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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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Georgi Anichenko (cello) & Anastasya Terenkova (piano)

Georgi Anichenko (cello) & Anastasya Terenkova (piano)
21 February 2011
Odeion
19:30

Georgi Anichenko, winner of the Fifth International String Competition (cello section), began playing the cello at the age of five. By the age of eight, he was performing with the Minsk State Music College Orchestra. In 1996, he received First Prize at the International Competition for the Young Musicians in Moscow and a year later he took the Virtuosity Prize at the Junior International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Georgi entered the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris at the age of fifteen. He won Second Prize at the Lions Club International Cello Competition in Nantes (France) and in 2004, he graduated (with honours) from the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris. In 2008 Georgi received the first prize at the Note et Bein International French Music Cello Competition. In 2009 he received the Second Witold Lutoslawski Cello Competition in Warsaw (Poland). He regularly gives solo recitals and takes part in chamber music concerts worldwide.

Anastasya Terenkova started taking piano lessons at the age of six at the famous Moscow Gnessin's Special Music School for Gifted Children. At the age of eleven she gave her first solo recital. In 2001 she entered the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris. She has performed solo and chamber music throughout Russia, South Africa, France and the USA. She is a scholarship recipient of Tarazzi Foundation of the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris (2003-5), Nadia et Lily Boulanger Foundation (2005), the ADAMI Foundation (2006-7) and the Meyer Foundation (2010). Anastasya is prize winner of various international piano competitions like the Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition (1995); Arcachon International Piano Competition (2002) and the Epinal International Piano Competition (2003), to name but a few.

Programme:
Fauré – Three Pieces
Poulenc – Sonata for cello and piano
Hanmer – Elegy: 24 Maraisburg
Prokofiev – Five Melodies, Op. 35a
Shostakovich – Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 40

Admission:
R120 (adults)
R80 (pensioners, students and learners)
Tickets available at Computicket (at all Shoprite / Checkers shops, Mimosa Mall information desk, Waterfront Mall) and at the doors.

Enquiries:
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 - 401 2504)
 

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