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Mariangela Vacatello Piano Recital
2019-01-29

…dazzling, virtuosic Italian pianist in concert…

Mariangela Vacatello 
PIANO RECITAL 
8 February 2019 
Odeion 
19:30

"... and even when Ginastera gives you one piece with a close family likeness to another, you listen with a sense of renewal thanks to performances by Mariangela Vacatello of a superb zest, brio and imaginative scope... she has technique in spades, making her a front-runner with Argerich's legendary live Three Argentinian Dances... no praise could be high enough for Vacatello's achievement." (Gramophone 2016)

Mariangela Vacatello is recognised worldwide as an exceptionally gifted artist, reflected in the numerous awards and effusive reviews she received. Her performances have regularly been broadcasted by prestigious radio stations worldwide. The Second Prize at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in 1999, at the age of 17, catapulted her towards an international career as a soloist, performing at Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall (Manchester), Walt Disney Hall, Montpellier Festival, Weill Hall (NYC) and the Oriental Centre (Shanghaj). She has appeared with such prominent orchestras as the Philharmonic of Teatro alla Scala, National Orchestra Santa Cecilia (Rome), RAI in Turin, Lithuanian Symphony, Stuttgarter Philharmonics, Prague Chamber Orchestra and has performed with renowned conductors such as Andris Nelsons, Krystof Penderecky, Andrès Orozco-Estrada, Gábor Takács-Nagy and Alain Lombard. Amongst her numerous top awards the following deserve special mention: the Solti Foundation Award, XVII Venice Prize, Finalist and Worldwide Audience Award at the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, 1st Prize Top of the World International Piano Competition 2009 and the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in 2005. Mariangela Vacatello was born in Naples (Italy) and studied at the Imola Piano Academy, Milan Conservatory and Royal Academy of Music (London).

ADMISSION

  • R150 (adults)
  • *R80 (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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FSSO Symphony Concert: Soldier’s Tale & Van Hunks and the Devil

Free State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Fokkens
Narrators: Tim Thabethe & Marelize Visagie
Friday 11 May 2012
Odeion
19:30

The next concert of the Free State Symphony Orchestra (FSSO) will be an unusual one with seven musicians, a well-known radio personality, a drama student and a conductor on the stage. The programme consists of Stravinsky’s L'histoire du soldat (Soldier’s Tale) and the premiere of Martin Watt’s Van Hunks and the Devil with tongue in the cheek texts by Philip de Vos.

The story of Soldier’s Tale is based on an old Russian folk tale about a soldier who makes a deal with the devil, trading his fiddle for a book that predicts the future. Stravinsky scored the work for only seven players (violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone and percussion) and four speaking parts (the Devil, the Soldier, a Princess and an unseen Reader). The musicians for this production are principal members of the FSSO: Denise Sutton (violin), Peter Guy (double bass), Chrisna Smit (clarinet), Marni van der Westhuizen (bassoon), Paul Loep van Zuilenburg (trumpet), Hendri Liebenberg (trombone) and Ian Roos (percussion). The speaking parts will be narrated by well-known OFM presenter Tim Thabethe and Kovsie drama student Marelize Visagie and the production will be conducted by Alexander Fokkens.

Van Hunks and the Devil is the legend of van Hunks, a retired sea captain and prodigious pipe smoker who lived at the foot of the mountain circa 1700. He was forced by his wife to leave the house whenever he smoked his pipe. One day, while smoking on the slopes of the peak, he met a mysterious stranger who also smoked. They each bragged of how much they smoked and so they fell into a pipe-smoking contest. The stranger turned out to be the Devil and Van Hunks eventually won the contest, but not before the smoke that they had made had covered the mountain, forming the table cloth cloud.

This is the tale of Hans van Hunks and of his friend named Nick;
Of rum and tobacco and things that make one sick.
Four hundred years or so ago: was a time of pomp and show.
Ladies dressed in frills and laces; lots of perfume; painted faces –
Near the mountain by the sea – What a jolly place to be!
The mountain top was flat, flat, flat. Mighty flat – and that was that!

Philip de Vos.


Admission
R120 (adults)
R80 (pensioners)
R50 (students / scholars / groups of 10 and more)

Tickets are available from Computicket (Shoprite / Checkers, Mimosa Mall)
Book online at www.computicket.com

Enquiries:
Ella Kotze (FSSO), tel. (051) 401-2342 (08:00 – 13:00)
www.fsso.org.za
 

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