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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London Song Circle

London Song Circle
Erica Eloff (soprano)
Margriet van Reisen (mezzo)
Mark Nixon (piano)

5 August 2010
Odeion

19:30

The members of the London Song Circle are South African-born soprano Erica Eloff, Dutch mezzo soprano, Margriet van Reisen and celebrated chamber musician and accompanist, Mark Nixon. For this concert they have put together an enchanting programme of duets and solo songs ranging from Purcell, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin and Rachmaninoff to Quilter and Britten.

Erica Eloff graduated from the Potchefstroom University with a B.Mus. degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance (cum laude), having studied voice under Werner Nel. She has an extensive list of oratorios and opera performances, as well as solo recitals in South Africa and abroad. During her studies Erica was awarded several prizes and scholarships by national institutions. Erica Eloff was winner of the London Handel Competition (2008).

Concert performances occupy a central position in Margriet van Reisen"s work. In 2002 she made her Berlin Philharmonic debut in Ligeti"s Requiem. She was awarded the first prize in the Schubert Competition (with pianist Mark Nixon) and was also a laureate in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.

Mark Nixon is a graduate of the University of Cape Town, UNISA, the Amsterdam Conservatory and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has received many prestigious awards and has performed as concerto soloist with South African orchestras, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and with several orchestras in England. As solo recitalist and pianist-accompanist he has appeared extensively in South Africa as well as at the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and Linbury Theatre Covent Garden in London. Mark is a founding member of both the London Song Circle and Ensemble Hans Gal".

Admission:
R120 (adults)
R80 (pensioners, students and learners)
Tickets available at Computicket (at all Shoprite / Checkers shops, Mimosa Mall information desk, Izami Florist) and at the doors.

Enquiries:
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 - 401 2504)
 

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