An impressive and encouraging display of
youthful talent. (Review by Michael Green)
Every year the Friends of Music, in
collaboration with the South African Society of Music Teachers, present a
concert called Rising Stars in which
young performers are given the opportunity to display their abilities.
This year’s concert, at the Durban Jewish
Centre was, as usual, an impressive and encouraging display of youthful talent.
Ten young KZN musicians, aged 16 to 18, gave a programme ranging from Johann
Sebastian Bach to George Gershwin. In doing so they showed technical skills,
musical insight and a poise and sophistication exemplified by the elegant
evening gowns of the young ladies among them.
These were the performers:
Arne Janse van Rensburg, piano. He was born
in the Netherlands 18 years ago and came to South Africa as a small boy.
Caterina Reigi, recorder, aged 17, a pupil
at Our Lady of Fatima Convent School.
Margie Fan, piano, aged 16, at Crawford
North Coast.
Catherine Lin, flute, a matric pupil at St
Mary’s Diocesan School for Girls, Kloof.
Romy Allen, piano, 18, also at St Mary’s.
Frances
Muir, soprano, 18, Crawford North Coast.
Janice Atkinson, flute, 18, Westville
Girls’ High.
William Chin, violin, 18, Clifton College.
Sakhile Humbane, flute, 16, Durban High
School.
Kathryn Stranex, piano, 18, Crawford
College La Lucia.
They were accompanied on the piano, where
necessary, by Bobby Mills, Liezl-Maret Jacobs, Ros Conrad and Dana Hadjiev.
It would be invidious and unfair to single
out individuals in this list. How do you compare a flute sonata by Hindemith
with a piano nocturne by Chopin? Suffice it to say that the standard was
generally very high and that the performers were a credit to their teachers. - Michael
Green
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