Years
2019 2018
SARITA URANOVSKY Violin Recital
2018-06-14

With Annalien Ball (piano)

14 June 2018
Odeion
19:30

A native of Cape Town, Sarita Uranovsky, enjoys an exceptionally active and diverse career as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, orchestral musician and teacher across the globe. She held positions of Concertmaster with Orchestra Geminiani de Fallonica (Italy), the RSAMD Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Concertmaster of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra. A founding member and violinist of MONTAGE Music Society, she can be heard on Montage Music Society's "Starry Night Project" released on MSR Classics and has recorded and broadcast for both the BBC and SABC and appeared on numerous recordings for BMOP (Boston Modern Orchestra Project). She can be heard performing regularly in groups around Boston including Boston Philharmonic, Boston Musica Viva, the Cantata Singers, BMOP, Boston Pops and Emmanuel music. She performed regularly for Sir Yehudi Menuhin's "Live Music Now!" scheme while in the United Kingdom and appeared as first violinist of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Quartet in concert for HRH Prince Charles, HRH Princess Anne and at the church of St-Martin-in-the-Fields. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Ellie Marx Memorial and Du Toit van Tonder Scholarships and was silver medallist and University of Natal Prizewinner at the SASOL Music Competition (South Africa). She was awarded an Audrey Macklin Bursary (England) from the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music and won the prestigious Governors Recital Prize at the RSAMD as well as the Ian D Watt and Dunbar Gerber Prizes (Scotland) for violin and piano duo. An avid teacher, Uranovsky is on the music faculty at Tufts University and maintains a private teaching studio. She has been on the faculty of the Vianden International Music Festival (Luxembourg) and the Saarburg International Music Festival (Germany). She holds an Artist Diploma from Boston University, a BMus (with honours) and MMus (with distinction) from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Professional accompanist Annalien Ball regularly performs with various South African and International artists. Highlights of 2017 include recitals in Cape Town and Johannesburg with French violinist Philippe Graffin, accompanying for a week of singing masterclasses with Professor Klesie Kelly-Moog as part of the Mozart festival, and concerts with cellist Berthine van Schoor (Port Alfred and Grahamstown). Annalien started piano at an early age and her piano teachers include Adolph Hallis and Marian Friedman. She completed a BMus, BMusHons and MMus at the University of Pretoria. After finishing her studies her main focus moved away from solo performance to chamber music and piano accompaniment. Annalien has been the pianist of numerous ensembles: The Allegri Trio, Trio Con Brio, Chalumeau trio, Trio Gloriosa, The Aulos trio, The Integration trio as well as The Magic Flutes. She performed at the Wakkerstroom festival in March 2018 with violinist Miro Chakaryan and flautist Malané Hofmeyr-Burger, as well as playing recitals with violinist Viara Markova. At present she is the accompanist of pre- and postgraduate music students at the University of Pretoria.

PROGRAMME

  • Dvorák: Romance in F minor Op. 11
  • Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24
  • Sarasate: Romanza Andaluza
  • Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
  • Smetana: From My Homeland

ADMISSION

  • R140 (adults)
  • *R100 (pensioners)
  • *R80 (UFS staff)
  • *R60 (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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Mandie de Villiers-Schutte (soprano) & Waldo Weyer (piano)

Photo: Kobie van Rensburg

Mandie de Villiers-Schutte (soprano) & Waldo Weyer (piano)
Poulenc: The Human Voice (La Voix Humaine)
19 May 2011
Odeion
19:30

Mandie studied at the North-West University under Prof. Werner Nel where she received her B.Mus. and M.Mus. degrees (cum laude). She completed part of her master’s degree studies at the Academy of Music in Oslo (Norway) under the guidance of Svein Bjørkøy and Håkan Hagegård. She was a finalist and semi-finalist in various national competitions and a prize winner in the 2006 South African Student Opera competition. She has received master classes from Maarten Koningsberger, Kobie van Rensburg, Mimi Coertze, Lena Lootens, Roger Vignoles and Lawrence Zazzo. She has performed in various opera productions such as L’elisir d’amore (Gianetta), Rita (Rita), Zauberflöte (Pamina), Le Nozzi di Figaro (Susannah), Hänsel und Gretel (Gretel) and Fledermaus (Adele). She also sang in various oratorios like, the St John’s Passion, Vivaldi’s Gloria and Haydn’s Creation (Schöpfung). Mandie frequently performs at South Africa’s National Arts Festivals. Since 2009 she has been traveling with Cape Town Opera with their production of Showboat to Sweden (Malmö) and France (Paris). In the same year she was invited as guest soloist at the Landestheater Niederbeyern in Passau (Germany) to sing Poppea in Monteverdi’s L’incoronatione di Poppea. In 2011 she was touring to Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Luxemburg with the ensemble Cosi Facciamo - Ensemble für Alte und Neue Musik to sing Ginevra in their production of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante.

Waldo studied B.Mus. at the then Potchefstroom University under Prof. G.W. Koornhof. From 1993 he continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music (London) where he received his B.Mus. degree in piano performance under Hamish Milne and Patsy Toh as well as his LRAM (with distinction). In 2003 he received his M.Mus. degree (cum laude). As accompanist he has received several positive reviews for performances at the Standard Bank National Arts Festival in Grahamstown and Aardklop from 2000-9 as well as the lieder concert series of Mimi Coertse. In 2005-6 he was the official accompanist for the UNISA national and international Voice Competitions. Waldo received master classes from, amongst others, Helmut Deutsch (Germany), Frank Heneghan (Ireland), Tim Ehlen (USA), Thomas Hecht (NZ), Caroline Oltmanns (USA) and Joseph Banowetz (USA). He has performed as soloist with the Pro Musica Orchestra and COSA (Chamber Orchestra of South Africa). He is since 2000 lecturer in piano and pedagogy at the University of North West.

 
 

Admission:
R120 (adults)
R80 (pensioners, students and learners)
Tickets available at Computicket (at all Shoprite / Checkers shops, Mimosa Mall / Waterfront information desks) and at the doors.

Enquiries:
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 - 401 2504)
 

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