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Jeanne-Louise & Grethe In Concert
2018-02-15

JEANNE-LOUISE & GRETHE IN CONCERT

15 February 2018

Odeion

19:30

Violist Jeanne-Louise Moolman and pianist Grethe Nöthling presents this exciting, diverse and challenging programme of works by Brahms, Hofmeyr and Clarke.

Jeanne-Louise was appointed as violist of the Odeion String Quartet and senior lecturer at the OSM in 2008. She studied at the University of Pretoria under Prof Alan Solomon, where she obtained the BMus and BMusHons degrees with distinction. She subsequently also studied in Salzburg under Thomas Riebl. She won, among others, the ATKV Forté and Oude Meester competitions and in 1985 she was the first winner of the University of Natal 75th Anniversary Prize. She is an experienced musician who regularly performs with some of our country’s foremost musicians in various chamber music combinations. Other musicians with whom she has performed, include the violists Gérard Korsten, Philippe Graffin, the pianists Leslie Howard and Albie van Schalkwyk, and the clarinettist Robert Pickup. Jeanne-Louise has given numerous solo performances in South Africa and in Zimbabwe. As soloist, she has performed with various orchestras in the country, among them the KZNPO (Durban), the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa (Pretoria), NAPOP (Pretoria) and the Free State Symphony Orchestra (Bloemfontein). Jeanne-Louise has had more than twenty years of experience as principal violist of several professional orchestras in Gauteng and the Free State.

Grethe made her musical debut performing as soloist with the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra. She won several national music competitions, awards and bursaries including the Sanlam Music Competition (1994), ABSA National Music Competition (Piano Category, 1998), ATKV Prelude Competition (2000), Hennie Joubert National Piano Competition (2000), Lionel Bowman Beethoven Competition (2001) and UNISA Overseas Scholarship for Teachers (2003). She has been a soloist with major orchestras in the country between 1989 and 2005 including the Cape Town Philharmonic, KZNPO and the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa. Grethe is an avid chamber musician and has performed with guest artists and faculty members of the University of Iowa, including Nicole Esposito, Anthony Arnone, Melissa Kraut, Larry Stomberg and Sarah Frisof. She completed a BMus degree (cum laude) at the University of Pretoria under Ella Fourie and Joseph Stanford. In 2006 she continued her studies abroad and completed her MMus at the Cleveland Institute of Music (2008) and DMus (2014) at the University of Iowa (US). Her teachers included Daniel Shapiro (CIM), Paul Schenly (CIM) and Uriel Tsachor (UIowa). During her studies at the University of Iowa she was appointed as teaching assistant for three years. In 2015 she returned to South Africa and in 2016 she was appointed as principal piano lecturer at the OSM.

PROGRAMME:

  • Brahms: Sonata in F major, Op. 120 No. 2
  • Hendrik Hofmeyr: Viola Sonata
  • Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for viola and piano

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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Alexander Ramm (cello) & Tinus Botha (piano)

17 May 2012
Odeion
19:30

Alexander Ramm was born in Vladivostok (Russia) in 1988. He studied at the Chopin Music School until 2003, entered the Chopin College and finished in 2007 in the class of Prof. M. Zhuravleva. At present he is a student at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory under the guidance of Prof. N. Shakhovskaya. He performs in many concerts in the best halls of Russia, such as the Rachmaninoff Hall, the Small and the Great Halls of the State Conservatory and abroad. Alexander is the winner of several international and national competitions. In 2010 he took part in festivals and master classes at the Courchevel Academy and Holland Music Sessions with famous professors Philippe Muller, Maria Kliegel, Reinhard Latzko and Uzi Wiezel. He took first prizes at the following international competitions: the Young Cellist Competition (Moscow, 2003), the Cambridge International String Competition (2005), the International Romantic Music Festival (Moscow, 2006) and the National Music Competition (Russia, 2010). He also took 4th prize at the 5th UNISA International String Competition (2010) and 2nd prize in the 3rd Beijing International Music Competition (2010).

Tinus Botha received his musical training at the University of Pretoria, Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara) and Texas Christian University (Fort Worth). His teachers have included Joseph Stanford, Jerome Lowenthal, José Feghali and Harold Martina. Tinus has featured as soloist with a number of South African orchestras, including the Artium Orchestra, CAPAB, NAPOP, COSA and Pro Musica. As chamber musician he has collaborated with a number of South Africa's foremost artists, and is regularly invited to serve as official accompanist at UNISA’s international music competitions. In 2008 he received a D.Mus. (performing arts) degree from the University of Pretoria. Tinus will be the pianist during Alexander’s South African tour.

Programme:
Franck – Sonata for cello and piano
Kodaly – Finale from Sonata for solo cello
Hanmer – Elegy (A Jazzy Waltz and Simple Song)
Rachmaninoff – Sonata for cello and piano

Admission:
R120 (adults), R80 (pensioners, students and learners)
R50 (block booking of 10+)
Tickets available at Computicket.

Enquiries:
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)

 

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