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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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Odeion Sinfonia Concert

- In memory of Prof Derek Ochse -

with conductor Anmari van der Westhuizen & soloist Danielle Ceronio (saxophone)

16 September 2018

Odeion

16:00

This Odeion Sinfonia is a string only orchestra housed in the Odeion School of Music comprising string students studying at the OSM and string members of the Free State Youth Orchestra. The orchestra was founded by Derek Ochse with Anmari taking over the baton during her first year of residence at the UFS and the Odeion String Quartet (2009). The principle aims of this orchestra are to provide excellent training and valuable experience in string and ensemble playing, to adequately prepare string students for orchestral playing, to present them with numerous ensemble and orchestral concert playing opportunities and to generally promote quality string and ensemble playing.

Anmari is a highly acclaimed cellist and chamber musician and has more than thirty years of experience in playing and conducting chamber music. She is Adjunct Professor and Head of the OSQ. She graduated from the Stellenbosch University (BMusHons, cum laude), from the Mozarteum, Salzburg (Grosses Diplom, cum laude), and from the Hochschule für Musik (Cologne) under the tutelage of Prof Maria Kliegel (Konzertexamen). Anmari has won prestigious competitions and has had extensive chamber music training by members of the world's best string quartets like the Alban Berg String Quartet, the Amadeus String Quartet, the Borodin String Quartet, the Brodsky String Quartet and the Hagen String Quartet. 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. Anmari has made several CD recordings, and both her solo CDs with Ilse Schumann received excellent reviews in South Africa and in Austria. She was the conductor / director of the UCT String Ensemble for ten years and is currently the conductor of the Odeion Sinfonia and co-conductor of the Free State Youth Orchestra.

The programme will include the following works:

  • GF Handel - Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1
  • R Vaughan Williams - Concerto Grosso
  • N Stockton - Passacaglia for saxophone/horn and strings orchestra (soloist: Danielle Ceronio – saxophone)
  • P Warlock - Capriol Suite

ADMISSION
Free

ENQUIRIES
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504) / pretoriusn@ufs.ac.za

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