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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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Arnold van Wyk Centenary Gala Concert

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25 August 2016

Odeion

18:00

 

Arnold Van Wyk Centenary Gala Concert
Presented by the OSM in collaboration with FINE MUSIC RADIO

This gala concert will be presented during the annual SASRIM (South African Society for Research in Music) Congress which will be hosted by the Odeion School of Music (UFS). SASRIM 2016 is celebrating the 10th anniversary of SASRIM as well as the centenary of the birth of South African composer, Arnold van Wyk.

The concert will be recited by OSM staff members and the OSM CAMERATA. The OSM has curated a special concert programme to commemorate celebrated composer Arnold van Wyk. The first part of the programme will consist of three well-known signature Arnold van Wyk works hailing from different time periods in his career.

The concert will be life broadcasted by FINE MUSIC RADIO with Rodney Trudgeon as the host. Listen to this broadcast.

Pastorale e Capriccio
Grethe Nöthling (piano)

Van Liefde en Verlatenheid
Mathildie Thom Wium (mezzo-soprano)
Lesley-Ann Mathews (piano)

Five Elegies for String Quartet
Odeion String Quartet

Koud is die Wind for Chamber Orchestra by Alfred Vorster
OSM Camerata
 
Koud is die Wind was commissioned from alumnus Alfred Vorster by the OSM NEW MUSIC INSIATIVE and will be premiered by the OSM CAMERATA under the baton of the composer. Vorster describes it as a composed interpretation based on the song Koud is die Wind and other themes from Arnold van Wyk’s celebrated cycle Vier weemoedige liedjies. The narrative of this composition aims to depict the final moments of life, characterized by flashbacks of various life experiences as the eternal light nears.

This gala concert will simultaneously serve as the annual OSM Dean’s concert.

The OSM’s new book entitled MUSICS OF THE FREE STATE (Musicology without Frontiers no 2) will formally be released on the 25th of August 2016 in the Odeion foyer directly after the concert. The publication received a sterling review from Prof Harry White, (University of Dublin) in the International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music 47 (1).

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