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Antonio Pompa-Baldi
2018-05-24

24 May 2018

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19:30

Born and raised in Foggia (Italy), Antonio Pompa-Baldi won the Cleveland International Piano Competition in 1999 and embarked on a career that continues to extend across five continents. A top prizewinner at the 1998 Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris (France), Antonio Pompa-Baldi also won a silver medal at the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

Antonio appears regularly at the world's major concert venues including New York's Carnegie Hall, Paris' Salle Pleyel, Milan's Sala Verdi, Shanghai's Grand Theatre, and Boston's Symphony Hall. He performed in London, Tokyo, Seoul, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Kiev, Auckland, Hong Kong, and Beijing, and conducted masterclasses at the China National Conservatory. Pompa-Baldi has played with the Houston Symphony, Berliner Symphoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Boston Pops, and Colorado Symphony, among many others. He has collaborated with great musicians and conductors such as Hans Graf, James Conlon, Louis Lane, Keith Lockhart and Miguel Harth-Bedoya.

His extensive recording catalogue features 20 CDs and is constantly growing. They include the entire piano repertoire of Grieg in twelve CDs, a live recital of his award-winning Cliburn Competition performances and “The Rascal and the Sparrow - Poulenc meets Piaf” piano arrangements of songs by Francis Poulenc and Edith Piaf. His CD, “After a reading of Liszt”, is a tribute to Liszt, and other recordings include an all-Schumann disc, an all-Rachmaninoff CD, as well as the Rheinberger Piano Sonatas. Pompa-Baldi is now recording the complete Hummel Piano Sonatas.

In May 2014 Pompa-Baldi completed live performances of all the Rachmaninoff Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody with the CPO. In January 2015, he performed a recital at the First Lang Lang International Piano Festival in Shenzhen (China). In March 2015, he performed all the Beethoven Concertos in Fresno (CA). Other recent notable engagements include the Cheyenne Symphony (Respighi Piano Concerto), Nova Scotia Symphony (Rachmaninoff Second and Third Piano Concertos), and recitals in Wenzhou and Xiamen (China), San Jose (CA), Ravello Festival, Todi International Music Masters festival and the island of Sardinia (Italy).

A Steinway artist, Pompa-Baldi is on the piano faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music. He is the founder and faculty member of Todi International Music Masters (Italy), and sits on the juries of the most prestigious piano competitions of the world, including the Cleveland International Piano Competition, the Hilton Head Piano Competition, the International Edvard Grieg Piano Competition in Bergen (Norway) and the San Jose International Piano Competition.

www.pompa-baldi.com

PROGRAMME

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Sonata Op.13 in E flat
  • Five French songs of Poulenc and Edith Piaf
  • Francis Poulenc: Napoli Suite
  • Giuseppe Martucci: Fantasia Op. 51
  • Nikolai Medtner: Sonata Tragica
  • Roberto Piana: Improvisations on Neapolitan Songs

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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Jack and the Beanstalk

Name of production: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

Playwright: Karen Combrinck & Walter Strydom

Director: Walter Strydom

Venue:  Scaena Rehearsal room, UFS main campus

Language: English

 

Dates and times:

6 May 2015                   15h00

7 May 2015                   11h00 & 18h00

8 May 2015                   11h00 & 18h00

9 May 2015                   11h00

 

Prices:  R 25.00 per person and/or R20.00 per person for groups of 10 or more.

 

Bookings:   Computicket (0861 915 8000)

 

 

Press Release

Once upon a time there was an old man who bought Jack’s cow, Dandelion, for 5 beans. When Jack presented this amazing magical treasure to his mother, she asked: “What to do with these vegetables? You know what beans do to your tummy…!” and she promptly chucked them out the window.

 

But, when a humungous beanstalk sprouts in Jack’s garden, he has no other choice but to climb the thing to discover what lies at the top. On a mission to find a golden egg that will enable Jack to buy back Dandelion, Jack has to try something, doesn’t he? On this adventure in the clouds, he meets up with an assortment of food and all sorts of condiments. If you don’t know what condiments are, don’t worry, Jack doesn’t either. And all of this, of course, takes place in a giant’s kitchen. A kitchen. Where you prepare food. Where Jack is but the size of a small profiterole.  And where the giant seems to be constantly checking the fridge for something to eat. And where a talking goose is harangued by a beautiful harp to keep quiet or else the giant will want to hear yet another boring piece of classical music. Will Jack be on the menu or can he successfully pose as the giant’s action figure toy? And where will he find that golden egg?

 

Jack and the Beanstalk is this year’s first production for children from the University of the Free State’s Department for Drama and Theatre Arts. A fresh retelling of the ageless classic is specifically aimed to entertain a newer generation of kids with the same story mom and dad loved when they were young. Hard at work behind the scenes of this delightful comedy for younger audiences are the energetic talents of a vibrant group of drama students. Directed by Walter Strydom (known for productions such as the Boer Manie-series, Een Kleine Lientjie and Robin Hood) and showcasing the staging talents of four excellent postgraduate drama students. Jack and the Beanstalk hits the stage early in May.

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