At
the end of August, a dozen young pianists will go all out to dazzle in a
high-stakes contest to win one of the SAMRO Foundation’s lucrative
scholarships.
Among
them is Sibusiso Mashiloane (29), from Durban who is one of the Jazz/Popular
Music semi-finalists.
Following
an intensive selection process, six candidates in the Jazz/Popular Music
category and six in the Western Art Music genre were selected as semi-finalists
in the 2013 SAMRO Overseas Scholarships Competition, which is open to keyboard
players this year.
They
are gearing up to play their hearts out in front of a judging panel during the
intermediate round on August 29 during which the top two candidates in each
category will be selected to go into the final round.
The
two finalists in each genre will then go head to head in a thrilling musical
duel that never fails to produce creative fireworks, during the final round on August
31 at the SABC’s M1 Studio in Auckland Park. Two R170,000 scholarships – one
for the best jazz candidate, one for the best western art music candidate – are
up for grabs.
Sibusiso
Mashiloane is the only KZN representative among the 12 gifted young pianists who
hail from around the country, and range in age from 22 to 29. They have all
excelled in their undergraduate music studies and are now looking to further
their education at postgraduate level at an international tertiary institution,
should they win one of the two prized SAMRO Foundation scholarships on offer
this year.
These
scholarships, offered every year by SAMRO for more than half a century, are
among the most lucrative music education awards in the country and have
provided a springboard to greatness for several generations of young South
African musicians.
For
more information, contact Naseema Yusuf at naseema.yusuf@samro.org.za or visit www.samrofoundation.org.za
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