14 June 2018
Odeion
19:30
A
native of Cape Town, Sarita Uranovsky,
enjoys an exceptionally active and diverse career as soloist, recitalist,
chamber musician, orchestral musician and teacher across the globe. She held positions of Concertmaster with Orchestra Geminiani de Fallonica
(Italy), the RSAMD Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Concertmaster of the Cape
Cod Symphony Orchestra. A founding
member and violinist of MONTAGE Music Society, she can be heard on Montage
Music Society's "Starry Night Project" released on MSR Classics and
has recorded and broadcast for both the BBC and SABC and appeared on numerous
recordings for BMOP (Boston Modern Orchestra Project). She can be heard performing regularly in
groups around Boston including Boston Philharmonic, Boston Musica Viva, the
Cantata Singers, BMOP, Boston Pops and Emmanuel music. She performed regularly for Sir Yehudi
Menuhin's "Live Music Now!" scheme while in the United Kingdom and
appeared as first violinist of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Quartet in concert for HRH Prince Charles, HRH Princess Anne and at the church
of St-Martin-in-the-Fields. She is the
recipient of numerous awards including the Ellie Marx Memorial and Du Toit van
Tonder Scholarships and was silver medallist and University of Natal Prizewinner
at the SASOL Music Competition (South Africa).
She was awarded an Audrey Macklin Bursary (England) from the Associated
Board of Royal Schools of Music and won the prestigious Governors Recital Prize
at the RSAMD as well as the Ian D Watt and Dunbar Gerber Prizes (Scotland) for
violin and piano duo. An avid teacher, Uranovsky is on the music faculty at
Tufts University and maintains a private teaching studio. She has been on the faculty of the Vianden
International Music Festival (Luxembourg) and the Saarburg International Music
Festival (Germany). She holds an Artist
Diploma from Boston University, a BMus (with honours) and MMus (with
distinction) from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Professional
accompanist Annalien Ball regularly
performs with various South African and International artists. Highlights of 2017 include recitals in Cape
Town and Johannesburg with French violinist Philippe Graffin, accompanying for
a week of singing masterclasses with Professor Klesie Kelly-Moog as part of the
Mozart festival, and concerts with cellist Berthine van Schoor (Port Alfred and
Grahamstown). Annalien started piano at
an early age and her piano teachers include Adolph Hallis and Marian Friedman.
She completed a BMus, BMusHons and MMus at the University of Pretoria. After finishing her studies her main focus
moved away from solo performance to chamber music and piano accompaniment. Annalien has been the pianist of numerous
ensembles: The Allegri Trio, Trio Con Brio, Chalumeau trio, Trio Gloriosa,
The Aulos trio, The Integration trio as well as The Magic
Flutes. She performed at the Wakkerstroom festival in March 2018 with
violinist Miro Chakaryan and flautist Malané Hofmeyr-Burger, as well as playing
recitals with violinist Viara Markova.
At present she is the accompanist of pre- and postgraduate music
students at the University of Pretoria.
PROGRAMME
Dvořák: Romance in F minor Op. 11
Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24
Sarasate: Romanza
Andaluza
Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Smetana: From My Homeland
ADMISSION
R140 (adults)
*R100 (pensioners)
*R80 (UFS staff)
*R60 (students, learners and block bookings of 10+)
Tickets available at Computicket or online at
http://online.computicket.com/web/
*Please note that tickets for
pensioners, students, learners and UFS staff can only be purchased at a
Computicket outlet (Shoprite Checkers) or at the doors since a valid card or ID
has to be presented to qualify for the above mentioned discount.
ENQUIRIES
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)
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