Friends of Music is proud to present one of South Africa’s
leading concert pianists, Andrew Warburton in recital.
A virtuoso pianist with superb technical skill and sensitivity, Warburton will perform on May 24 at 14h30 at the Durban Jewish Centre – North Beach.
Andrew Warburton was born in 1963 in Johannesburg and studied piano from a very early age. He completed his BMus in 1985 with 95% for major subjects.
Since then, he has pursued a diverse musical career as soloist, accompanist, and chamber musician throughout Southern Africa. He has lectured at UKZN, both part-time and permanently, since 1987. Warburton has performed with all the South African orchestras, encompassing a repertoire of 25 concertos.
He has served as Musical Director/Repetiteur/Chorus Master for over 100 productions of opera, musicals, and ballet, presented by the Playhouse Company, Durban, and the State Theatre in Pretoria from 1986 to 2005.
Andrew is presently lecturer in Piano and Music History, Head of Western Classical Performance Studies, and resident accompanist at the UKZN School of Music. He graduated at UKZN with a Doctor of Philosophy in Performance on April 1, 2019.
Programme
-Beethoven Piano Sonata in F minor Op 57 “Appassionata"
-Debussy Estampes
-Schumann Piano Sonata no 2 in G minor Op 22
(with original finale of 1838)
-Prokofiev Piano Sonata no 3 in A minor Op 28
Tickets R150 (available at the door)
For more information go to millark.millar@gmail.com or phone 0715051021
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