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CT Tango Ensemble
Goitsemang Lehobye (Soprano)
Goitsemang Lehobye – SOPRANO – Résumé
Goitsemang was born in Ga-Rankuwa and loved singing from as early as she can remember. After finishing her school career, she could not pursue her studies due to a lack of funds and she joined The Black Tie Ensemble’s “Incubator” Scheme in February 2005. Goitsemang performed with The Black Tie Opera Chorus, taking part in productions of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Pasquale Puccini’s Tosca and Madama Butterfly and Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci and Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana.
Goitsemang soon attracted attention for [read more…]
A review by Claudia Halter which appeared on ” What’s on in Cape Town” – 24 October 2012
Read the Original Review on the Whats On in Cape Town WEBSITE.
“Die Burger” 25 Sept 2012, P.10
Insomnia: A Nocturnal Voyage in Song
William Berger (Baritone) and Albert Combrink (Piano)
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church – Greenpoint
During a newspaper interview the late Marita Napier once lit up a cigarette. “How can you smoke and sing?” asked the shocked young journalist. “Technique, darling. Technique”, said the opera diva in her typically laconic manner.
And technique is precisely what the British Lyric Baritone William Berger displayed brilliantly when he delighted an appreciative audience for more than 90 minutes. Only a dry mouth and an intermittent cough and splutter gave away [read more…]
– something rare and not just a little entertaining. – A simple setting for something so rich. – It’s a well conceived and staged performance. – Louise Howlett is a consummate singer and performer Just a glance through any gig guide in our city’s many entertainment publications and you will see a hundred and one music happenings spread throughout the city. Very rarely though are these actual staged performances, and even more rarely do they ask an audience to focus on anything more than just the music. On Saturday [read more…]
– I thoroughly enjoyed Howlett and Combrink’s move to highlight the nuanced emotion that songs provide in cinema.
– Howlett’s supple soprano sashayed through arias.
– Her range and skill and her easy, pleasant interpretation of the music was aurally opulent.
– Howlett and Combrink soared through jazz from the 1940s and 50s with excellent arrangements and superb skill.
– a programme that continued to show off Howlett’s range and versatility and Combrink’s impressive technique.
WhatsoninCapeTown Review: 15/6/2012
With a laminated [read more…]
Cinema Serenade is a lovely treat for lovers of Movie Music – Theresa Smith, Cape Argus 5 June 2012
Read More about the Show HERE.
Find Cinema Serenade at the BAXTER THEATER.
Book your tickets for Cinema Serenade at COMPUTICKET.
Read more reviews of Cinema Serenade HERE.
– something rare and not just a little entertaining.
– A simple setting for something so rich.
– It’s a well conceived and staged performance.
– Louise Howlett is a consummate singer and performer
Just a glance through any gig guide in our city’s many entertainment publications and you will see a hundred and one music happenings spread throughout the city. Very rarely though are these actual staged performances, and even more rarely do they ask an audience to focus on anything more than just the music. On Saturday evening, however, I may have reacted to just another listing in [read more…]
A Review of the CT Tango Ensemble‘s CD Tango Club, by Jazz Journalist Don Albert, published on Artslink, April 26 APril 2012:
Don Albert writes:
If you liked the movie The Scent of a Woman and you enjoy the music of Astor Piazzolla then you have to listen to Tango Club by the CT Tango Ensemble. This group which plays authentic Argentinean tango comprises Stanislav Angelov bandonéon and accordion, Jacek Domagala violin, Albert Combrink piano and keyboards and Charles Lazar double bass plus guests Adriana Edwards vocal, Willie van Zyl alto saxophone, Kevin Gibson drums and [read more…]