KZN YOUNG PERFORMERS

The KZN Philharmonic in association with the South African Society for Music Teachers presents the annual KZN Young Performers Concert today (May 5) at 19h30 at the Playhouse Drama.

The concert features 13 talented young artists residing in KZN. The KZN Philharmonic is particularly proud of Tshegofatso Mokobe (viola) and Stella Benbooi (violin). These two young musicians are in the orchestra’s cadetship programme. This is a programme whereby young South African musicians join the orchestra on a full-time basis for which they receive funding, while benefiting from individual lessons by senior orchestra musicians. The chosen musicians normally focus on historically disadvantaged students. Tschegofatso whose music teacher is David Snaith will perform Telemann’s Viola Concerto and Stella Benbooi whose teacher is Violeta Osorhean will perform Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto.

The programme also features Keziah Peel (saxophone) who is no stranger to the Young Performers Concert. Keziah is the winner of the Classical Performers Competition at the University of KwaZulu-Natal 2011 and has been awarded a scholarship to study music performance at The Royal College of Music in London. She will perform Marcello’s Concerto for Oboe which has been transcribed for saxophone.

Also appearing will be Sakhile Humbane, a grade 11 pupil at Durban High School on a music scholarship. He has played his grade 3, 5 and 7 Royal Schools exams and achieved high distinctions for all three. He received the highest mark in KZN for his grade 7 exam and received an award from the South African Society of Music Teachers. He will perform Chaminade’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra.

The rest of the programme includes Kiara Moodley (violin) - Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto; Catherine Lin (flute) - Mozart’s Flute Concerto No.1; Langelihle Mngxati (bass baritone) forming In diesem Heil’gen Hallen” from Magic Flute; Wesley Lewis (clarinet) - Weber’s Clarinet Concertino; Bheki Ngwazi – an excerpt from Verdi’s Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido; Ayesha Seedat (violin) - Kabelevsky’s Violin Concerto; Mthobisi Ndlela (baritone) – extract from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi; Brett Alborough (clarinet) - Krommer’s Clarinet Concerto No. 2, and Wayne Mkhize – Dien ist mein ganzes herz from Lehar’s Giuditta:

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