(Joanna
Wicherek & Tiaan Uys)
The next Friends of Music recital on
November 14 will feature an evening of music for piano and clarinet duo by 20th
century composers presented by Joanna Wicherek (piano) and Tiaan Uys (clarinet).
Wicherek studied piano, chamber music,
historical keyboards and organ in Warsaw (Frederic Chopin Music University),
Freiburg (Musikhochschule Freiburg) and Vienna (Universität für Musik und
darstellende Kunst). She performs an extensive repertoire internationally with
an emphasis on modern classical music. Wicherek has been awarded several prizes
including the Standard Bank Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival, South
Africa (2014), Grand Prix at the Competition of the 20th and 21st Centuries for
Young Performers, Warsaw and the International Competition of Contemporary
Chamber Music, Krakow. Currently, she resides in South Africa where she is
active as a concert pianist and piano pedagogue.
Tiaan Uys is a South African musician who
started playing the clarinet at the age of 13 in 2005. He became a member of
the South African National Youth Orchestra in 2011. In 2013 he landed the
concertmaster position of the National Youth Wind Orchestra and subsequently
obtained a Level 4 Diploma in Music Performance from the Trinity College of
London (ATCL) in 2014.
Currently, Tiaan is the clarinet and saxophone
teacher at Summerwood Primary School in Port Elizabeth, and also plays double
bass in the Eastern Cape Philharmonic Orchestra.
Their programme features Eugène Bozza’s Fantasie Italienne; Jacek Grudzień’s Wiatr od morza; Robert Muczyński’s Time
pieces; Witold Lutosławski’s Dance Preludes and Francis Poulenc’s Sonata for
Clarinet and Piano. The programme also featues Rezső Kókai’s Four Hungarian
Dances (No. 2, 1, 4).
The Prelude Performer at this concert will
be Lungelo Hlophe (tenor) from Lihlithemba High School who won second prize at
the recent I Grandi Tenori schools Opera singing competition.
The recital takes place on November 14 at
19h30 at the Durban Jewish Centre, 44 KE Masinga (Old Fort) Road, Durban.
Tickets R100 (R80 FOM members and R20 students) available at the door.
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