The Endler Concert Series celebrates the Youth Concerto Festival on Saturday 21 September at 8pm in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch. Young soloists who successfully auditioned to perform at this festival will play alongside the University of Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra (USSO) under the baton of Prof. Corvin Matei. Prof. Matei was the music director and permanent conductor of USSO from 2006 until his retirement in 2018 and is delighted to return to conduct this special Concerto Festival concert.

The Youth Concerto Festival, held every 2nd year, serves as a launching pad for the top classical music instrumentalists and singers from the Stellenbosch University Music Department and provides the platform for them to perform with a symphony orchestra.

The soloists are for the evening are students: Jean Botha (bassoon), Daniel Brodie (piano), Féroll-Jon Davids (clarinet), Lourens Fick (piano), Lara Havenga (trumpet), Emilio Lorenzo (marimba), Josie McClure (saxophone), Jana van Dyk & Chanté van der Westhuizen (voice) and Cameron Williams (clarinet). Several of these students have been awarded prizes at competitions such as ATKV Musiq competition, FMR Bursary Awards Competition, UNISA National Piano Competition, Mabel Quick overseas music bursary award, to name a few.

The audience will be treated to a diverse and wonderful programme including one movement from each of the following works: Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto, Spohr’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1, Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto, and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Full works to be performed include: Delibes’ much loved Flower Duet from Lakme, Bela Kovats Sholem alekhem, rov Feidman! for clarinet, and Prokofiev ‘s 1st Piano Concerto. The programme also includes works by well-known South African composers: Peter Klatzow’s Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra and Hendrik Hofmeyr’s Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra.

Join us for this feast of great music and young talent!

Tickets for R140 (regular) and R100 (students and pensioners) are available now through Computicket and at the door. For more information contact Fiona Grayer at concerts@sun.ac.za or 021 808 2358.