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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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Georgi Anichenko (cello) & Anastasya Terenkova (piano)

Thursday, 16 October 2014

Odeion

19:30

 

Cello virtuoso, Georgi Anichenko was born in 1985 in Minsk (Bielorussia).  He started plyain ghte cello at the age of five at the Minsk State Music College with Vladimir Perlin.  In 1996 he won first prize in the International Competition for Young Musicians (Moscow) and in 1997 he won the virtuosity prize at the Junior Tchaikovsky Competition (St. Petersburg). 

 

In 2000, at the age of 15, Georgi entered the Paris National Superior Conservatory where he studied under Philippe Muller and graduated in 2004 with the highest mention (Très Bien a l’unanimité).  He received the French Government Scholarship, Vladimir Spivakov Foundation Scholarship, Tarazzi Foundation Scholarship, Meyer Foundation Scholarship and the Nadia and Lili International Foundation Scholarship.  In October 2004 he became winner of the European Young concert Artists Audition (Paris) and the Finalist of the Young Concert Artists Audition 2005 (New York, USA).

 

Georgie has performed at the Théâtre Mogador, Salle Cortot Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), Auditorium du Louvre (Paris) and the  Seongnam Cultural Center (South Korea), to name but a few, as well as at festivals like the Festivals La Folle Journée, Saint-Riquier, Colmar International Music Festival (France) and the Kings Place Music Festival (London).  Since 2001 he frequently performs in duo with Anastasya Terenkova.  Georgi is principal cellist of the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia (Valencia, Spain) since 2006.  In 2007 he entered the postgraduate course of the Paris National Superior Conservatory in the class of Jérôme Pernoo.  He won several international competition prizes including first prize at the UNISA International Strings Competition.

 

Described by Diapazon magazine as a “ravishing pianist”, Anastasya has received international critical acclaim and numerous competitions and awards, including the first prize in the Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition Award (USA) and the prestigious 2010 Gawon International Music Award (South Korea).  She has been invited to perform at numerous renowned festivals such as the Auvers-sur-Oise, Saint-Riquier, Perigord Noir (all in France), King’s Place (London), Bluthner Piano Series (Leipzig), Trestler Music Series (Montreal) and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia chamber music series (Valencia).

 

Anastasya was born in Moscow and started playing piano at the agte of six in the famous Moscow Gnessin Special Music School (the alma mater of prominent pianists such as Yevgeny Kissin, Boris Berezovsky and Nikolai Demidenko).  In 2001 she enrolled in the Paris National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance where she also completed a postgraduate course (Perfectionnement and Artist Diploma) studying with Georges Pludermacher, Francois Frederic Guy, Itamar Golan and Jacques Rouvier. 

 

She has won numerous awards and scholarships from institutions such as the Georges Cziffra Music Foundation, Meyer Foundation, Nadia et Lili Boulanger Foundation and the ADAMI Foundation and is proud recipient of a Bluthner grand piano from the Arnold Reinhold Foundation.  She has performed at the Auditorium du Louvre, Auditorium du Musée d’Orsay, Cité de la Musique, Salle Cortot (Paris), Rachmaninov- and other halls of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Aaronoff Center (Cincinnati), Mannes Concert Hall (New York), Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia (Valencia) and the Sejong Performing Art Center (Seoul).  Her debut solo CD featuring works by Scarlatti, Chopin and Mussorgsky was released in 2010.

 

PROGRAMME:

Schumann: Adagio et Allegro for cello and piano

Grieg: Sonata for cello and piano

Rachmaninov: Sonata for cello and piano

 

OSM INTERNATIONAL MASTERCLASS SERIES 2014

The OSM, in collaboration with ClassicSA, presents masterclasses with Georgi Anichenko on Friday morning, 17 October 2014 (8:00 – 12:00).  For enquiries or is you are interested in taking part, contact Ninette Pretorius (051 401 2504 / pretoriusn@ufs.ac.za)

 

ADMISSION:

R130 (adults)

R90 (pensioners)

R70 (UFS staff)

R50 (students and learners)

R50 (group bookings of 10+)

Tickets available at Computicket.

 

ENQUIRIES:   

Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 – 401 2504)

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