Video: Divas Unite 2015

Albert Combrink2015-11-20T08:56:58+02:00

Divas Unite for a Spectacular Star Studded Women’s Day Affair

Cape Town City Hall came alive on Sunday 09 August with a spectacular performance from South Africa’s top female divas at the inaugural Divas Unite concert in celebration of Women’s Day.
Some of SA’s top female artists including Zolani Mahola, lead singer of Freshlyground, top South African sopranos Magdalene Minnaar and Zanne Stapelberg, stars of the musicals stage, Kim Kallie and grande dame Judy Page, as well as SAMA Award-winning instrumental pop group, Sterling EQ, young up-and-coming opera singer, Noluvuyiso Mpofu and the Sans Souci Girls High [read more…]

Video: Divas Unite 2015Albert Combrink2015-11-20T08:56:58+02:00

Video: Songs for Jenna – Kristi Lowe, Kim Kallie, Albert Combrink

Albert Combrink2015-10-25T19:47:59+02:00

Kristi Lowe, Kim Kallie and Albert Combrink

A medley of songs, performed at the Baxter Theater, 7 September 2014, as part of CELEBRITY SUNDAY to raise funds for the Jenna Lowe Trust.

See Photos of the show HERE.

Video: Songs for Jenna – Kristi Lowe, Kim Kallie, Albert CombrinkAlbert Combrink2015-10-25T19:47:59+02:00

Music for Easter: Silent Mourning (Music by Stephen van der Merwe to text from the Stabat Mater )

Albert Combrink2015-04-03T17:49:05+02:00

“Silent Mourning” by Steven van der Merwe

Premiered at the La Motte Concert Series 5 April 2014

“Blute Nur” – Easter Lamentations with Lynelle Kenned (soprano), Albert Combrink (piano), Sally Minter (flute), Sarah Acres (cello)

Composer Dr Steven van der Merwe

Dr Steven van der Merwe has been studying composition with Peter Louis van Dijk and was awarded the degree M.Mus (composition) cum laude in 2013. He is also director/conductor of [read more…]

Music for Easter: Silent Mourning (Music by Stephen van der Merwe to text from the Stabat Mater )Albert Combrink2015-04-03T17:49:05+02:00

Pedacito de cielo: CT Tango Ensemble LIVE (Artscape 2014)

Albert Combrink2014-05-13T10:12:35+02:00

Tengo un paraíso con tus besos, Tengo un pedacito de este cielo – I have a small piece of the sky, I have paradise in your kisses

LISTEN: The delightful Tango Vals Pedacito de cielo (Music by Francini & Stamponi and lyrics by Homero Expósito) performed by Juan Simon & CT Tango Ensemble during a live performance at Artscape Theater. It was recorded on their 3rd CD Tango Dreams.

Juan Simon & CT Tango Ensemble: Stanislav Angelov – Bandoneon & Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass [read more…]

Pedacito de cielo: CT Tango Ensemble LIVE (Artscape 2014)Albert Combrink2014-05-13T10:12:35+02:00

Volver (Carlos Gardel): CT Tango Ensemble

Albert Combrink2014-05-13T08:33:11+02:00

“Que veinte anos no es nada” – “Twenty years in the blink of an eye”

“Volver”: Juan Simon & CT Tango Ensemble: Stanislav Angelov – Bandoneon & Accordeon / Albert Combrink – Piano / Petrus de Beer – Violin / Carles Lazar – Double Bass

Performed in “Tango Dreams” at the Artscape Theater, Cape Town, South Africa – LIVE Amateur Video

CT Tango Ensemble in 2014 released their THIRD CD, “TANGO DREAMS” – available for purchase and download HERE.

Contact CT Tango Ensemble:
CT Tango Ensemble Website[read more…]

Volver (Carlos Gardel): CT Tango EnsembleAlbert Combrink2014-05-13T08:33:11+02:00

Shozaloza: Train of dream and struggle

Albert Combrink2014-04-24T07:59:04+02:00

“Shozaloza African Voices”

Bukelwa Velem, Babongile Manga, Miranda Tini, Lusindiso Dubula and Lindile Kula Jr

and Jazz Band:

Albert Combrink (Piano & Musical Director), Darryl Andrews (Bass), Alvyn Dyers (Guitar), Ivan Bell (Drums).

Live Amateur footage from the Oudelibertas Amphitheater Show, Stellenbosch, South Africa, February 2014

To book the Musicians, please contact albertcombrink@gmail.com

Video: Gershwin’s “Summertime” – Shozaloza African Voices LIVE

Albert Combrink2014-04-24T07:52:59+02:00

Video: Gershwin’s “Summertime” – “Shozaloza African Voices”

Bukelwa Velem ,Babongile Manga, Miranda Tini, Lusindiso Dubula and Lindile Kula Jr

and Jazz Band: Albert Combrink (Piano & Musical Director), Darryl Andrews (Bass), Alvyn Dyers (Guitar), Ivan Bell (Drums).

To book the Musicians, please contact albertcombrink@gmail.com

Read more about the original show here.

See photos from the shows here.

Live Amateur footage from the Oudelibertas Amphitheater Show, Stellenbosch, South Africa, February 2014

Members of “Shozaloza African Voices” have taken part in Cape Town Opera productions as soloists and chorus members. Their experience [read more…]

Video: Gershwin’s “Summertime” – Shozaloza African Voices LIVEAlbert Combrink2014-04-24T07:52:59+02:00

Video: Back of the Moon (Matshikiza): Shozaloza African Voices Live

Albert Combrink2014-04-23T12:36:32+02:00

Video: Back of the Moon (Matshikiza): Shozaloza African Voices Live

“Shozaloza African Voices”: Bukelwa Velem ,Babongile Manga, Miranda Tini, Lusindiso Dubula and Lindile Kula Jr

and Jazz Band:

Albert Combrink (Piano & Musical Director), Darryl Andrews (Bass), Alvyn Dyers (Guitar), Ivan Bell (Drums).

To book the Musicians, please contact albertcombrink@gmail.com

Read more about the original show here.

See photos from the shows here.

Live Amateur footage from the Oudelibertas Amphitheater Show, Stellenbosch, South Africa, February 2014

King Kong is of course one of the most famous American films ever made (and remade). The story of the [read more…]

Video: Back of the Moon (Matshikiza): Shozaloza African Voices LiveAlbert Combrink2014-04-23T12:36:32+02:00

Video: Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen) – Miranda Tini

Albert Combrink2014-04-23T07:03:02+02:00

Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler) – Miranda Tini & Jazz Band

“Shozaloza African Voices” and Jazz Band:

Albert Combrink (Piano & Musical Director), Darryl Andrews (Bass), Alvyn Dyers (Guitar), Ivan Bell (Drums).

Miranda Tini’s extraordinary voice has thrilled audiences locally and internationally in roles as diverse as Jezibaba from Dvorak’s Rusalka and Mariah in Porgy and Bess praised at the Cardiff Millennium Centre in Wales, for her “powerful stage presence and equally powerful voice.” (Bill Kenny: Music Web International). Here she surprises Cape Town with a knock-out Jazz Number.

To book the Musicians, please contact albertcombrink@gmail.com

Read more about the original show here.

See photos [read more…]

Video: Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen) – Miranda TiniAlbert Combrink2014-04-23T07:03:02+02:00

Meadowlands: a song about what black people say about what white people say

Albert Combrink2014-04-17T14:46:02+02:00

MeadowLands (Strike Vilakazi)

“Meadowlands“ is one of the most enduring melodies in South African music. The song was composed by Strike Vilakazi in 1956 as a moving, emotional comment on the forced removal of Sophiatown’s residents to the newly created township of Meadowlands, which is now part of Soweto, The lyrics are sung in three different languages Zulu, Sesotho and tsotsitaal, the language of the streets- a mixture of English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Sesotho and Tswana. The lyrics are ambiguous in their assessment, for or against, the government’s action. The white government thought the song supported their actions, but in reality it was a protest song about [read more…]

Meadowlands: a song about what black people say about what white people sayAlbert Combrink2014-04-17T14:46:02+02:00

Video

Kristi Lowe, Kim Kallie and Albert Combrink

“Silent Mourning” by Steven van der Merwe

Premiered at the La Motte Concert Series 5 April 2014

Read More: La Motte Website

Read More: Press Release

“Blute Nur” – Easter Lamentations with Lynelle Kenned (soprano), Albert Combrink (piano), Sally Minter (flute), Sarah Acres (cello)

Tengo un paraíso con tus besos, Tengo un pedacito de este cielo – I have a small piece of the sky, I have paradise in your kisses

“Que veinte anos no es nada” – “Twenty years in the blink of an eye”

“Shozaloza African Voices”

Bukelwa Velem, Babongile Manga, Miranda Tini, Lusindiso Dubula and Lindile Kula Jr

and Jazz Band:

Albert Combrink (Piano & Musical Director), Darryl Andrews (Bass), Alvyn Dyers (Guitar), Ivan Bell (Drums).

Video: Gershwin’s “Summertime” – “Shozaloza African Voices”

Bukelwa Velem ,Babongile Manga, Miranda Tini, Lusindiso Dubula and Lindile Kula Jr

and Jazz Band: Albert Combrink (Piano & Musical Director), Darryl Andrews (Bass), Alvyn Dyers (Guitar), Ivan Bell (Drums).

Video: Back of the Moon (Matshikiza): Shozaloza African Voices Live

“Shozaloza African Voices”: Bukelwa Velem ,Babongile Manga, Miranda Tini, Lusindiso Dubula and Lindile Kula Jr

and Jazz Band:

Albert Combrink (Piano & Musical Director), Darryl Andrews (Bass), Alvyn Dyers (Guitar), Ivan Bell (Drums).

Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler) – Miranda Tini & Jazz Band

“Shozaloza African Voices” and Jazz Band:

MeadowLands (Strike Vilakazi)