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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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White Horse Project
JESS OLIVIERI AND THE PARACHUTES FOR LADIES

You are invited to the opening event of the Vrystaat Kunstefees on Sunday 12 July 2015. Join over 200 fellow Bloemfonteiners in a parade of song, dance and costume down Raymond Mhlaba Street (formally Andries Pretorius Street), to celebrate the White Horse of Bloemfontein, a mysterious rock formation on the side of Naval Hill.

The White Horse has several historical narratives attached to it. Some believe is was created in the image of the horse Thabure (Destroyer of the Enemies), which belonged to Chief Lerotholi, a grandson of King Moshoeshoe, the founder of the Basotho Nation; others believe the British Garrison that was stationed at Naval Hill during the South African War (Anglo-Boer War) of 1899 to 1902 built it because they where restless and wanted something to remind them of home. In addition it was thought that the White Horse served as a landmark and indicator of a hospital for horses injured during the South African War. It is also said that every time a couple kisses at Naval Hill the White Horse moves one step forward and that on a Saturday night you can hear him galloping!

The White Horse Project is about allowing space for the sharing of multiple narratives and celebrating difference of opinion. Given the current debate on statues and symbols in South Africa, the White Horse offers an opportunity to re-purpose and re-imagine symbols in South Africa. For the last two years the project team has been collecting stories for the work and since May 2015 workshops with artists, scholars and community members have been held in order to create performances for the parade.

Join the parade at 3pm at Two Tower Church (Tweetoringkerk), Charles Street Bloemfontein on 12 July 2015. There will be spare instruments and costumes for those who join in. A braai/chesen yama will take place at ‘Nice Place’ 92 Raymond Mhlaba Street (formally Andries Pretorius Street) at the end of the parade.

For more information visit www.facebook.com/TheWhiteHorseProject

Concept: Jess Olivieri
Dramaturge: Gali Malebo
Curatorial advisor: Angela De Jesus
Production Manager: Mandi Bezuidenhout
Production Assistants: Charne Visser, Sandy Little
SituateArt in Festivals Media: Tiani Chilemi
SituateArt in Festivals Executive Director: Kelli Alred
Director Salamanca Arts Centre: Rosemary Miller
Videographer: Louis Kruger (documentary), Luis Herholdt (Elysium Productions)
Lights: Creative Kilowatt Productions
The Parachutes for Ladies (performers): The wonderful artists of Bloemfontein; Soprano Zanne Stapelberg; Hodisa Choir; Navalsig High School; Smiley Kids Association; Bloemspruit School; Sisonke Theatre Production.

The White Horse Project is part of the Programme for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD/PIKO), an initiative by the University of the Free State and Vrystaat Arts Festival and supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, Free State Department of Sport, Arts, Culture & Recreation, SituateART in Festivals, Salamanca Arts Centre, Arts NSW, NAVA, Creative Partnerships Australia and the University of Sydney.

Secure parking at Two Tower Church and shuttle service will be available.

For further inquiries contact:
Roxanne Konco
Marketing Manager
Tel: +27 (0)51 404 7947 roxanne.konco@volksblad.com

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