Years
2019 2018
Liesl & Albie in Concert - Flute recital
2018-05-10

10 May 2018

Odeion

19:30

Liesl Stoltz studied at the University of Stellenbosch after which she studied in France and Italy where she obtained diplomas with distinction. She numbers among her teachers Éva Tamássy, Shigenori Kudo, Pierre-Yves Artaud and Peter-Lukas Graf and has won numerous prizes in national and international competitions in Romania and Germany. She has appeared as soloist with the Cape Town, Eastern Cape and Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestras, the Free State Symphony Orchestra and with the UCT String Ensemble, Camerata Tinta Barocca and Odeion Sinfonia. In June 2010 she obtained the degree DMus from UCT. At present she performs extensively as soloist and chamber musician in South Africa and teaches privately and at the South African College of Music (University of Cape Town).

Albie van Schalkwyk is not only a solo performer in his own right, but is also one of the leading chamber musicians and vocal accompanists in South Africa. In his distinguished career he won both the UNISA Overseas Scholarship and first prize in the SABC Piano Competition. Besides performing as a piano soloist and with orchestras, he has given masterclasses for singers and accompanists and served as music producer and official accompanist for the SABC. In 2009 he was appointed Associate Professor in Piano and Chamber Music at the College of Music, University of Cape Town. In the same year the South African Academy of Arts and Science awarded him the Huberte Rupert Prize for his contribution to ensemble playing and teaching. He has also been a member of several well-known SA ensembles, notably the Songmakers Guild which gives younger performers opportunities to appear in song recitals.

www.lieslstoltz.co.za

www.sacm.uct.ac.za/sacm/staff/fulltime/assocProfessors/AlbieVanSchalkwyk

Programme

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Sonata, Op. 50
  • Gabriel Fauré: Fantasy, Op. 97
  • Georges Enescu: Cantabile et Presto
  • Bohuslav Jan Martinu: Sonata
  • Benjamin Godard: Suite de trois Morceaux, Op. 116
  • Frank Martin: Ballade
  • Robert Muczynski: Sonata, Op. 14

Admission

  • R120 (adults)
  • *R80 (pensioners)
  • *R70 (UFS staff)
  • *R50 (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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Kayser Quintet

Kayser Quintet
2 June 2011
Odeion
19:30

Géza Kayser
(violin / viola)
Lisa Thom
(flute)
David Cohen
 (clarinet)
Liuben Gadev
(cello)
David Smith
(piano)
 

Géza Kayser studied as an undergraduate at the Conservatoire in Zürich with Thomas Füri and as a postgraduate at the Royal Academy of Music with György Pauk and members of the Amadeus String Quartet. Géza has performed as soloist with orchestra, given violin and piano recitals, participated in piano trios, string quartets as well as larger ensembles. In 2006 he was chosen to represent South Africa in the World Philharmonic Orchestra in a series of concerts in France. He is currently a member of the KZNPO, teaches privately and plays chamber music with both the violin and viola.

Lisa Thom completed her B.Mus. degree at UCT with Eva Tamassy and her B.Mus.Hons. (cum laude) with Bridget Rennie-Salonen. In 2004 she began her M.Mus. degree and was accepted to study with the world renowned pedagogue, Trevor Wye, in Kent (England). In 2009, Lisa had a year sabbatical from her job in the KZNPO to complete a Post Graduate Diploma at the Royal Northern College of Music studying under renowned teacher, Peter Lloyd. She returned to South Africa in 2010 and resumed her co-principal position in the KZNPO.

David Cohen completed a B.Mus. at the University of Cape Town, studying with Johan de Donker and Jim Reinders. As an experienced orchestral musician, he has freelanced extensively with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra and is currently the co-principal clarinet in the KZN Philharmonic in Durban. Thanks to generous awards from the Skye Foundation and Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, David recently took a sabbatical to study at the Trinity College of Music in London, where his teachers were Joan Enric Lluna, Fiona Cross and Anthony Jennings.

Liuben Gadev studied at the Bulgarian Academy of Music and was a member of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra for ten years. In 1990 he came to South Africa and was co-principal cellist of the KZNPO until 1995. He currently plays and teaches cello on a freelance basis.

David Smith studied at UCT, completing his B.Mus. and Ph.D. qualifications. He lectured at the University of Natal from 1989 to 2009, initially in music theory and musicology, and from 2002 as the first Professor of Opera and Choral Studies. He has had extensive experience as a chamber pianist and has worked with both singers and instrumentalists.

Programme:
P. Hindemith: Sonata for solo viola, Op. 25, No. 1
B. Bartók: Contrasts for clarinet, violin and piano
P. Hindemith: Quartet for piano trio and clarinet (1938)
A. Schönberg: Kammersymphonie Op. 9 arranged by Webern for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano

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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