KZNPO SPRING SEASON

KZN Philharmonic’s next concert season commences on September 16.

The KZN Philharmonic’s World Symphony Series Spring Season, which features an exciting line-up of international and South African conductors and soloists, commences on September 16 and continues for eight weeks.

Commenting on the season Bongani Tembe, Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra said: “After hosting a successful series of concerts during the FIFA World Cup, it is our pleasure to now also present a world class Spring Season. The orchestra continues to promote this sense of pride and celebration with our symphony season featuring accomplished artists of many nationalities, as did the World Cup, except our fixture is a collaboration where everyone emerges a winner.”

Renowned conductors Victor Yampolsky and Robert Maxym return to the City Hall stage, while the orchestra’s two resident conductors also take up the baton this season. Young Italian conductor Alessandro Crudele who has established himself as one of the leading conductors in Europe will be making his debut with the orchestra, taking to the podium for the final two concerts.

One of the highlights of the season is the celebration of Chopin and Schumann’s 200th birthday anniversaries. Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 will be featured on September 23 and three weeks later, Schumann’s Spring Symphony.

The Spring Season also presents a number of talented pianists. First up is Russian Vassily Primakov, who takes to the stage on September 23, while South African piano duo, Cara Hesse and Laura Pauna, perform Mozart’s and Poulenc’s Piano Concertos for Two Pianos on October 7. Italian Mariangela Vacatello follows two weeks later and Korea’s Young-Choon Park completes the line-up on October 28.

World-renowned violinist Daniel Rowland, who returns to South Africa for the sixth time, performs Elgar’s Violin Concerto in B Minor, while cellist Jérôme Pernoo brings the season to a fitting close performing Offenbach’s Concerto Militaire for Violoncello and orchestra, for which he also composed the cadenza.

The “stars of tomorrow” are celebrated in the annual National Youth Concerto Festival where the cream of young South African musicians will have an opportunity to perform on stage with the KZN Philharmonic under the baton of resident conductor Lykele Temmingh. This year, the concert also features the KZN Youth Orchestra which will open the evening with a performance of Concert Overture No.2, a work composed by Roelof Temmingh, as well as musicians from the Botshabelo String Project, based in Bloemfontein.

Subscription bookings and renewals are available via the KZN Philharmonic offices with single ticket and subscription bookings also available at Computicket. Subscribers receive a 25% discount off the single ticket price and subscriptions start from just R480, while pensioners enjoy an additional 5% discount.

Furthermore patrons have access to safe and subsidised parking which is available at the Royal Hotel and once again extra security guards have been contracted by the KZN Philharmonic and will be placed in the surrounding areas of the Durban City Hall for the security and safety of our patrons.

For more information contact 031 369 9438 or log onto www.kznpo.co.za or click on the advert above.