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Clarinet & Piano: OPUS
2018-08-30

with the Nöthling Strydom Duo - Danrè Strydom (clarinet) & Grethe Nöthling (piano) and David Griessel (visual artist David Griessel displaying the sketching process inspired by each composition performed)

30 August 2018
Odeion
19:30

Award-winning South African musicians, clarinetist Danrè Strydom and pianist Grethe Nöthling, started an exciting collaboration in 2016. Since recently returning to South Africa after several years abroad, these two musicians aim to provide global audiences with exhilarating performances of not only well-known and loved repertoire, but also of more unknown and interesting repertoire. The Duo performed at 2017 South African festivals and various national concert series. Both musicians (as part of Trio Intolerance) won the Free State Artists of the Year award at the Free State Arts Festival (2017). During 2018 the Duo was invited to perform at the International Clarinet Festival in Belgium. While in Europe, they recorded the first part of their CD of newly composed as well as underplayed South African compositions for clarinet and piano.

In this concert, titled Clarinet & Piano: Opus ZA, the Duo will be performing some of the lovely but demanding South African compositions which will appear on the CD. The selection includes works by well-established composers such as Clare Loveday, Noel Stockton, Hendrik Hofmeyr and Peter Klatzow, to mention a few. All the works are relatively short compositions, so the programme will include nine works in total. To emphasise the character of each of these compositions, South African visual artist, David Griessel, will do nine sketches that will be displayed on a screen behind the musicians. These videos made by Bloemfontein videographer, Zita, will include the complete drawing process, and the audience can follow each line and brush stroke during the performance of the music. After the concert, these original sketches, titled the same as the compositions, will be sold to interested audience members. These will be unique sketches, and the audience can look forward to this extraordinary collaboration of two musicians with a visual artist.

David Griessel graduated with a bachelor in Fine Arts from the University of the Free State. Earlier in 2018, he did an art residency, book launch and exhibition in Caylus and Saint Antonin (France). He currently works as an artist/writer/illustrator in Cape Town and is the art editor of the literary journal, New Contrast. He is part of the artist’s collective, Studio Clowder.

PROGRAMME:

  • Hendrik Hofmeyr: Notturno
  • Clare Loveday: Heatwave
  • Noel Stockton: Three Pieces
  • Peter Klatzow: Moments of Night
  • StephansGrove: Spieeltjie aan die wand
  • Isak Roux: Kleine Chronik
  • Surendran Reddy: Game I for Lîla
  • Alexander Johnson: Jazz Sonatine

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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Zoë Beyers (violin) & Francois du Toit (piano

Zoë Beyers (violin) & Francois du Toit (piano)
17 February 2011
Odeion
19:30

Zoë Beyers was born in South Africa in 1982. Since her debut (aged eleven) with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra under Paavo Järvi, she has performed with many distinguished conductors in the UK and Europe. Since coming to study in London in 2001, she has been in demand as soloist and chamber musician in Europe and South Africa. She is gold medalist of the 2005 UNISA Vodacom National String Competition. Zoë was awarded an Associated Board International Scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music, where she was a pupil of dr Felix Andrievsky, Gabrielle Lester and Gordan Nikolitch. 

Zoë has given recitals at the Linbury Theatre, the Pitville Pump Room (Cheltenham), Wigmore Hall and the Purcell Room. She has performed at the St John's Smith Square, and with the Hebrides Ensemble, the Fibonacci Sequence, the Endymion Ensemble and the Solaris Quartet. She has also performed at the Cheltenham Festival, the City of London Festival, the BBC Proms, St Magnus Festival and Mendelssohn on Mull.

Acknowledged as one of South Africa's leading concert pianists and musicians, François du Toit is an associate professor of piano at the University of Cape Town. He is constantly in demand as accompanist for visiting artists from overseas. He completed his Honours degree at the University of Cape Town, studying under the distinguished pianist and teacher, Laura Searle. He also received the Solistendiplom from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover (Germany) where he studied under the renowned pedagogue, Berndt Goetzke.

During his period of study abroad he distinguished himself in several important international piano competitions, taking top prizes in the 1991 Hannover Music Competition, the 1992 Rotterdam and 1993 Marsala Internationals, and the 1994 International Maria Callas Competition (Athens).

François has been appearing as an acclaimed soloist with orchestras (both locally and abroad) since the age of fifteen. He has over 30 concertos in his repertoire, ranging from Bach to Hendrik Hofmeyr and has performed with conductors including Bernhard Gueller, Victor Yampolsky, Omri Hadari, Alun Francis, Dawid de Villiers and Alexander Lazarev.

This performance forms part of Zoë’s nationwide tour and coincides with the launch of her debut CD. On this CD Zoë performs works by Mendelssohn with the Stellenbosch Camerata and pianist, Luis Magalhaes. This CD by the Stellenbosch production company TwoPianists Records, is distributed by Naxos to 56 countries and will be available to the public after this concert at the special price of R150.

Programme:

Bartók – Romanian Folkdances

Beethoven – Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96

Debussy – Sonata for violin and piano in G minor

Prokofiev – Cinq Mélodies, Op. 35b

De Sarasate – Concert Fantasy on Carmen, Op. 25 Ia

Admission:
R120 (adults)

R80 (pensioners, students and learners)

Tickets available at Computicket (at all Shoprite / Checkers shops, Mimosa Mall information desk and the Waterfront Mall) and at the doors.

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

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