Bongani Tembe, Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the KwaZulu-Natal
Philharmonic Orchestra sends the latest information on the next Season.
“Greetings, my dear friends!
It’s my delight to welcome you back into the fold for our World Symphony Series 2024 Early Spring Season.
With August being South Africa’s National Women’s Month, the KZN Philharmonic joins the country in saluting the many notable women who make such a positive impact on our world.
It is our privilege to welcome to our podium this season two
immensely gifted young maestri, the renowned Polish-British conductor Ewa
Strusińska, and the internationally acclaimed Panamanian-American maestra
Kalena Bovell. Each of these women have already left indelible footprints in
international classical music circles, winning accolades not only for
themselves, but for the orchestras with whom they collaborate.
Our Early Spring Season sees each conductor sharing her spotlight with a sorority of distinguished young international soloists. The widely praised Australian violinist Emily Sun takes centre stage performing Samuel Barber in our opening concert; and the much-admired Indian-American piano virtuoso Pallavi Mahidhara, a popular figure with SA audiences, is set to show her paces the following Thursday evening to dazzling effect in Camille Saint-Saëns’ bravura Piano Concerto No. 2, a show-stopper if ever there was.
We encourage you to secure your Season Ticket bookings by contacting info@kznphil.org.za or 031 369 9438. Subscriptions will close on Monday August 12 2024.
Tickets are available for purchase through Quicket https://www.quicket.co.za/events/265380-kzn-philharmonic-orchestra-2024-early-spring-symphony-season-concert-1#/
August 22, 2024, 19h00. Playhouse Opera Theatre
Ewa Strusinska, conductor
Emily Sun, violin
Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9
Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
August 29, 2024, 19h00. Playhouse Opera Theatre
Kalena Bovell, conductor
Pallavi Mahidhara, piano
Holst: St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 22
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, Op. 107