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EDUCATION:
B. Mus (cum laude) from University of Cape Town; UNISA Performers
Licentiate in Music (piano); Associate of the Royal College of Music
(piano); Associate of the Royal College of Music (flute); Postgraduate
Diploma (Royal College of Music)
PERFORMING
WORK:
Concert pianist and chamber musician, specialising in contemporary
music and also performing standard repertoire in South Africa, UK,
Europe, North America, Russia and the Far East
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PREMIÈRES:
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| Philip
Miller: |
Playing
with a Cold Head and a Burning Heart (Johannesburg 2010) |
| Jörg
Schäffer: |
Molecule
Music (Munich 2010)
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Kevin
Volans:
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Piano
Trio 2 (Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees 2009)
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Eric
Marty:
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Echolalia
(Cape Town 2008)
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Kevin
Volans:
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Shiva
Dances: piano duo (London 2008)
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Paul
Hanmer:
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"My
daughter spoke of owls": piano solo (Grahamstown 2008)
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Michael
Blake:
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Piano
concerto "Rain Dancing" (Johannesburg 2007)
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Sonata
for two pianos (Cape Town 2007) |
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Matthijs
van Dijk:
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"Four
movements and an Apogee": piano solo (Cape Town 2007)
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Matteo
Fargion:
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"Double
Dickie": piano duo (Grahamstown 2005)
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Justinian
Tamusuza:
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"Ennasula
y'Obudongo": piano duo (Grahamstown 2005)
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Kevin
Volans:
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Three
Structural Etudes: piano solo (Durban 2004)
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Three
Rhythmic Etudes: piano solo (Durban 2003) |
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Jörg
Schäffer:
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Further
Viroids: piano solo (Munich 2002)
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Viroids,
Virus and Plasmid: piano solo (Munich, 2001) |
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Jeanne
Zaidel-Rudolph:
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“The
Juggler and the King”: piano duo (June 1999)
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David
Kosviner:
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“Worksong”:
piano solo (Johannesburg 1989)
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“Worksong 2”: piano and orchestra (Pretoria 1999) |
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Stefans
Grové:
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“Yemoja”:
piano solo (Würzburg, Germany 1998)
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Bongani
Ndodana:
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“Ceremonies
and Tongues”: piano trio (Johannesburg 1998)
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Martin
Scherzinger:
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“Across
the Dancing Ground”: piano trio (Grahamstown, 1997)
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“You
who tumble in the shade of the wood”: piano solo
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(Potchefstroom 1997) |
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Denzil
Weale:
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“Heed
the Rainbow’s Calling”: flute, clarinet, piano (International
Composer’s Workshop, Johannesburg, 1996)
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“Suite
Sounds of the Good Ol’ South”: piano solo (Berlin, 1996) |
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Peter
Klatzow:
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Concerto
for piano and eight instruments (Cape Town, 1995)
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Sonata
for Violin and Piano (Potchefstroom 1995)
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Carl
van Wyk:
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“Sunburnt,
under a cloud”: tenor, piano (Johannesburg, 1993)
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Surendran
Reddy:
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“In
search of peace and freedom”: tenor, clarinet, piano
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(Moscow 1993)
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DEDICATIONS:
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Kevin
Volans:
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Three
Rhythmic Etudes for piano
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Three
Structural Etudes for piano |
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Shiva
Dances for piano |
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Peter
Klatzow:
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Concerto
for Piano and Eight Instruments
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Sonata for Violin and Piano
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Makoemazaan (piano solo) |
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Martin
Scherzinger:
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You
who tumble in the shade of the wood (piano solo)
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Stefans
Grové:
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Images
from Africa (piano solo)
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David
Kosviner:
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Worksong
1 (piano solo)
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Worksong 2 (piano and orchestra) |
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Untitled (etude 1) |
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Bongani
Ndodana:
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Ceremonies
and Tongues (piano trio)
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Rituals for Forgotten Faces (piano solo) |
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Denzil
Weale:
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Suite
sounds of the Good Ol’ South (piano solo)
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Michael
Blake:
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Untitled
for Clarinet and Piano
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Piano
concerto "Rain Dancing" |
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Mattijs
van Dijk:
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"Four
moments and an Apogee" (piano solo)
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CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS:
- 13th Festival Messiaen au Pays de la Meije.
- Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music; solo concert (recorded
and broadcast by the BBC).
- Queen Elizabeth Hall; Kevin Volans’ 50th birthday concert.
- 1st and 2nd Festivals on African Music (US and UK).
- LSO St. Lukes; with composer Kevin Volans in an all-Volans programme,
including two world
premières: "Shiva Dances" and "Mr. Handel's Return" (recorded
and broadcast by the BBC).
- New Music Indaba (part of the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown)
(broadcast by the BBC).
RECORDINGS:
Five
CDs:
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1
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Michael
Blake: "Complete solo piano music: 1994 - 2004"
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2
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Kevin
Volans’ “Cicada” for 2 pianos (nominated for a Grammy Award)
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3
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“Music
by Peter Klatzow” which includes: Concerto for Piano and Eight
Instruments; For the Poets (piano solo); Sonata for Violin and Piano
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4
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“Flute
Salad” with flautist Leslie Sheills, with music by various
composers such as Donizetti, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Schumann, etc.
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“A
Programme of South African Piano Music” which includes music by
Arnold van Wyk, Roelof Temmingh (with Lamar Crowson), David Kosviner
and Peter Klatzow |
BBC
Broadcasts:
Feldman, Morton: Piano Piece 1963
Kurtág,
György: from Játékok
Stockhausen, Karlheinz: Klavierstück IX
Volans, Kevin: 6 Etudes for piano; Shiva Dances; Nine Beginnings; Cicada; Mr. Handel's Retun
Blake, Michael: French Suite
More
than 140 radio and television broadcasts for the South African
Broadcasting Corporation; this includes several transcription
recordings of South African works.
Notable
SABC broadcasts:
Bach, J.S.: Goldberg Variations; Partitas nos. 5 and 6; Arias and Flute Sonata (on harpsichord) (live)
Bartók, B.: Concerto for 2 pianos and percussion (live); “Contrasts” for violin, clarinet and piano
Beethoven, L. von: “Ghost” piano trio, “Spring” sonata for violin and piano
Brahms, J.: Trio for horn, violin and piano; Trio for clarinet, cello and
piano;
Piano quartet in A Major (live)
Brahms, Poulenc, Debussy and Bassi: works for clarinet and piano (live)
Mozart, W.A.: “Kegelstatt” trio for clarinet, viola and piano; Sonata for 2
pianos
Prokofiev, S.: Sonata for flute and piano
Rachmaninov, S.: Suite op. 17 for 2 pianos
Ravel, M.: “Chansons Madécasses” for soprano, flute, cello and piano
Schumann,R.: Piano quartet; “Frauenlieben und leben” song cycle;
“Carnaval” for piano solo
Stravinsky, I.: Suite from “L’Histoire du Soldat” for clarinet, violin and
piano;
Concerto for 2 pianos
Broadcasts
of works by the following South African composers:
Peter Klatzow, Roelof Temmingh, Denzil Weale, David Kosviner,
Gerrit Olivier, Stefans Grové, Etienne van Rensburg, Pieter Smit,
Stephen O’Reilly, Johan Cloete, Chris James, Walter Swanson, Laurens
Faul, Henk Temmingh, Klaas van Oostveen
AS
AN EDUCATOR:
Taught piano at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Music;
peripatetic flute teacher for the Greater London Council; selected
private teaching & coaching; masterclasses at the universities of
Cape Town and Durban
OTHER
ACTIVITIES:
Donation of time and skills to the Soweto String Project (Buskaid) as
accompanist and Chairperson of the Board of Trustees; proofreading
of scores for the South African Music Rights Organisation; adjudication
for the SABC, ATKV and the UNISA and SAMRO Overseas scholarships.
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