Candlelight Double Bass Concert with Roxane Steffen
Tue Nov 26, 19:00 - Tue Nov 26, 20:00
Museum of Dogs
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Join us for an enchanting candlelight solo double bass performance by Roxane Steffen at the Museum of Dogs on 26 November 2024 at 19:00. This intimate 30-minute concert offers a unique blend of music and atmosphere, set within the captivating surroundings of the museum.
Your ticket includes entrance to the museum and a complimentary glass of wine to enhance the evening. The museum will be open from 18:00, to explore prior to the performance.
After the performance, indulge in dinner at Carne, conveniently located opposite the museum.
About the Performer:
Roxane Steffen started her musical education at the age of 6 with violin at the Music School of Delft, The Netherlands. At the age of 8 she started cello lessons and changed to double bass when she was 16.
After finishing her studies for Performance Diploma at The Royal Conservatory in The Hague she got her first contract for Tutti Double Bass with The Netherlands Ballet Orchestra in Amsterdam and filled the position of Sub-Principal with Holland Symfonia from 2002-2006. In 2004 Roxane took a sabbatical to come to Cape Town for one year to fill the position of Sub-Principal Double Bass in The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO). In January 2006 she resigned her job in The Netherlands to return to Cape Town to fill the position of Principal Double Bass with the CPO and has not left Cape Town since.
Next to her job at the CPO, teaching and other chamber music projects she plays concerts promoting the solo double bass and played Allan Stephenson’s Burlesque for Double Bass and small orchestra with the CPO in October 2021 at their symphony season with Bernhard Gueller conducting and has featured as soloist with the Musicanti Chamber Orchestra Cape Town.