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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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Redfern & Pauna piano duo

with James Redfern and Laura Pauna

Thursday, 13 March 2014

ODEION

19:30

Press:

“The whole country deserves to hear the Redfern-Pauna duo.”

  Paul Boekkooi, Beeld newspaper, South Africa, 2013

“Probably the best duet I have yet been fortunate to hear”

J Holloway, Durban Friends of Music review, South Africa, 2011

The Redfern & Pauna Piano Duo has been described by Paul Badura-Skoda as “a piano duo of first class”. Their performances during 2013 of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring - to mark the work’s centenary - have been met with great critical acclaim.  Their performances of original masterworks for four hands have taken them across the globe.  They have appeared at festivals such as the 50th Anniversary Liszt Festival (Weimar), Piano Fortissimo Festival (Croatia), the Manchester Keyboard Festival and the UNISA Concert Series.

LAURA PAUNA

“… lavishly performed… frenziedly and brilliantly… Bravo” was written in a Carnegie Hall review in 2007. 

Laura Pauna was born in Bucharest (Romania), starting her studies at the Dinu Lipatti- and George Enescu music schools. She completed her KA degree at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater (Hannover) with the highest distinction.

Laura performed with orchestras including the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein; Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pro Musica, the International Mahler Orchestra and more.  Opening the 2008 Mozarteum International Summer Academy, Laura’s performance was described as “inspired… perfectly synchronised brilliance” (Horst Reischenbroek, Drehpunkt Kultur, Salzburg).  During her time in Germany, Laura was the recipient of many scholarships and awards, including the Ottilie-Selbach award and the Ritter Foundation, in addition to winning internal scholarships.

Her numerous competition prizes include being the overall winner in 2006 of the IBLA Grand Prize,  winning the Valentino Bucchi competition (Rome, 2006), the Mozarteum Prize (Salzburg, 2009) and 1st prize at the Grieg International Piano Competition (2009).

As a soloist and chamber musician, Laura has performed all over the world, including tours of the United States, Europe and Africa.  She has performed at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, Salzburg Grosse Saal, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Jerusalem Theatre (Israel), George Enescu Piazza (Bucharest) and St Martin-in-the-Field (London).

JAMES REDFERN

“A solo pianist of the highest calibre” – Paul Badura-Skoda (2013). 

James Redfern is a leading young English pianist. He began his studies in the UK at Chetham’s School of Music and the Purcell School, with Tessa Nicholson at the Royal Academy of Music. James continued his study under the tutorship of Paul Badura-Skoda.

James performed Mozart’s Jeunhomme concerto at St John’s Smith Square (London) at the inaugural concert of the International Mahler Orchestra, under the baton of Yoel Gamzou. He subsequently toured the Ukraine performing Brahms Concerto no. 1. Other prestigious appearances include the Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, St. Martin-in-the-Fields (London), the Bucharest Festival (Romania), the Deutsche National Theater and Stadskapelle Weimar (Germany), ZK Matthews Hall (Pretoria) and more.

In 2005 he won the first prize and chamber music prize at the Franz Liszt Competition (Weimar) and in 2010 he was the overall winner of the EPTA Competition (London). In 2011 James won fourth prize at the Dudley International Piano Competition.

ADMISSION:

R130 (adults), R90 (pensioners), R70 (UFS staff), R50 (students & learners)

R50 (block booking of 10+)

PROGRAMME:

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Beethoven: Grosse Fugue, Op. 134

Ravel: Spanish Rhapsody (1. Prelude a la nuit; 2. Malaguena; 3. Habanera & 4. Feria)

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