Events
Upcoming Events
Our winter National Youth Orchestra: Strings programme from 21 June -2 July in Grahamstown with additional concerts between 15-19 July 2010 in Johannesburg
The National Youth Orchestra: Strings session will be held in Grahamstown with the kind support of the National Arts Festival. It is open to all young string players between the ages of 18-25, and is set to be an exhilarating, jam-packed week of advanced string playing and experience. Thirty-two string players will be selected based on our national recorded auditions in April. The orchestra will be conducted by Fredrik Burstedt and top string tutors will be at the course.
The National Youth Orchestra:Strings will also perform with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Richard Cock, for their concerts at the National Arts Festival, and will do three performances of their own in Grahamstown. This is an ideal opportunity to launch a professional career, experience what professional orchestral playing is all about, and learn about the fantastic world of string orchestras. You will be challenged with repertoire ranging from the baroque period to a pops programme. Further performances for this ensemble, including the annual Sasol National Youth Orchestra Concert, are planned for July.
Our National Youth Orchestra: Wind, Brass and Percussion programme is from 24 September – 3 October in Cape Town. This programme will focus on wind bands and percussion ensemble playing. We will be entering the ensembles into the Stellenbosch Ensemble Competition. Open to all musicians aged between 13-25.
Our summer Sasol National Youth Orchestra Course 2010 from 5-15 December in Durban
The Sasol National Youth Orchestra Course 2010 will take place in Durban. It will be the third SA National Youth Orchestra Foundation programme for 2010, and we will be celebrating our 46th year. It will be an intensive programme filled with challenges and fun for the National Youth Orchestra and the National Youth Concert Orchestra. Open to all musicians aged between the ages of 13-25.
Recorded auditions for all Nationals events will be held in April by the traveling audition team – you need to prepare a study and a piece of your choice, of minimum grade 6 level, not exceeding five minutes in total. For more comprehensive audition guidelines click here. Application forms will be available from 22 February 2010 on www.sanyo.org.za, or email us on auditions@sanyo.org.za
Previous Events
National Youth Orchestras Concerts
The South African National Youth Orchestra Foundation offered a very full concert programme in 2009. All of the orchestras, the National Youth Orchestra, the National Concert Orchestra, the National Wind Orchestra and the National String Orchestra, performed in Pretoria and Johannesburg on 2 and 3 July 2009. In addition to the annual July concert programme, the South African National Youth Orchestra performed in Stellenbosch in December. More details on all programmes are listed below.
The NYO performed at the Endler Hall in Stellenbosch on 9 December 2009 at 20:00.
The programme included South African works by Mokale Koapeng, Peter Klatzow and Robert Fokkens and the Russian masterpiece by Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade. It was conducted with flair by Fredrik Burstedt. Thank you to the Konservatorium at Stellenbosch University for making this concert possible, to the Andrag family for generously hosting Mr. Burstedt and to Annemie Apffelstaedt for your kind help around the course.
The National Youth Orchestra conducted by Stefan Solyom, performed the Weber Clarinet Concerto No.2 with Junnan Sun, winner of last year’s Ronnie and Rhona Lubner Competition, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. The concert was opened by the National Youth String Orchestra with Samson Diamond (violin) and Innocentia Diamond (cello) as soloists at the Linder Auditorium, 2 July 2009.
The National Youth Concert Orchestra performed the Poulenc Double Piano Concerto with acclaimed piano duo, Laura Pauna and Cara Hesse, on 2 July 2009 at the Linder Auditorium, Johannesburg.
The National Youth Wind Orchestra performed under the baton of Laszlo Marosi and the National Youth String Orchestra performed with Tinus Botha (piano). A most exciting performance was the massed youth orchestra, made up of all of the South African National Youth Orchestras. They blew everyone away with Abba and Queen at the Aula, University of Pretoria, on 3 July 2009.
Chamber Concert Series
The innovative and vibrant Clockwise Duo performed at the ZK Mathews Hall, Unisa, on 25 June 2009. Marc Uys (violin) and Jacqueline Kerrod (harp) in Clockwise, a duo that has captured the imagination of South Africans, were joined by Samson Diamond (violin), Jeanne-Louise Moolman (viola), Marian Lewin (cello), and Leon Bosch (double bass) to play the world premiere of Paul Hanmer’s Koalabearhugging Hats; de Falla/Kochanski; Béla Bartók/Szigeti and Debussy.
Trio Hemanay performed on 26 June 2009 at the Musaion, University of Pretoria. The acclaimed Trio Hemanay – Marian Lewin (cello), Helen Vosloo (flute) and Malcolm Nay (piano) — had everyone dancing to Piazzolla tangos and charmed the audience with a Mendelssohn trio and a new piece by Neo Muyanga depicting the love affair between Antony and Cleopatra.
JC Jacobs performed his Cello Recital on 29 June 2009 at the Miriam Makeba Auditorium, Unisa. Charismatic prizewinning cellist JC Jacobs, the winner of the 1st Ronnie and Rhona Lubner Solo Competition Prize (recently returned from America) gave a recital of the Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor; Le Grand Tango by Piazzolla, and Elfentanz by David Popper. Mr Jacobs was joined by Dana Cilliers at the piano.
