Bella Rosa Chamber Jam: Grootte Kerk 5 April 2018, 6-9pm
Albert Combrink2018-04-05T07:56:57+02:00Bella Rosa Chamber Jam: Grootte Kerk 5 April 2018, 6-9pm
FREE ENTRANCE
Bella Rosa Quartet Chamber Jam
The Bella Rosa Quartet will be performing a rotational concert on 5th April as part of First Thursdays at the Groote Kerk, 43 Adderley Street.
From 6pm to 9pm the quartet will rotate a series of 30 minute jam sessions of mixed chamber music comprising piano, voice, cello and flute featuring Albert Combrink, Louise Howlett, Pieter-Adriaan Stofberg and Sally Minter. They will talk about the pieces being performed and invite questions as part of this intimate [read more…]
SOLD OUT – Blue Velvet: Broadway & Blues, SuidOosterFees 2018
Albert Combrink2018-04-05T07:46:52+02:00SOLD 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…]
Zeitz-MOCAA: Walkabout on Penny Siopis’ “This is a true Story”, 4 April 2018, 3pm
Albert Combrink2018-04-02T20:34:37+02:00
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…]
Concert in a Convent Garden 2018 – The Artists!
Albert Combrink2018-01-11T16:29:04+02:00
NOMBULELO YENDE: SOPRANO
Nombulelo Yende (Soprano)
NOMBULELO YENDE: SOPRANO
Nombulelo Yende is currently a 4th 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 4 Feb 2018. 17h30 – Book at Quicket
Albert Combrink2017-12-08T12:54:29+02:00
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…]
Louise Howlett & Albert Combrink, SuidOosterFees Sat 29 April, 12h00
Albert Combrink2017-04-26T07:54:02+02:00
SUIDOOSTERFEES PRESENTS
“BLUE VELVET” – Louise Howlett & Albert Combrink
When: Saturday 29 April
Time: 12h00
Venue: ARTSCAPE VELVET LOUNGE
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Download Festival Brochure HERE: SuidOosterFees Program 2017
Photos: Christmas at La Motte: 4 & 5 December 2015
Albert Combrink2015-12-06T14:03:30+02:00The 2015 La Motte Classical Music Concert series ended on a high note with two Christmas concerts celebrating this special time of year with instrument, voice and scripture readings.
Finalist in the Belvedere International Singing Competition, tenor Lukhanyo Moyake joined soprano and 2nd runner-up in the World Opera Competition, Operalia, Noluvuyiso Mpofu on the stage accompanied on piano by Albert Combrink. As has become tradition on La Motte, the music was complemented by Christmas readings by Johann Nel.
[read more…]Photos: Midweek Sessions: Zion Zuke Jazz Mix 11.11.16
Albert Combrink2015-11-13T11:18:57+02:00
Midweek Sessions at the Church on Greenmarket Square provide a unique performance platform for some of Cape Town’s finest musicians with it’s near perfect accoustics for all genres.For November we have two single sessions featuring two of Cape Town’s favourite ladies of song. A jazz mix with Zion Zuke on 11 November and a classical mix with Antoinette Blyth on 25 November.
Zion studied opera at UCT but decided to develop her own style of singing with jazz and broadway influences and she is rising fast! She [read more…]
Midweek Sessions: Zion Zuke
Albert Combrink2015-11-09T09:08:35+02:00
Wednesday 11 November 19:30 – R80 at the door
Midweek Sessions at the Church on Greenmarket Square provide a unique performance platform for some of Cape Town’s finest musicians with it’s near perfect accoustics for all genres.
For November we have two single sessions featuring two of Cape Town’s favourite ladies of song. A jazz mix with Zion Zuke on 11 November and a classical mix with Antoinette Blyth on 25 November.
Zion studied opera at UCT but decided to develop her own style of singing with jazz and broadway influences and she is [read more…]