SOLD OUT – Blue Velvet: Broadway & Blues, SuidOosterFees 2018

SOLD OUT – Blue Velvet: Broadway & Blues – SuidOosterfees 27 April 2018

This event is part of
Suidoosterfees 2018

Event Type: On Stage, Cabaret

The `Velvet Lady`, Louise Howlett, returns to the Velvet Room with pianist Albert Combrink for a continuation of Blue Velvet featuring songs and stories from stage and screen. Louise, known for being one of the most versatile singers in South Africa – flipping her voice from cool classical to jazz and blues – has the perfect [read more…]

SOLD OUT – Blue Velvet: Broadway & Blues, SuidOosterFees 2018Albert Combrink2018-04-05T07:46:52+02:00

Kaapse Tango – SuidOosterFees 28 April 2018 3pm – CT Tango Ensemble with Melanie Scholtz

Event Information

This event is part of
Suidoosterfees 2018

Event Type: On Stage, Dance, Music, Latin, Tango

CT Tango Ensemble has been a landmark on the Cape Town music scene for over two decades, comprising the classic accordionist, Stanislav Angelov, pianist Albert Combrink, violinist Petrus de Beer and bassist Chares Lazar. Guest artists will be drummer Kevin Gibson and Jazz singer Melanie Scholtz. This show will include some well-known compositions from the repertoire of CT Tango Ensemble as well as some original compositions [read more…]

Kaapse Tango – SuidOosterFees 28 April 2018 3pm – CT Tango Ensemble with Melanie ScholtzAlbert Combrink2018-04-05T07:17:39+02:00

Zeitz-MOCAA: Walkabout on Penny Siopis’ “This is a true Story”, 4 April 2018, 3pm

This Is a True Story: Short Films by Penny Siopis

Penny Siopis is one of the most significant artists working in South Africa today. Spanning more than 30 years and shifting across media, her work explores what she calls the “poetics of vulnerability,” challenging memory and creating counternarratives to the history propagated by the apartheid regime. In her films, human vulnerability is given form in fragile images and materials that tell stories about anonymous, everyday people, their lives shaped by political violence and [read more…]

Zeitz-MOCAA: Walkabout on Penny Siopis’ “This is a true Story”, 4 April 2018, 3pmAlbert Combrink2018-04-02T20:34:37+02:00

Concert in a Convent Garden 2018 – The Artists!

NOMBULELO YENDE: SOPRANO

Nombulelo Yende (Soprano)

NOMBULELO YENDE: SOPRANO

Nombulelo Yende is currently a 4^th year BMus Opera Degree student at the South African College of Music in the University of Cape Town under the guidance of the notable Professor Virginia Davids.

In her foundation year of study in 2014 she made her debut on the opera stage as a chorus member in the UCT Opera School’s production of Gioachino Rossini’s Il Viaggo a Reims. In the year 2015 [read more…]

Concert in a Convent Garden 2018 – The Artists!Albert Combrink2018-01-11T16:29:04+02:00

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Concert in a Convent Garden: Past Performers

“Opera in a Convent Garden” & “Concert in a Convent Garden” – Past performers

2004 : 1^st February

Pumeza Matshikiza, Matthew Overmeyer, The Cape Town Three Tenors: Ronnie Theys, Frank Sawyer, Nicola Cencherle, Lisa Garson, Marc Murray.

2005 : 6^th February

Angela Kerrison, Teresa de Wit, Michelle Saldanha, The Cape Town Three Tenors: Ronnie Theys, Frank Sawyer, Nicola Cencherle, Lisa Garson, Karein Leitner, Duccio Lombardi.

2006 : 5^th February

Quanita Adams, Beverley Chiat, Given Nkosi, Brad Liebl, Sophie Harmsen, Lisa Garson & The Michaelis Players: Lucia di Blasio Scott, Barbara Kennedy.

2007 : 4^th February

Zanne Stapelberg, Dewald von Solms, Lisa Garson, Springfield Chamber Choir

2008 : 3^rd February

Belle Voci: [read more…]

Concert in a Convent Garden: Past PerformersAlbert Combrink2017-12-08T13:26:51+02:00

Concert in a Convent Garden 4 Feb 2018. 17h30 – Book at Quicket

Concert in a Convent Garden
Sunday 5 February 2017

17:30 – 19:30 (Picnic gates open at 15:30)

R160 /R40 /u10 free – All proceeds go to charity

Booking at Quicket

Starring: Louise Howlett, Nombulelo Yende, Bongani Kubheka, Sally Minter & Musical Director Albert Combrink

Address: St John’s Road, Wynberg, Cape Town

An annual event, formerly in the guise of “Opera in a Convent Garden”, this has become one of the very special outdoor musical events the beautiful city of Cape Town has to offer. Audiences are entertained in the [read more…]

Concert in a Convent Garden 4 Feb 2018. 17h30 – Book at QuicketAlbert Combrink2017-12-08T12:54:29+02:00

Symphony Choir of Cape Town Festive Concert 8 December 2017 7pm: Groot Constantia

Join us for one of the festive season’s most charming concerts on the lawns of Groot Constantia Wine Estate, Friday, 8 December at 7pm (gates open at 5pm), for The Symphony Choir of Cape Town’s annual Festive Concert. Well-known musical director Alexander Fokkens will once again conduct the Choir and Children’s Choir, ccompanied by Pianist Albert Combrink and the Brass Quintet, as well as guest artists” THe Gentleman’s Ensemble”, in a programme of Christmassy favourites. Bring your own rugs, folding chairs and picnics and join us under the stars for this [read more…]

Symphony Choir of Cape Town Festive Concert 8 December 2017 7pm: Groot ConstantiaAlbert Combrink2017-11-23T16:26:00+02:00

Russian Trios – Erin Hall, Sunday 22 October 2017, 4pm

Albert Combrink presents a “Heart Music” project on Sunday 22nd October at Erin Hall with a programme of Russian music.

All the pieces chosen are those he has loved for many years and finally has found musicians who feel an equal passion. The Piano Trios have a very special quality – rich and melodious, virtuosic and challenging, and containing some of the most beautifully luscious music in the chamber music repertoire. From the young Rachmaninov’s first passionate foray into the intimate world of the trio, to the almost symphonic [read more…]

Russian Trios – Erin Hall, Sunday 22 October 2017, 4pmAlbert Combrink2017-09-26T19:26:29+02:00

CT Tango Ensemble Live at the Baxter Concert Hall, 19 August 2017

The Cape Town Tango Ensemble returns to the Cape Town Concert Series for an evening of tango inspired chamber music from Piazolla to new works with focus on each of the core instruments of bass, violin, piano and of course the accordian with Charles Lazar, Piet de Beer, Albert Combrink and Stanislav Anguelov.

It is a rare opportunity to see the ensemble in concert where they are able to give full focus to the music. For our concert on 19 August, they will play a carefully selected programme of virtuosic [read more…]

CT Tango Ensemble Live at the Baxter Concert Hall, 19 August 2017Albert Combrink2017-08-25T15:22:24+02:00