Keiskamma Music Academy has been enjoying Hamburg’s beautiful summer weather as we rehearse for our upcoming Easter concerts in Port Alfred and Hamburg. Nothing puts a damper on rehearsals like wet weather, so we have been happy for lots of sunshine to enjoy when we take breaks from our hard practicing!
We are delighted to take part again in Port Alfred’s “Classics at the Castle” concert series on 31 March at Richmond House Museum and Music Room. Our performance begins at 17h00, and tickets are available in advance only, at Kowie News Agency. Contact Sue Gordon at 0824567437 / gordofam@iafrica.com for more information.
Our concert programme features a friendship between Hamburg, Germany and our own Hamburg in the Eastern Cape. We are delighted to be joined by Paulus van der Merwe, a noted South African musician who currently works in Germany as principal oboist in both Hamburg’s NDR Symphony and the Wagner Festival Orchestra in Bayreuth. Paulus is renowned as international soloist and recording artist, and has taught since 1990 at the Luebeck Hochschule, where he is now professor.
Helen Vosloo, founder of Keiskamma Music Academy and one of South Africa’s top classical musicians, will join Paulus and a small group of Music Academy students for this performance. Until recently, Helen was Principal Flute with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO), and she continues to be part of the acclaimed Trio Hemanay with Malcolm Nay and Marian Lewin. Helen appears regularly as soloist with the JPO, COSA, Johannesburg Festival Orchestra, JMI, and MIAGI.
Our Port Alfred performance will be followed on 4 April with an Easter Concert in Hamburg, again featuring Paulus van der Merwe, Helen Vosloo, and students of the Keiskamma Music Academy. Both concerts will feature solo and chamber music, including music by Vivaldi, Marcello, and Telemann. Please join us in the Old Hall at 16h00 for a celebration of music-making! Contact 0826641190 / music@keiskamma.org for more information.
