Award-winning violinist, Alexander Gilman, will play the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra on Thursday, April 6. With Daniel Boico on the podium, the CPO will perform Khatchaturian Waltz from Masquerade and Bartok Concerto for Orchestra.
Gilman, who has won several competitions since his first solo concert at the age of seven in Munich, has peformed around the world. His CD with the CPO and Perry So won a Diapason d’Or. Ten years ago, Classic FM called him “a name to watch”, and today Gilman is considered one of his generation’s most promising violinists. After giving his first solo concert at the age of seven in Munich in the Philharmonic Concert Hall, Gilman has now performed in the most renowned concert halls all over the world.
Pre-concert talk by Rodney Trudgeon
Having graduated from the Hochschule in Cologne and the University of Zurich, he is now a teaching assistant in Zurich. He plays a Ferdinando Gagliano violin (1795).
The Bartok Concerto, a vibrant celebration of life, was last performed by the CPO in 2002; it was premiered in 1944 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra which had commission the piece of the composer, who was languishing in America for his native Hungary. It worked miracles on his recovery and he completed it in some seven weeks and on its first performance was an immediate success.
There will be a pre-concert talk by Rodney Trudgeon open to ticket holders at 7.15pm. Entrance to the open dress rehearsal at 11 on the day is R50 payable at the door.
What: Alexander Gilman, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra
Where: Cape Town City Hall
When: Thursday, April 6 at 8pm
Tickets: Single seats R90 – R230
Book: Artscape Dial-a-Seat 021 421 7695, http://online.computicket.com/web/event/autumn_symphony_season_concert_2/1106925258/0/77412038
Info: 021 410 9966, luvuyo@cpo.org.za/
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