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)


Back
Nettie Immelman Memorial Concert

Description: Nettie Immelman Tags: Nettie Immelmanwith Grethe Nöthling (piano)

12 May 2016

Odeion

19:30

 

Legendary piano teacher, Nettie Immelman, passed away in 2011.  The Odeion School of Music presented the first memorial concert in her honour during 2012.  In commemorating five years since her passing, the newly appointed paino lecturer of the Odeion School of Music has been requested to present a piano recital.

 

Grethe Nöthling started her musical career at age five. At age seven she made her musical debut performing as soloist with the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra. She won several national music competitions, awards and bursaries including the Sanlam Music Competition (1994), Absa National Music Competition (Piano Category: 1998), ATKV Prelude Competition (2000), Hennie Joubert National Piano Competition (2000), Lionel Bowman Beethoven Competition (2001) and UNISA overseas scholarship for Teachers (2003).

 

 She has been a soloist with major orchestras in the country between 1989 and 2005 including the Cape Town Philharmonic, Kwa-Zulu Natal Philharmonic and the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa.

 

Between 2001 and 2004 she completed her Bachelors of Music (cum laude) at the University of Pretoria under Ella Fourie and Joseph Stanford. In 2006 she continued her studies abroad. She completed her Master’s of Music at the Cleveland Institute of Music (2008) and Doctorate of Musical Arts (2014) at the University of Iowa (USA). Her teachers included Daniel Shapiro (CIM), Paul Schenly (CIM) and Uriel Tsachor (UIowa). In addition, she has received masterclasses from well-known piano pedagogues including Andrzej Jasinski, Lionel Bowman, Frank Heneghan, Joseph Banowetz, Adam Wodnicki, Eric Larsen, Enrico Elisi, Rebecca Penneys, Christopher Harding and Sean Duggan.

 

During her studies at the University of Iowa she was appointed as teaching assistant for three years. In addition, she was the pianist for the University of Iowa’s New Music Ensemble during 2012, directed by composition professor David Gompper at the UI.

 

Grethe is also an avid chamber musician and has performed with guest artists and faculty members of the University of Iowa, including Nicole Esposito, Anthony Arnone, Melissa Kraut, Larry Stomberg and Sarah Frisof.

 

In 2015 she returned to South Africa and has recently been appointed as principal piano lecturer at the Odeion School of Music.

 

PROGRAMME

Beethoven-Liszt: An die ferne Geliebte

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2  

Schumann: Fantasy in C major, Op. 17

 

ADMISSION

FREE

 

ENQUIRIES     

Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)

We use cookies to make interactions with our websites and services easy and meaningful, to better understand how they are used and to tailor advertising. You can read more and make your cookie choices here. By continuing to use this site you are giving us your consent to do this.

Accept