Hermanus FynArts Opening Concert with Camerata Tinta Barocca orchestra, leader Quentin Crida, with soloist Francois du Toit on piano and special guest, Richard Cock Date: Friday 06 June at 19:30 75 minutes Tickets: Early Bird R100 Full Price R120 Scholars R50 Venue: Dutch Reformed Church (Hermanus central) By popular request, this widely acclaimed 16-member chamber orchestra is back! Comprising some of Cape Town’s finest musicians, the orchestra will perform the Gala Opening Concert. Expect to hear some of the most wonderful music ever written performed with fresh energy and feeling. The varied FynArts Classics programme will include Mozart, and a Chopin concerto for strings and piano. Francois du Toit is acknowledged as one of South Africa's finest pianists, chamber musicians and music educators. He is Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Cape Town. The inimitable Richard Cock, leading force in the music world of South Africa, will introduce the music which will include a surprise twist in the final item. Accomodation
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Don’t miss the exciting line-up of musicians performing at this year’s festival including: Jazz virtuoso Selaelo Selota: From mine-worker to world-class musician A jazz concert, Memories and Songs, with internationally acclaimed jazz musician Selaelo Selota (guitar), Gally Ngoveni (bass) and Sipho Malinga (drums), is one of the exciting musical highlights of Hermanus FynArts 2104. The concert will be staged in Zwelihle (Lukhanyo Primary School Hall) on Saturday 7 June at 14:00. Selota grew up in a rural village near Polokwane (Pietersburg). He did not have money for tertiary education, so in 1985 he found work in the gold mines. Life among migrant mine workers introduced him to the traditional songs and dances of many other Southern African tribal groups. After three years, he left the mines and went to Johannesburg. There he worked at the Market Theatre as an usher and later as a cleaner at a jazz club, which exposed him to professional musicians. In 1988 he bought his first guitar and began studying music theory through FUBA (Federated Union of Black Artists) Academy). In 1997 Selota graduated from UCT with a Jazz degree, majoring in Jazz Composition and Arrangement. 2014 Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz: Kyle Shepherd A magnificent musical dialogue shared between Shepherd (piano), Shane Cooper (double base) and Jonno Sweetman (drums) has enthralled audiences across South Africa, Switzerland and China. They will perform at the Municipal Auditorium on Thursday 12 June at 19:20 Band leader, 26-year old Shepherd, is highly regarded as one of South Africa’s leading progressive Jazz pianists and composers of his generation and is steadily gaining international recognition for his distinctive compositional style and performances. Shane Cooper, was the 2013 Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz. As a composer Shane has written music for a number of award-winning documentaries and films including Forerunners, Afrikaaps, Celia’s Story, and Visa Vie which won a SAFTA in 2011 for Best Feature Film Music Composition. Jonno Sweetman is one of the most in-demand, orgingal sounding drummers on the music scene currently in South Africa. His sound and approach attrace attention wherever he plays and in whatever context he finds himself. He has played and recorded with top jazz artists both South African and overseas. Cape Town Tango Ensemble And for something completely different enjoy the music of this popular Ensemble composed of Stanislav Angelov (bandoneon and accordion), Albert Combrink (piano and keyboards), Petrus de Beer (violin) and Charles Lazar (double bass). Each of the musicians, well-known in their own right, brings a vibrant, fiery performance of traditional Tangos and Tango Nuevo. The music will be accompanied on occasion by the dancing of Diane Cannell and Russell Kleintjies. AccommodationRETRO DIZZY will be back at Gecko Bar on Sunday the 25th of May.
We will be entertaining you from 7:00pm Half Price Pizza and HAPPY HOUR is from 4:30pm till 6:30pm so make sure you are there early! Tell your friends and come have a party with RETRO DIZZY FREE ENTRY Hope we see you there. Voet van Afrika Marathon & Sport Expo 2014 takes place on 17 & 18 October. Online Entries are NOW open.
Online entries: www.topevents.co.za. Accommodation-Email: [email protected] Contact Number: 028 424 2584 / 082 896 2225 The Locals - Here is a tiny taste of what you can expect to find about a few of the locals in the new-look programme. The booklet will be available at the library as well as in restaurants, galleries and Hermanus Tourism from Wednesday 16 June 2014. By popular demand Richard Cock and Songs of Praise is back with the combined choirs made up of the ProMusica choir joined by choir members of some of the local churches (Dutch Reformed Church, United Church …. ) The orchestra is a mix of local muscians as well as professional musicians who often perform with Camerata Tinta Barocca. This year an added treat are the voices of two top South African soloists – Magdalene Minnaar (soprano) and Nick Nicolaides (tenor). Judging by the ticket sales the demand is indeed very popular! A great line-up of lunchtime concerts includes talented cellist, Tobias Kotze, the Abagold Choir with a special programme for FynArts and a Bite of Classics with A Volonte Trio made up of Annemarie Rautenbach, Maike Skein and Hein Attwood. More to follow about the Tutured Tastings, Dinners and Dinees, Shabbat Dinner and Breakfasts with a guest speaker … and the not-to-be-missed Dinner: The Art of Fine Food: a six-course gourmet dinner paired with award winning wines, to be held at La Vierge Restaurant. The evening will be hosted and held together by Chef Garth Stroebel - chef mentor, co-founder of the SA Chef’s Academy and winner of the Lannice Snyman Lifetime Acheivement Award. The participating chefs are: Wayne Spencer(La Vierge), Warwick Taylor (Creation), Eric Bullpit (The Restaurant at Newton Johnson), Lesley Corneilse (Marine Hotel) and Donaldson Makhalemele (Arabella). Once again the History and Botanical Societies are on the programme: the former with two events - audio-visual presentations by Robin Lee (who needs absolutely no introduction) followed by a two-course meal based on one served at the Marine Hotel in the 1940’s! The Botanical Society will offer a fascinating one day course called Fynbos: Features and Creatures. And lastly, on the 1st May the FynArts Culinary Challenge kicks off. A first for Hermanus - watch out for details! All tickets now on sale at www.webtickets.co.za or Hermanus Tourism. Bookings for the Art of Fine Food at Hermanus Tourism. All other dinners to be booked directly at the Restaurants. AccomodationThe second Hermanus FynArts (6 – 16 June) has an added wine component in a festival programme aimed at discerning visitors keen on the finer things in life. Wine Plus is a special series of tastings and talks that will showcase what the organisers describe as the “excitement that define the current state of local wine”. With the growing fame of the surrounding wine regions, visitors will get a chance not only to learn more about and taste local wines, but also to get a perspective on the broader South African industry. Brandy and local port will also feature. The series is curated by Melvyn Minnaar, a wine and arts writer, who has invited well-known personalities to present the various sessions. These taste-and-talk events will be an addition to winecellar trips and events on the heady festival programme. The idea of Wine Plus, according to Minnaar, is to spotlight contemporary vineyard and cellar skills locally, but also to highlight the strong points of the South African industry. “Informative, but not too technical, with the accent on talent and thrill, hence that word ‘plus’.” The sessions, for which visitors will be able to buy single or a series ticket, include a brief history of the local winelands and presentations on pinot noir, chardonnay, chenin blanc and pinotage. Well-known personalities such as Danie de Wet, Sebastian Beaumont, Beyers Truter, Christian Eedes and Bevan Newton Johnson will be the presenters. A tasting of top-end brandies will be presented by Cape wine master and brandy expert Winnie Bowman. A special exhibition, The alembic spirit, will be a feature on the side. Local port-style wines will be presented Carel Nel, and will be part of a poetry evening featuring the celebrated poet Karin Schimke. Wine Plus starts on Sunday, 8 June, with A brief history of local wine and concludes on Thursday, 12 June, with Poetry and port: spirit and soul. All events will be presented at The Marine, except the port and poetry programme, which will be at The Windsor. Tickets sales opened on 1 April at www.webtickets.co.za or Hermanus Tourism on 028 312-2629. The programme is available on the website: www.hermanusfynarts.co.za. The programme booklet will be available at Hermanus Tourism from middle April. Note to editors Debuting in 2013, Hermanus FynArts, best described as an eclectic mix, a fusion of ArtsFest and Winter School, this year offers a bigger and an even better programme. Starting on 6 June, this year's unique art experience in Hermanus spotlights South African visual and performing arts, literature, award-winning wines and fine food. Exhibitions of ceramics, paintings, sculpture, glassware and jewellery will be seen in galleries, hotels and special venues in the town centre as well as in tasting rooms and wine farms along the wine route. There will be readings and talks; concerts and recitals, workshops and demonstrations and a wine shuttle for visitors between the exhibitions and wine tastings at participating wine farms. The name FynArts is a play on the Afrikaans fyn as in the famous fynbos that grows in the region, and the English fine as in fine arts or of high quality. About Wine Plus presenters Bevan Newton Johnson is the general manager of Newton Johnson, a well-known family winery in the Hemel en Aarde valley. Danie de Wet is one of the giants in South African wine, owner of De Wetshof, and a passionate expert of Burgundy wine. Christian Eedes is one of the country’s top wine judges. His highly acclaimed Chardonnay Report is published annually. Sebastian Beaumont is the winemaker at the family winery, Beaumont, in Botrivier where he makes one of the country’s iconic chenin blancs. Beyers Truter, Mr Pinotage of South Africa, has arguably done more for this indigenous variety than anyone else. Winnie Bowman is a Cape Wine Master whose expertise includes brandy. Karin Schimke is a Cape Town poet and book editor. Her collection Bare & Breaking was nominated for the 2013 Poetry Award at the SA Literary Awards. Carel Nel is the owner of Boplaas, Calitzdorp, where the port revolution started and where the Nel families have led the charge. For more information on Hermanus FynArts: Mary Faure: [email protected] Colleen Naudé: [email protected] AccomodationThis will be held from Thursday 25 September to Sunday 28 September at the Fernkloof Nature Reserve. This year’s exciting theme will be “Plant Explorers; Then and Now”. Exhibition spaces within the hall will recreate the world of the early traveller, amazed at the floral wealth to be discovered in this area. This will be contrasted with the techniques used in the discovery of new plants, still taking place, where records are kept using digital photography and global positioning. Hundreds of local flower specimens will be displayed and named, and indigenous flower bunches and plants will be for sale. Within the marquee, local interest groups, craft and food stalls will be found, while small show gardens light up the amphitheatre lawns. There are plenty of activities planned for the children. And delicious teas and lunches will be available throughout the festival. Entrance fees are R20, Children, under 12, free Email: [email protected] Web: www.fernkloof.com Tel. 028 313 0819 or 028 313 8100 |
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