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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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The King's Singers

Dutch Reformed Church Universitas – Bloemfontein

19:30

 

The King’s Singers: “a class act with a delightfully British wit.”

 

Description: King Singers Tags: King SingersAcclaimed  worldwide  for  their  virtuosity,  life-affirming energy and charm, The King’s Singers are in global demand. The group was formed in 1965 and for the past 48 years, their work - synonymous with the very best in vocal ensemble performance, appeals to a vast international audience. Performing to hundreds of thousands of people each season, the group tours regularly  to  Europe,  North  and  South  America,  Asia  and  Australasia.  Instantly  recognisable  for  their immaculate intonation, vocal blend, diction and incisive timing, The King’s Singers are consummate entertainers.  Concert goers from Bloemfontein and surrounding areas have the opportunity to experience this extra-ordinary vocal ensemble in the Dutch Reformed Church Universitas.

 

The group’s repertoire has evolved to become one of the most diverse and compelling imaginable. The King’s Singers have commissioned over 200 works, including landmark pieces from leading contemporary composers  including  Luciano  Berio,  György  Ligeti,  Sir  James  MacMillan,  Krzysztof  Penderecki,  Toru Takemitsu,  Sir  John  Tavener,  Gabriela  Lena  Frank  and  Eric  Whitacre.  They  have  also  commissioned arrangements  of  everything  from  jazz  standards  to  pop  chart  hits,  explored  medieval  motets  and Renaissance madrigals, and encouraged young composers to write new scores.

 

In addition to performing to capacity audiences and creating highly regarded and much-loved recordings, The King’s Singers share their artistry through numerous workshops and masterclasses around the world. 

 

Double Grammy® award-winning artists, the group were honoured in 2009 for their Signum Classics release, Simple Gifts, and again in 2012 for their contribution to Eric Whitacre’s Light and Gold album on Universal/Decca.  Recently voted into Gramophone Hall of Fame, rave reviews and repeated sell-out concerts confirm that The King’s Singers remain one of the world’s finest vocal ensembles.

 

ADMISSION

R295 per person

Tickets for the concert are available at Computicket outlets (Checkers, Shoprite shops), at the door, or online at www.computicket.com. 

Follow the link http://online.computicket.com/web/event/the_king_s_singers/1083518616/0/76713258 to book online.

 

ENQUIRIES     

Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)

 

This concert will be sponsored by the Arts Trust.

 

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