CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA UNITED STATES TOUR

12 February – 6 March 2011

Daytona Beach (FL) Sarasota (FL) Avon Park (FL) Vero Beach (FL) Palm Beach (FL) Fort Lauderdale (FL) Gainesville (FL) St Augustine (FL) Clemson (SC) Platteville (WI) Kansas City (MO) Lincoln (NE) Ames (IA) Worcester (MA) Lancaster (PA) Lewisburg (PA) Lansdale (PA) Geneva (NY)

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CAPE TOWN FOUNDING DONORS GOLD BENEFACTORS PHILHARMONIC (R500 00 – R999 999) (R10 000 –R49 999) ORCHESTRA Artscape ADMINISTRATION: Caltex Friends of Orchestral Music A & M Pevsner Charitable Trust Joan St Leger Lindbergh Ackerman Family Trust CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Caroline van Zyl Charitable Trust* Alma Finch Louis Heyneman Department of Arts & Culture Michael Blersch Estate Altron Distell Anonymous ARTISTIC EXECUTIVE: Jan S de Villiers PriceWaterhouseCoopers (in memory of Mrs Rupert) CAPE TOWN Sergei Burdukov (in kind) Anonymous PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Robin Hamilton Rand Merchant Bank Fund (in loving memory of CORPORATE Rupert-Musiekstigting Rolf-Stephan Nussbaum Rosanna Strauss) FUNDRAISING EXECUTIVE: Foundation Austrian Consulate General Karin Blumer Ton Vosloo Werksmans (in kind) Brian Dix-Hart Estate Western Cape Cultural Cedric Reid GENERAL MANAGER: Commission *managed by BOE Private Clients Consol Glass CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Ivan Christian Count & Countess Labia PARTNERS SILVER Delia Scott PR & MARKETING MANAGER: (Cumulative since 2001) (R100 000 – R499 999) D K Little UNITED STATES TOUR 2011 Luvuyo Kakaza Embassy of Poland PLATINUM (over R1m) Appletiser (in kind) Henk Rubidge OUTREACH & EDUCATION Anglo American Artscape Hippo Boutique Hotel (in kind) MANAGER: City of Cape Town Azriel & Josephine Fine Isidore, Theresa & Ronald Conductor Henriette Weber Department of Arts & Culture BASA Cohen Charitable Trust Die Rupert-Musiekstigting Berco Express Louise Steyn MARTIN PANTELEEV MUSIC LIBRARIAN: Distell Caltex Luminaire Daniel Neal Graham Beck Foundation Cape Gate MUA Herring Trust Caroline van Zyl Murray & Roberts Soloist EXECUTIVE SECRETARY: National Arts Council David de Waal New Apostolic Church PHILIPPE QUINT (violin) Ursula Badminton Naspers David Graaff Foundation National Lottery Distribution De Beers Rotary Trust Fund Gabriele & Isabella James Ruth Allen Concertmaster CAPE TOWN Robin Hamilton Investec Schmidhauser Electrical PATRICK GOODWIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Sanlam Kraft Foods (in kind) Shill Trust BOARD OF DIRECTORS Western Cape Government Len van Zyl Mr & Mrs Stuart Franklin In alphabetical order Western Cape Cultural Lorenzo & Stella Chiappini Stonehage Charitable Trust Commission Charitable & Cultural Trust * van Ewijck Stigting Ms Janey Ball Philip Schock Charitable & Wendy Ackerman Mrs Gabriele Dahl Educational Foundation Dr Lilian Dudley Pick n Pay Mr Louis Heyneman Rotary Constantia Ms Rhoda Kadalie SAMRO Mrs Felicia Lesch Mr Pieter Lourens PATRONS Mr Christoff Pauw (R50 000 –R99 999) Mr Ben Rabinowitz (Chair) Cape Town Philharmonic gratefully acknowledges and thanks the Wurth Mr Ronnie Samaai ACSA Group of North America Inc., the assembly professional, for its generous Mrs Vanessa September Ackerman Family Educational (Vice-Chair) Trust Fund sponsorship toward the partial funding of its inaugural United States tour. Mr Christo van der Rheede Andros Boutique Hotel (in kind) Ben & Shirley Rabinowitz Tel: +27 21 410 9809 brandhouse [email protected] Mrs F H Baumann www.cpo.org.za (St Ola’s Trust) Fax: +27 21 425 1009 Doreen Johnson CAPE TOWN Gisela Lange Trust PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Louis Heyneman Pam Golding Properties

The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledges and thanks MPDV Mikrolab GmbH for its generous sponsorship towards the partial funding of its inaugural United States tour. www.mpdv.de CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA THE TRANSFER OF SKILLS

SOUTH AFRICA’S The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, lighter “symphonic pops” music for special EDUCATION THROUGH YOUTH One of its main aims is to transfer OLDEST AND FOREMOST South Africa’s oldest and foremost ­professional occasions and collaboration with community ORCHESTRAS AND “MASIDLALE” skills and create jobs. The CTPO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA orchestra, is a financially and culturally musicians and choirs. This all adds up to a believes music is instrumental in sustainable, multi-functional orchestra staggering 160 performances a year. The CTPO embraces education through ridging the gap between diverse delivering a world-class musical experience its training orchestras, the Cape Town cultures. to all communities of the Western Cape. PART OF A GLOBAL CULTURE Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the Cape Town “The Cape Town The CTPO is one of only three full-time Philharmonic Youth Wind Ensemble and the professional symphony orchestras in South The CTPO makes Cape Town part of a global Masidlale Project (Xhosa for “Let us Play”), Philharmonic Africa and continues a long and proud history culture and for the past five years has hosted a vast grassroots classical music training of symphonic music since Cape Town’s first the annual Cape Town International Music academy in the townships. These training Orchestra is symphony orchestra was formed in 1914. Festival. This festival attracts first rate orchestras consist mostly of young musicians Apart from traditional symphony concerts musicians from all over the world as well as from the townships and previously arguably the most presented in the historic City Hall with its providing opportunities to South Africa’s disadvantaged communities. excellent acoustics for orchestral music, the foremost artists. With Cape Town being the versatile and active CTPO also performs at the Artscape Theatre prime tourist destination in South Africa, Centre with Cape Town and Cape Town this also means that the orchestra makes orchestra on the City Ballet. Further engagements include an important contribution to the cultural performing with prestigious visiting companies component of the tourism product that the continent of Africa such as the St Petersburg Ballet, charity galas, city offers to local and international visitors. and contributes handsomely in making Cape Town part of a global culture.” CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR & SOLOIST

MESSAGE FROM On behalf of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape, I would like to wish the Cape Town MARTIN PANTELEEV Bulgarian violinist, conductor and composer Martin Panteleev’s debut as conductor with the THE PREMIER OF THE Philharmonic Orchestra (all the best for the 2011 tour to the United States. Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra was a highly acclaimed performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in WESTERN CAPE This is the first time an orchestra from Africa has been invited to tour the East Coast of the United 2004. Since 2006 he has been a regular guest-conductor and in October 2009 he was appointed States. I would like to congratulate the orchestra for raising the global profile of the Western Cape and conductor of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. helping build our reputation as a centre of cultural excellence in Africa and the rest of the world. Mr Panteleev has worked as conductor with such orchestras as the Concertgebouw Chamber The CTPO, which has a long and proud history of symphonic music, has contributed greatly Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Symphonica di Lecce, Netherlands to bringing music to the lives of all communities in the Western Cape playing around 160 Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia of the Nations, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra. performances a year. He has toured with the Sofia Festival Orchestra in the Netherlands and the USA. In October The orchestra has also played an important role in using music as a means of uplifting people 2007 he performed at the opening of the season of the Berliner Symphoniker Symphoniker living in disadvantaged communities. In particular, it has helped develop and promote the many at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall. talented young musicians living in our province. This is demonstrated by the fact that fifteen young He also conducted the CTPO last year during the Autumn Symphony Season (March/April). musicians, who are part of the orchestra’s development programme, are part of the United States In addition to this tour with the CTPO, highlights of his 2010/2011 engagements include concerts tour and will travel and play with the professional musicians. with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and the Berliner Symphoniker. We are proud to have you as ambassadors of our province and I wish your orchestra all the Mr Panteleev has scooped several prizes including the 1995 Second Prize for Composition success for the tour, and for the future. and the Special prize for his performance of a work by Schubert at the International competition Earth and People in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1999 he became Associate Conductor of the Philharmonia Helen Zille of the Nations founded by Leonard Bernstein and Justus Frantz. With this orchestra he gave many Premier of the Western Cape concerts in the United States of America, China, Russia and Germany. As composer, he was awarded the Davidoff Prix for his Symphony No.1.

MESSAGE FROM THE On behalf of the City of Cape Town I would like to wish the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra EXECUTIVE MAYOR OF all the best on their tour of the United States. CAPE TOWN The promotion and development of the performing arts is so important to our city and it is PHILIPPE QUINT Two time Grammy award nominee violinist Philippe Quint studied at Moscow’s Special Music very encouraging to see that fifteen young musician from the orchestra’s development programme School for the Gifted with the famed Russian violinist Andrei Korsakov, and made his orchestral also in attendance. debut at the age of 9, performing Wieniawski’s Concerto No. 2. After immigrating to the United We are so proud of you all especially as this is the first ever orchestra from Africa to be invited States, he earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Juilliard and graduated in 1998. His to undertake such a tour. This is yet another accolade for our city that I will be sure to boast about. distinguished pedagogues included Dorothy Delay, Cho-Liang Lin, Masao Kawasaki, and Felix To all the musicians, I am sure that you will be fantastic ambassadors for our city and show the Galimir. He has also studied and participated in masterclasses with Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, world what amazing talent there is on this continent. and Arnold Steinhardt. Have a wonderful experience and I am eager to experience the lessons you learn on the Cape Highlights of his 2010-2011 seasons include debuts with Berlin Komische Oper Orchestra for Town stages soon. their New Year’s Concerts with Carl St. Clair, Chicago Symphony with David Afham, San Diego Best wishes Symphony with Bromwell Tovey, a tour of Germany with Nordwestdeutsche Symphoniker and this US tour with Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. Alderman Dan Plato Mr Quint is a Founder and Artistic Director of the Mineria Chamber Music Festival in Mexico Executive City and recently formed the Quint Quintet, a group dedicated to exploring music of Astor Piazzolla and Argentine Tango. His extended, award-winning Naxos discography includes rediscovered treasures along with MESSAGE FROM THE “Cape Town’s arts and music scene is varied - from pop and hip hop to performing arts, opera popular works from standard repertoire. His debut album of the William Schuman’s Violin Concerto CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF and ballet; the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra has been a beacon on this landscape for many (2001) and his recording of the Korngold’s Violin Concerto (2009) that jumped to the top 20 in CAPE TOWN TOURISM years, and with their history and versatility they also contribute greatly toward Cape Town’s cultural Billboard’s Classical Chart during its first week of release were each nominated for two Grammy tourism offerings. Awards including ‘’Best Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra’’ categories. Cape Town Tourism is thrilled by the opportunity received by the CTPO to tour the USA in “With his lanky build and shoulder-length dark hair, he looked like a modern day Paganini - February and March 2011. We are delighted that this Cape Town talent will be the first orchestra and he played like one, too.” (Cincinnati Enquirer). from the African continent to tour the United States and we wish all members of the orchestra all He plays on a 1723 “Ex-Kiesewetter” Antonio Stradivari violin on loan to him from Clement the best on their adventures abroad.” and Karen Arrison through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society.

Mariette du Toit-Helmbold Chief Executive of Cape Town Tourism CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA UNITED STATES TOUR 2011

Concert- Second master Violins

Patrick Goodwin Michéle Williams Tomasz Kita Graham Miroslawa Petra Hofmeyr Odile Lesch Principal Sub-Principal Alexander Domagala

First Violins

Emina Lukin Eugénie Bahlsen Quentin Crida Henryk René Groyer Elzahn Johnson Katlego Taunyane Annien Principal Domagala van der Linde

Violas

Philip Martens Sarolta Szegedi Maretha Uys Paula Fourie Radomir Cermak Piet de Beer Jan-Hendrik Harley Azra Isaacs Principal Sub-Principal

Kabelo Marabe Jane Price

Cellos

Performance excellence, financial sustainability and an all-inclusive cultural transformation are the cornerstones of the Cape Town Kristiyan Chernev Edward McLean Polina Burdukova Dane Coetzee Daniel Neal Dorette Roos Philharmonic Orchestra’s strategic vision. We salute the National Principal Sub-Principal Lottery Trust Fund for its invaluable support to make this a reality. CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA UNITED STATES TOUR 2011

Double Bass Tuba Timpani bass Trombone

Christian de Haan Roxane Steffen Thembinkosi Conroy Scott David Langford Shaun Williams Christoph Müller Principal Sub-Principal Mavimbela Sub-Principal Principal

Flutes Oboes Percussion

Gabriele von Bridget Wilson Garreth Cederes Sergei Burdukov Olga Burdukova Eugene Trofimczyk Cherilee Adams Stephan Galvin Darren Petersen Dylan Tabisher Dürckheim Sub-Principal Principal: Artistic Sub-Principal Principal Principal Executive

Clarinets Bassoons Harp Celeste Chief Executive Cape Town Philharmonic

Mari du Toit Melissa-Jane Oscar Kitten Brandon Phillips Charl van der Roelien Louis Heyneman Principal Fraser Principal Merwe Grobbelaar Horns

Lubomir Petic Lindsay Mulgrew Eugene Kierman Conrad van der Lieze Terblanche Principal Sub-Principal Westhuizen

Trumpets Trombones

David Thompson Pierre Schuster Paul Chandler Slavomir Mrazik Ryan van der Principal Sub-Principal Principal Rheede DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: +27 21 410 9809 [email protected] www.cpo.org.za Fax: +27 21 425 1009