
Partita on In Dulci Jubilo
Partita on The Old Hundredth
Dance Suite for organ duet
Dialektiese Fantasie
Reflections: Prologue, Variations and Epilogue

ADMISSION:

R130 (adults), R90 (pensioners), R50 (students and learners), R50 (group booking of 10+)

Tickets available at Computicket.

ENQUIRIES:    

Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)

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