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Jan & Clara Hugo
2018-03-22

A unique concert of piano solo works, opera and art songs

22 March 2018

Odeion

19:30

Lyrical soprano, Clara Hugo, was born in 1993 and started her musical education at the age of seven. She sang in the Maitrise de Paris choir under the direction of Patrick Marco and participated in numerous concerts with the Orchestre de Paris and the Orchestre Lamoureux in prestigious halls in Paris, such as Salle Pleyel, Chatelet Theatre and Salle Gaveau. She has worked with John Axelrod, Christoph Eschenbach and sang Fauré's Requiem with Mathieu Romano. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Operatic singing at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Mendelssohn-Bartholdy” (Leipzig), where she studied with Regina Werner-Dietrich, Carola Guber and received further guidance from Philipp Moll, Jeanette Favaro Reuter and Alexander Schmalz. She specialized in 19th century singing technique and aesthetic under the guidance of Peter Berne. She received masterclasses from Donna Brown, Malcolm Walker and Valérie Guillorit. She took part in productions of Die Zauberflöte by Mozart and Das Wildschutz by Lortzing with the conductor Matthias Foremny and stage director Matthias Oldag. She sang the solo soprano part of La Petite Messe Solennelle by Rossini and received a prize for her execution for Bach Cantatas in Leipzig. She performed at the Gewandhaus with the Cappuccino Orchestra and debuted in 2016 at the Leipzig Opera House in the roles of Barbarina and the first maid (Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart). She gives regular recitals together with the pianist Jan Hugo.

Pianist Jan Hugo, born in 1991 in South Africa, studied at the Accademia Pianistica Internazionale in Imola (Italy) and at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Mendelssohn-Bartholdy” (Leipzig). He has received guidance from Boris Petrushansky, Leslie Howard, Michel Dalberto, Cyprien Katsaris, Vovka Ashkenazy, Joaquin Soriano, Robert Levin, Graham Scott, Adam Wodnicki, Jin Ju, Piero Rattalino, Riccardo Risaliti, Hortense Cartier-Bresson, Alan Fraser, Joseph Stanford, Gerald Fauth, Christian Pohl, Piotr Palezcny, Christopher Elton and Ronan O'Hora. He is a prizewinner of many competitions, such as the Alkan-Zimmerman International Competition, Royal Overseas League International Competition, SAMRO and UNISA national competitions. He has played at the MITO and Edinburgh festivals, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (London), in the Sala Mozart (Bologna) and at the TivoliVredenburg (Utrecht). He has performed with the Cape Town Philharmonic, Johannesburg Philharmonic, KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic, Leipzig Philharmonic under the baton of Arjan Tien, Alexander Rahbari, Leslie Dunner, Bernhard Gueller, Giedre Slekyte, Daniel Boico, Sebastian Lang-Lessing and German Guttierez. He performed on the straight-strung concert grand made by Chris Maene and is passionate about historical instruments. His first CD was released in November 2017. Upcoming performances include recitals for the Wagner Society (Cape Town) and the Verbania Festival.

PROGRAMME

Joseph Canteloube: Extracts from Chants d'Auvergne
Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Franz Liszt: Die Lorelei; Die Drei Zigeuner
Giacomo Puccini: Si, mi chiamano Mimi from La Bohème
Franz Liszt: Un Bal from Symphonie Fantastique
Igor Stravinsky: No Word from Tom from The Rake's Progress
Claude Debussy: Air de Lia from L'enfant Prodigue
Poissons d'or from Images
C'est l'extase; Green and L'Ombre des arbres from Ariettes oubliées
Alexander Scriabin: Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
Gioacchino Rossini: Bel raggio Lusinghier from Semiramide
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12

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

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


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Maarten Koningsberger (baritone) & Albie van Schalkwyk (piano)

In Winterreise (Winter Journey) - Song cycle by Franz Schubert

Thursday 21 August 2014

Odeion

19:30

 

Maarten has established a successful European career in opera and song recitals in a wide repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to Maderna.  He studied music in Amsterdam.  His teachers have been Max von Egmond, Udo Reinemann and Margreet Honig.  After graduation, he joined the School of Lyric Art of the Opéra de Paris.  This gave him the opportunity to sing in several opera productions in France and Italy.  His recital repertoire is similarly broad and includes mastery of standard and period performance styles.  As a solo recitalist, he is often accompanied by major artists such as Irwin Gage and Graham Johnson and has recorded CD programs of songs by Schubert, Schumann and Milhaud and solo cantatas by Campra and Blankenburg.

 

Critics assess his voice as well suited to the intimacy of the song form with a compelling quality even in quiet passages.  His voice is characterized as lyrical, warm and deep, yet with the authentic baritone rather than bass quality.  Koningsberger has broadcast on several European radio companies and teaches at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and the Baroque Music Center in Versailles (France).  He records for the Hyperion label and has participated in the company's epochal traversal of the entire song literature of Franz Schubert.

 

Albie van Schalkwyk has established himself as performer in a number of fields over the past 30 years.  One of the leading chamber musicians and vocal accompanists in South Africa, he has also performed as soloist with SA orchestras, performed solo recitals, given masterclasses for singers and accompanists, worked as a music producer for the SABC and arranged music for various combinations.

 

After completing his BMus degree at the University of Cape Town with Lamar Crowson, he studied in London under Geoffrey Parsons, Gwenneth Pryor and Martino Tirimo. During this period he won the UNISA Overseas Scholarship as well as first prize in the SABC Music Prize Piano Competition.  Back in SA he took up a position as official accompanist and producer at the SABC. He has been a member of several well-known SA ensembles.  His partnership with Austrian cellist Heidi Litschauer has produced two major tours through South Africa and annual visits to Austria.  He has also performed all over South Africa with visiting international artists such as Elly Ameling (soprano), Maarten Koningsberger (baritone), Peter-Lukas Graf (flute), Emma Johnson (clarinet), Christian Altenburger (violin) and Raphael Wallfisch (cello).  His interest in vocal music and the art song in particular has led to many fulfilling concert partnerships with singers, culminating in the formation in 1994 of The Songmakers' Guild.

 

Programme: Franz Schubert – Winterreise (Winter Journey)

 

Admission:

R100 (adults)

R80 (pensioners)

R60 (UFS staff)

R40 (students and learners)

R40 (group bookings of 10+)

Tickets available at Computicket.

 

Enquiries:       

Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 – 401 2504)

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