Cello Music by French Composers
Presented by the Alliance Française
Thursday 9 October, 19:00(concert will start at 19:30), at the Alliance Française Of Pretoria, a concert in support of the Eastern Cape Philharmonic Orchestra Community Project, Ticket : R 50.
Barbara Marcinkowska (France), Berthine Van Schoor and Cello Students with Annalien Ball (piano).
Barbara Marcinkowska, a student of the great French cellist Andre Navarra, is known as a world authority on the French cello school. In addition to pursuing an international solo career, she has written many books on pedagogy and has made numerous recordings, especially of the solo cello repertoire.
She is currently Professor at the conservatoire in Versailles and lives in Paris.
The programme consist of cello/piano works, cello duets and trios by Barrière, Breval, Boismortier, Faure, Saint-Saens, Ravel and Debussy as well as Villa-Lobos : Bachianas Brasileiras Nº1 for 12 cellos.


