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Anmari & Albie in concert
2018-02-22

Anmari & Albie in concert

22 February 2018

Odeion

19:30

Anmari van der Westhuizen is Adjunct Professor and Head of the Odeion String Quartet at the UFS. She graduated from the University of Stellenbosch (BMusHons, cum laude), from the Mozarteum, Salzburg (Grosses Diplom, cum laude), and from the Hochschule für Musik (Cologne). She performed as a chamber musician and soloist in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Faroe Islands, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In 2015 she received the Vryfees award for the Best Classical performer of the Arts Festival and the Rose award from Radio Rosestad for her remarkable contribution towards arts and culture.

Albie van Schalkwyk is not only a solo performer in his own right, but is also one of the leading chamber musicians and vocal accompanists in South Africa. Besides performing as a piano soloist and with orchestras, he has given masterclasses for singers and accompanists. In 2009 he was appointed Associate Professor in piano and chamber music at the South African College of Music (University of Cape Town).

Programme:

  • Shostakovich: Sonata for violoncello and piano, Op. 40 (1934)
  • Tribute to Gaspar Cassadó (1897 - 1966):
    • a) Toccata: Frescobaldi - Cassadó
    • b) Intermezzo from the opera Goyescas: Granados - Cassadó
    • c) Pastorale: Couperin - Cassadó
    • d) Solo suite for cello: Prelude- Fantasia: Cassadó
    • e) Requiebros: Cassadó
  • Brahms: Sonata for violoncello and piano, Op. 99

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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Odeion Strykkwartet met Eddy Vanoosthuyse en Danré Strydom


Odeion String Quartet
with Eddy Vanoosthuyse and Danré Strydom
(clarinet duo)

Thursday, 17 March 2011
Odeion 19:30

Mendelssohn – Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 114 for clarinet, basset horn and string quartet
Mozart – Clarinet quintette, 2 violins, alt violin and cello K581
Tchaikovsky – String quartet No 1 in D. Op 11

The Odeion String Quartet is 20 years old this year and this concert launches an exciting year for the quartet. The Vanoosthuyse/Strydom clarinet duo is the beginning of a series of concerts. Hereafter they will also play in Windhoek, Swakopmund, Cape Town and Kimberley.

Eddy Vanoosthuyse is the lead clarinet player of the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra and professor at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent. Vanoosthuyse often performs as soloist with some of the foremost orchestras in the world.

Danré Strydom, an ex-student of Heinrich Armer, obtained her B Mus Hons degree with distinction at the University of the Free State. These days she stays in Brussels, where she plays in the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra on a part-time basis. As student she was awarded numerous bursaries and prizes, amongst others from the ATKV, FNB and the FAK.
 

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