Past Events

The Trio Esperanza is a combination of Liesl Stoltz (flute), Polina Burdukova (cello) and Kerryn Wisniewski (piano) all critically acclaimed musicians who have been successfully performing together and separately around the country and abroad. It will be their first performance for the Cape Town Concert Series and their programme will include works by Weber, Gaubert and Kapustin.

Cape Town favourite Antonio Pompa Baldi returns to the Concert series on 26 May. Born and raised in Foggia, Italy, Antonio Pompa-Baldi won the Cleveland International Piano Competition in 1999 and embarked on a career that continues to extend across five continents. Programme inclues wosks by Hummel, Poulenc, Martucci, Piana and Medtner.

Nikita Boriso-Glebsky's rise to prominence came in 2010 when he won the International Jean Sibelius Violin competition and the International Fritz Kreisler Violin competition. He has also been awarded top prizes in the nine other prestigious violin contests including the Tchaikovsky, the Queen Elisabeth and the Monte Carlo Violin Masters competitions. Alexander has become a favourite guest at the Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival and is equally renowned around the world. Amongst many competition wins he was also awarded 3rd prize at the Tchaikovsky International Competition in 2015.

Hailed by the British music critics as the “natural successor to his great compatriot Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli”, Alessandro Taverna’s “music making stimulates the senses as does a visit to his native Venice”, and gives “rise to a feeling of wonderment”.When he reached the final and performed Chopin’s First Piano Concerto at the 2009 Leeds International Piano Competition, “the world was suddenly suffused with grave beauty: flawless minutes of poetry”, said the newspaper The Independent.

The Cape Town Concert Series is proud to collaborate for the first time with the Cape Town Baroque Festival and present a concert of Baroque Chamber music, featuring international specialist Carin van Heerden along with selected members of Baroque2000 from Durban and Cape Town’s Camerata Tinta Barocca.

Violinist RACHEL LEE PRIDAY (PRY-day), acclaimed for her beauty of tone, riveting stage presence, and “irresistible panache” (Chicago Tribune), has appeared as soloist with major international orchestras, including the Chicago, St. Louis, Houston, Seattle, and National Symphony Orchestras, the Boston Pops, and the Berlin Staatskapelle. Critics have praised her “dazzling, forceful technique,” “rich, mellifluous sound,” and “silvery fluidity.” Combining a fierce intelligence with an imaginative curiosity, her wide-ranging repertoire and eclectic programming reflect a deep fascination with literary and cultural narratives, as an artist who seeks contemporary resonances with the masterworks of the past.

Raphael Wallfisch is one of the most celebrated cellists performing on the international stage. He was born in London into a family of distinguished musicians, his mother the cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and his father the pianist Peter Wallfisch.

“Gilman is a name to watch”, wrote Classic FM Magazin in 2007, and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung described him as “an artist who identifies profoundly with the work”. Today Alexander Gilman is among the most renowned violinists and teachers, and since 2013 has been artistic director of the LGT Young Soloists.

Russian-American pianist Olga Kern is now recognized as one of her generation’s great artists. With her vivid stage presence, passionately confident musicianship and extraordinary technique, the striking pianist continues to captivate fans and critics alike.

Started piano at the age of 9 in Piatra Neamt, Romania, with ms.Cosma Magdolna at the "Victor Brauner" music highschool , followed by lessons with ms.Delia Balan , wife of the famous conductor Ovidiu Balan.