(Daniel Ciobanu)
Friends of Music’s
next recital will take place on February 21 and will feature Daniel Ciobanu.
Daniel Ciobanu is 25-year-old
Romanian born pianist who now lives in Berlin. He graduated with a Master’s
degree. At the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, he won all the major internal
Piano Competitions, being the first pupil to achieve such an honour. He won 1st
Prize at the 2016 UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South
Africa. He also won the Special prize for best Classical Sonata, and first
prize at the 2016 Sheepdrove Intercollegiate Piano Competition in the UK.
He has performed
with many orchestras around the world and most recently won first prize at the
2016 BNDES International Piano Competition held in Rio de Janeiro.
His programme will
include Silvestri – Bacanale; Chopin - Andante Spianatto & Grande Polonaise
Brillante; Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition; Enescu–Tocatta & Pavane;
Medtner - 2 Fairy tales op.20 and Prokofiev-
Sonata no.7.
The Prelude Performer for the evening will be
soprano Zama Mkhwanazi. A Grade
11 music student at Northlands Girls High School, she is a member of the KZN
Youth Choir. She is also a soloist for both her school and the Youth Choir as
well as in theatre productions.
Her programme will
include Plaisir d’amour – Johann
–Paul Martini; Reflection from Walt Disney’s Mulan – Matthew Wilder, and O
Mio Babbbino Caro by Puccini. She will be accompanied by Bobby Mills.
The concert takes place at
19h30 on February 21 at the Durban Jewish Centre, 44 K E Masinga (Old Fort)
Road, Durban. Tickets R100 (R80 FOM Members; R20 Orchestral / Students)
Friends of Music is supported by the National
Lotteries Commission. For more information visit http://www.friendsofmusic.co.za
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