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2018-08-18

Presented by the FSSO in collaboration with the OSM

Conductor: Daniel Boico
Soloist: Alissa Margulis (violin)

Saturday, 18 August 2018
Odeion
19:30

The Free State Symphony Orchestra and the OSM invites you to the third symphony concert of the year featuring international guests Daniel Boico (conductor) and the graceful Alissa Margulis (violinist). The long-awaited symphony will take place August 18, 2018 at 19:30 in the Odeion. This concert is presented in collaboration with the Odeion School of Music.

Due to circumstances beyond control, the promised Violin Concerto in D minor by Beethoven was replaced by the gloriously lyrical Violin Concerto in G minor by Bruch. The powerful and dramatic Egmont Overture by Beethoven and Schubert’s Symphony No 6 in C, will round off the programme.

Daniel Boico was born in Israel to musician parents and raised in both Paris and the US, as his father Fima Boico, was concertmaster of Orchestra de Paris and the second violinist of the Fine Arts Quartet. Boico was initially trained as a singer before joining the class of legendary Russian conducting professor Ilya Musin at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Russia. He has extensive experience in music administration, planning and programming, having worked as Manager of Artistic Administration of the New York Philharmonic and as executive assistant to Daniel Barenboim at the Chicago Symphony and West-Eastern Divan Orchestra as well as for Chicago Symphony.

Alissa Margulis was born in Freiburg (Germany), into a family of Russian musicians. At the age of four, she started to learn the violin and the piano with Prof. Wolfgang Marschner. She made her first public appearance at the age of seven with the Budapest Soloists. At the age of ten, she won the first prize at the Spohr Youth Competition and at the German national competition Jugend Musiziert within the same year. She is a regular guest at international classical music festivals, and a privileged chamber music player who performs with a Guadagnini Violin dated 1754, a private loan from Jonathan Moulds.

Alissa is an accomplished musician with numerous awards like the Pro Europa Prize awarded by Daniel Barenboim (Berlin, 2002) and the Nouveau Laureat du Festival Juventus (Cambrai, 2004).


Tickets are available from Computicket outlets and online:

  • R150 Adults
  • R100 Pensioners, UFS staff and block bookings of 10 and more people
  • R50 Children 3 to 18 years

ENQUIRIES:

Contact Ninette Pretorius (051 401 2504) or Ella Kotze (051 401 2342).

www.fsso.org.za / www.facebook.com/OdeionSchoolofMusic


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International Clarinet Extravaganza

The second INTERNATIONAL CLARINET EXTRAVAGANZA will take place from 28 January until 1 February 2020 at the UFS ODEION SCHOOL OF MUSIC (OSM) in Bloemfontein under the curatorship of Dr Danré Strydom.

The international mentors and soloists for the Extravaganza will be performing in several concerts during the festival:

Concert 1

International soloists with piano
30 January 2020
19:30
Odeion
Entrance: Free
Program: Mendelssohn, Mangani, Weber, Hanssens
Soloists: Eddy Vanoosthuyse (Belgium), Danré Strydom (South Africa), Danielle Roussouw (South Africa), Severine Sierens (Belgium), Bence Szepesi (Hungary)
Collaborative pianists: Anneke Lamont, Cèzarre Strydom, Lesley-Ann Botha, Jana Mathee

Concert 2

Clarinet, String Quartet & Canapés
31 January 2020
19:00
Warmkaroo
Entrance R295.00 (includes canapés/bowl food)
Book by 25/01/2020 – www.warmkaroo.com
Program: Weber, Mozart, Brahms, Grign
Clarinet Soloists with the Odeion String Quartet

Concert 3

Gala concert with the Free State Symphony Orchestra
1 February 2020
19:30
Odeion
Entrance: Free
Program: Molter, Bach, Schreiner, Frost, Weber
The program will include a performance of Bach’s Concerto for four pianos (Anneke Lamont, Cezarre Strydom, Lesley-Ann Botha, Jana Mathee).
The festival clarinet choir will also be part of the programme, celebrating Beethoven.

Danré Strydom, the clarinet and saxophone lecturer at the OSM, stated the main objectives of the festival is to expose South African clarinet players, from beginners to advanced, as well as teachers and lecturers, to international clarinet trends and excellent artistry. Apart from the artistic events and masterclasses, workshops will also be presented regarding technical aspects with reference to mouthpieces, instruments, reeds and other equipment.

Further information re the soloists:

The official accompanists for the extravaganza will be Dr Anneke Lamont and Lesley-Ann Botha of the OSM, Dr Jana Mathee of the North-West University School of Music as well as Cézarre Strydom from the Paul Roos Gymnasium (Stellenbosch).

Detailed information about the complete programme and all the international artists and mentors can be acquired from the official Facebook Page Za-International-Clarinet-Extravaganza.

(email: clarinetextravaganza@gmail.com)

The official partners for the event are the OSM, FSSO, Odeion String Quartet, OSM Camerata, Buffet Crampon, RZ instruments, Arts Trust, Rupert Foundation, and the International Clarinet Association.

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