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LUNCHTIME CONCERTS WITH ERIKA LE ROUX AND FRIENDS
Classical Music at Lunchtime - every third Wednesday of the Month
1 pm
Last years lunchtime concert with Erika le Roux and Friends were a great
success - so we are thrilled to announce that Erika is back with lots of
wonderful music and other highly professional musicians, treating us to a
series of concerts throughout the year.
For those of you who haven't heard this gifted pianist play, this will be
an eye-opener - and for all the others it will be a joy to hear more.
Bring your lunch or enjoy a class of wine in the lovely atmosphere of the
"English Church"!
Admission free - donations welcome!
Erika le Roux was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She studied piano and
violin before deciding to concentrate entirely on her piano career. In 1982
she was the youngest prize winner in the history of the International Piano
Competitions in Pretoria and Montevideo. She established herself as one of
the most prominent pianist personalities in South Africa, often featured in
television, radio and studio recordings. Erika not only performed as
soloist with all of the major symphony orchestras in South Africa, but is
one of the busiest chamber musicians and Lied accompanists of her
generation. In 1992 she was awarded the Grand Prix Panafricaine by UNESCO.
In 1994 Erika le Roux came to Wiesbaden and soon established herself as a
sought-after pianist, accompanist and coach. Prominent singers who work
with her on a regular basis on Opera and Lieder include Nadine Secunde,
Eike Wilm Schulte, Keith Ikaia Purdy, Sue Patchell and others. She has
appeared at international festivals in Germany and in major concert halls
throughout the country and has also been a lecturer at Mainz and
Saarbrücken University.
As opera coach she counts more than 100 operas in her repertoire, ranging
from Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Romantic Italian and German classical
Modern through Avant-garde. As Lied accompanist she has performed the
oeuvre of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Brahms,
Wolf, Mahler, Berg, Schönberg, Ravel, Debussy, Faure, Schostakovitch,
Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Britten, Bernstein and many others.
The next lunchtime concerts are:
Wednesday 15 April 2009, 1 pm
Wednesday 20 May 2009, 1 pm
Wednesday 17 June 2009, 1 pm
Wednesday 15 July 2009, 1 pm
Wednesday 19 August 2009, 1 pm
Wednesday 16 September 2009, 1 pm
Wednesday 21 October 2009, 1 pm
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