Success of concert a suitable reward for FOM’s recognition
and encouragement of young talent. (Review by Michael Green)
The annual KZN Rising Stars concert, presented by the
Friends of Music and the South African Society of Music Teachers, drew a large
and appreciative audience to the Durban Jewish Centre.
Ten performers aged 16 to 20 presented a programme ranging
from Mozart to Gershwin and in the process they displayed an impressive array
of talent.
They were: Sarah Camp, a pianist and cellist from St Mary’s
Diocesan School for Girls at Kloof; Natalie and Matthew Holman, sister and
brother violinists from Roseway Waldorf School; Jessica Huang, pianist, from
Crawford North Coast; Nina Kolev, violinist, from St Mary’s; Daniel Bedi,
violinist and pianist from Kearsney College; Arianna Carini, guitarist, from
Eden College; Saskia Dyson, singer, from Northlands Girls’ School; Si Jia Wu,
pianist, from Durban Girls’ College; and Ewan Slabber, pianist, from, Glenwood
High School.
Ewan Slabber is the son of the well-known Durban journalist
Glynis Horning.
This was the final Friends of Music concert of the year, and
its success was a suitable reward for the keen interest that the FOM and in
particular its chairman, Dr Vera Dubin, have always shown in recognising and
encouraging young talent. - Michael Green
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