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Winter Symphony Season Concerts in Cape Town
Be enthralled by the orchestra joined by local and international classical music soloists showing off their well-honed skills at this winter concert series
The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra treats classical music lovers to a concert every Thursday in the Mother City’s historic City Hall as part of the Winter Symphony Season series, which continues on Thursday, 18 June and runs until Thursday, 25 June 2015.
With the colder seasons in full swing, classical music abounds as the Winter Symphony concerts attract acclaimed musicians from all over the world to showcase their skills in the Mother City. The weekly concerts feature renowned local and international artists who will perform works by the great composers, including symphonies by Klatzow, Mozart and Brahms.
LINE-UP FOR THE 2015 WINTER SYMPHONY SEASON CONCERTS IN CAPE TOWN
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18 June 2015; 8pm |
Acclaimed conductor Viktor Yampolsky, who is Music Director Emeritus of Omaha Symphony and has conducted 90 professional and student orchestras from all over the globe, conduct the orchestra and soloist Olivier Charlier. Starting at the Paris Conservatory at the age of 10, Charlier has continued to wow music lovers around the globe with his violin solos. Audiences can look forward to hearing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3, Glinka’s Overture, A Life for the Tsar and more. |
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25 June 2015; 8pm |
Percussionist Frank Mallows is a native Capetonian who got his start learning under John Hargreaves and Peter Hamblin. He is currently the principal of the Beau Soleil Music Centre in Kenilworth, a position he has held since 1990. Liezl Stoltz is an acclaimed flautist and lecturer at the University of Cape Town who has shared the stage with numerous classical musicians around the world. Viktor Yampolsky will conduct the orchestra through Klatzow’s The Healing Melody, Three Paintings by Irma Stern and more. |
TICKETS FOR THE 2015 WINTER SYMPHONY SEASON CONCERTS IN CAPE TOWN
Tickets for the concert are available via Computicket.com and Artscape Dial-A-Seat can be reached on +27 (0) 21 421 7695.
Pricing ranges from R90p/p to R230p/p for the weekly performances, depending on seating choice.).
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