KZNPO hosts winter season

THE KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra launches its four week 2018 Winter Season at the Playhouse Opera Theatre this week, performing each Thursday between 7 and 28 June at 7.30pm.

“We are excited to present the second leg of our 2018 World Symphony Series, with a roster of top flight international conductors and soloists to our concert platform, along with prominent South African artists, while continuing to carry out the KZN Philharmonic’s Orchestra’s broad mission of developing its dynamic artistic vision,” said Bongani Tembe, the Orchestra’s Chief Executive and Artistic Director.

Associated guest conductor Daniel Boico launches the Winter Season on 7 June with Beethoven’s powerful Egmont Overture. A superb showcase for award-winning Italian virtuoso, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, the statuesque grandeur of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor promises to be an exciting centrepiece to the evening’s programme, which concludes with a performance of the Symphony No 1 by the Russian composer, Alexander Borodin.

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Conductor Brandon Philips makes his bow on the podium on 14 June with a programme of 19th Century German and French repertoire. Robert Schumann’s Overture to his only Opera, Genoveva, makes a welcome appearance as the evening’s curtain-raiser, before the renowned Russian soloist, Alexander Buzlov takes the spotlight to perform Édouard Lalo Cello Concerto in D minor. Brahms’ Symphony No 3 rounds off the programme.

Season tickets and booking for individual concerts in KZN Philharmonic’s 2018 Winter Season are through Computicket. Call 0861 915 8000 or book online at www.computicket.com. Contact 031 369 9438, email bookings@kznphil.org.za or visit www.kznphil.org.za.

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