Conductor: Alexander Fokkens
Soloist: Bryan Wallick (piano)
Date: Saturday, 10 March 2018
Venue: Sand du Plessis Theatre, Pacofs
Time: 19:30
Date: Saturday, 10 March 2018
Venue: Sand du Plessis Theatre, Pacofs
Time: 19:30
The Free State Symphony Orchestra starts the year on a French note with pianist Bryan Wallick at the majestic Sand Du Plessis theatre on Saturday, 10 March 2018. The programme includes Orpheus in the Underworld Overture (Offenbach), Concerto in G major for Piano (Ravel) and Symphony in D minor (Franck), with Alexander Fokkens on the podium.
Bryan Wallick has gained recognition as one of the great American virtuoso pianists of his generation. Gold medalist of the 1997 Vladimir Horowitz International Piano Competition in Kiev, he has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and South Africa. Mr Wallick made his New York recital debut in 1998 at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and made his Wigmore Hall recital debut in London in 2003. He has also performed at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall with the London Sinfonietta and at the St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church with the London Soloist’s Chamber Orchestra.
He studied with Jerome Lowenthal in New York City where he was the first Juilliard School graduate to receive both an undergraduate Honors Diploma (2000) and an accelerated Master's Degree (2001). He continued his studies with Christopher Elton in London at the Royal Academy of Music where he was the recipient of the Associated Board International Scholarship, receiving a Post-graduate Diploma with Distinction, and previously studied with Eugene and Elizabeth Pridonoff at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. George Plimpton's feature article on Bryan Wallick appears in the March 2002 edition of Contents magazine.
He studied with Jerome Lowenthal in New York City where he was the first Juilliard School graduate to receive both an undergraduate Honors Diploma (2000) and an accelerated Master's Degree (2001). He continued his studies with Christopher Elton in London at the Royal Academy of Music where he was the recipient of the Associated Board International Scholarship, receiving a Post-graduate Diploma with Distinction, and previously studied with Eugene and Elizabeth Pridonoff at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. George Plimpton's feature article on Bryan Wallick appears in the March 2002 edition of Contents magazine.
Bryan Wallick is also deeply committed to chamber music and has performed on tours with violinists Yi-Jia Susanne Hou, Miriam Contzen, Sergei Malov, Zanta Hofmeyer and cellists Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt, Peter Martens and Anzel Gerber. He has recently taken over as the Artistic Director of Schalk Visser/Bryan Wallick Concert Promotions which hosts many international musicians who perform concert tours throughout South Africa. Mr Wallick has also been invited in the summer of 2018 to be on the guest faculty of the largest music festival in Italy, Musicfest Perugia.
His 2015-16 highlights included return engagements with the Cape Town Philharmonic, Kwa-Zulu Natal Philharmonic, Pretoria Symphony Orchestra, Rand Symphony Orchestra, and his solo performance and chamber recitals throughout South Africa with violinist Rachel Lee Priday, violinist Sergei Malov, cellist Peter Martens and soprano Hanli Stapela. His 2016-17 engagements included a return recital at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, solo recitals at the Rising Star Series in South Hampton, New York, the Fitton Center in Ohio, the Grand Piano Series in Naples, Florida, Musicfest Perugia in Italy, and throughout South Africa and Zimbabwe. He will also collaborate with cellist Zuill Bailey on an upcoming South African tour.
Mr. Wallick has performed on National Ukrainian Television and Radio, on Danish National Radio, on Chicago’s WFMT Fazioli Series, on BBC's radio show "In Tune," and on NPR's "Performance Today." He was recently given a grant by the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts to explore his synesthetic realities in a multimedia project that allows the audience to see the colours he experiences while performing. Synesthesia is the ability to experience two or more sensory experiences with one stimulus. Bryan Wallick sees colours with each musical pitch and has created a computer program that projects images of his coloured visions to the audience.
Mr. Wallick has performed on National Ukrainian Television and Radio, on Danish National Radio, on Chicago’s WFMT Fazioli Series, on BBC's radio show "In Tune," and on NPR's "Performance Today." He was recently given a grant by the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts to explore his synesthetic realities in a multimedia project that allows the audience to see the colours he experiences while performing. Synesthesia is the ability to experience two or more sensory experiences with one stimulus. Bryan Wallick sees colours with each musical pitch and has created a computer program that projects images of his coloured visions to the audience.
Alexander Fokkens is the Artistic Director and CEO of the Free State Symphony Orchestra as well as Conductor of the Free State Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has been Music Director of the Symphony Choir of Cape Town since 2005 and holds the positions of General Music Director of the Swakopmund Musikwoche in Namibia (since 2010) and Musical Advisor to the Namibian National Symphony Orchestra (since 2013).Alexander is committed to the education of young musicians and one of his undeniable strengths is that of discovering, inspiring, mentoring and developing young musical talent.
With March being #Francophonie month, the FSSO seized the opportunity to partner with Alliance Française de Bloemfontein to celebrate French language and culture. The Alliance has been in existence for 64 years, and as the only French Cultural Organisation in Bloemfontein, it reaches out to all Francophone speakers and their diverse cultures.
French classes are offered for adults as a lifelong learning goal and this year, The Alliance has launched a new project to teach school children from Grade 7 onwards, who would have French as matric subject.
French classes are offered for adults as a lifelong learning goal and this year, The Alliance has launched a new project to teach school children from Grade 7 onwards, who would have French as matric subject.
Tickets for this premiere event are available at Pacofs booking office and reservations can be made by contacting (051) 447-7772.
Admission:
R150 (adults)
Students, on presentation of valid card: R100.00
Pensioners, on presentation of valid card: R100.00
Block bookings of 10 or more: R100.00
Children (6 to 18 years): R50.00
R150 (adults)
Students, on presentation of valid card: R100.00
Pensioners, on presentation of valid card: R100.00
Block bookings of 10 or more: R100.00
Children (6 to 18 years): R50.00
For more information on the concert, kindly contact Ella Kotze on 051 401 2342
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