PLAY PIANO PLAY!
Sun Nov 17, 15:00 - Sun Nov 17, 18:00
Margot Chamberlain Recital Hall – Chamberlain Music Centre
ABOUT
Christopher Duigan presents PLAY PIANO PLAY! - music from around the world and from varied genres that makes the piano sing, dance and jump. An exciting and highly entertaining performance selection from various repertoires including ragtime, tango, jazz, popular music, and film music, along with contemporary meditations! The programme, introduced in Duigan's trademark style, includes Liszt -Hungarian Rhapsody No 2, tango by Plaza and Piazzolla, Gershwin’s ‘Someone to Watch Over me’, ‘Take Five’, the South African anthem ‘Manenberg’, ‘Dizzy Fingers’, Duigan's own compositions and music by Einaudi.
One of South Africa's leading concert pianists CHRISTOPHER DUIGAN has performed extensively with all leading South African orchestras including the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic, Cape Philharmonic and Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestras in a repertoire of more than 25 concerti. In recital he has achieved a popular following through his innovative presentation and programming featuring a broad and eclectic taste in music. Major engagements as soloist include those at the Brooklyn Theatre in Pretoria, Cape Town Concert Series, Steinway Hall in London, for the South African Embassy in Mexico City, at the Hilton Arts Festival and with the Orquestra des Valles at the Palau de la Musica, Barcelona.
Christopher Duigan is a Steinway Artist.
Sunday 17 NOVEMBER 3:00 pm
Chamberlain Music Centre, Hilton College
Tickets R150 includes refreshments