News
8 Seasons record wins SAMA award.
Daniel's '8 Seasons' record has won the prestigious South African Music Award (SAMA). During a ceremony at Sun City on April 16 this collaboration of Daniel with the Stellenbosch University Camerata won the prize 'Best Classical Record'.
Osnabrück Chamber Music Festival
From 15-19 April the 'Love and Madness' of Düsseldorf ChamberJam will continue at the Osnabrück Chamber Music Festival 'Con Brio'. ChamberJam artists David Cohen, Marcelo Nisinman, Priya Mitchell, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Polina Leschenko and Blanca Gleisner, as well as Daniel will be in residence at this long established festival, where they will be joined be the likes of pianist Alfredo Perl, cellist Maria Kliegel and the Meta4 Quartet. Much amorous, passionate and mad music by Schumann, Chopin, Dvorak, Piazzolla and many others.
Düsseldorf ChamberJam 2010 - Love & Madness
From 2 to 5 April ChamberJam Düsseldorf - 2nd Easter Music Festival will take place, following the succes of last years inaugural edition. The festival will bring together some of Europe's most highly acclaimed soloists and chamber musicians for 4 days of intensive music making in the beautiful Johanneskirche in the heart of Düsseldorf, a stone's throw from the Old Town and the Rhine and surrounded by an array of fine restaurants and cafés. The festival kicks off with a performance of Bach's magnificent St. John's Passion on Good Friday (with festival artists as principal players and conducted by Wolfgang Abendroth) and is followed by concerts on saturday night, Easter Sunday evening, and then on Easter Monday a full day of concerts. Throughout the festival the Festival Cafe will be a hub where artists and audience can meet and mingle. The theme this year is Love & Madness - and it will feature some of the best amorous, mad, sad and just plain gorgeous ever written.
See the full program of this exiting festival here
8 Seasons record nominated for award
Daniel's recent release of the 8 Seasons has been nominated for the South African Music Awards. Read the press release here
CD release 8 Seasons
Daniel's new CD of the Piazzolla/Vivaldi '8 Seasons' was recently released to critical acclaim. 'To know the meaning of the word fabulous, listen to this Piazzolla', wrote Paul Boekkooi, leading SA critic. The recording, with the Stellenbosch University Camerata was made at the end of Daniel's South African tour in September '08, in the Fismer Hall of Stellenbosch University, following a performance at Cape Town City Halls.
Upcoming recordings
News about Daniel's next releases on the TwoPianistsRecords label here soon...
Concerto tour of South Africa and new recordings planned
Daniel will be returning to South Africa in late June and in October. In June he will go into the studio with pianist Luis Magalaes to record a new CD -details here soon- and to take part, for the 6th year running in the wonderful Stellenbosch Festival from 2-10 July. In October and early November Daniel will be making an extensive concerto and recital tour, following his succesfull tour in the autumn of '08. Highlights will include:
- Tchaikowsky with the Johannesburg Philharmonic (October 6&7) more
- The 8 Seasons at the Aardklop Festival in Potchefstroom (Oct. 3) and Bloemfontein (Oct. 27) with the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, Daniel as soloist/director
- Concerto with KwaZula Natal Philharmonic, Durban (Oct. 14) more
- Mozart Sinfonia Concertante & Schnittke Concerto Grosso (tbc) with Priya Mitchell (violin) and Camerata Stellenboch (Oct 24)
- Mozart Sinfonia Concertante with violinist Priya Mitchell and the Johannesburg Philharmonic under Maestro Bernhard Güller (Nov. 3&4) more
- Recitals in J'burg (more) (Oct 9), Pretoria, (Oct 10), Durban, (Oct 12) and Cape Town (Oct 23), also recitals in Knysna, Hermanus, Port Elisabeth, White Lodge, Grahamstown.
- Recording for TwoPianists Records with violinist Priya Mitchell - more details soon.
Carmen at Oxford
We received this video of the performance at the Holywell music room as part of the terrific OCMF '08 with theme 'Latin!'. Lots of Latin music, from Vivaldi to Piazzolla was played, and this Carmen Phantasy by Julian Milone for four violins and doublebass was so much fun... On stage were Daniel, Sascha Sitkovetsky, Karolina Weltrowska, artistic director Priya Mitchell and bassist Zoran Markovic.
Daniel at Kuhmo Festival
Daniel will be making his first visit to the celebrated Kuhmo Festival in Finland from 11-18 July. The festival is known as one of the worlds most important and exiting chamber music festivals in a beautiful spot in northern Finland. Read more about the Kuhmo Festival here.
