Sunday, 7th April TIME: 15:00

Etienne Rousseau Theatre

PROGRAMME
Bach Chorale Prelude No. 5 (“Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”)
Chorale Prelude No. 3 (“Nun komm der Heiden Heiland “)
Beethoven Appassionata Sonata (No. 23 in F Minor op. 57)
Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat minor Op. 36
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12

LOUIS NEL
PIANIST
Louis started playing the piano at the age of 8 with Claudine van Breda and is currently a pupil of Prof Joseph Stanford. In 2016 he was the overall winner of the Hennie Joubert National Piano Competition in Stellenbosch, and in 2017, of the Atterbury National Piano Competition. In October 2018 he was appointed as winner of the piano category as well as the overall winner during the National Youth Music Competition in Cape Town. In 2019 he was invited to perform as a soloist with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra during the Len van Zyl Conductor’s Competition and won the UNISA Music Scholarship Competition. Since then, he has completed an Honours degree in Mathematics at the University of Pretoria. Whilst studying he continued to perform on the side, a highlight being performing as pianist for Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in 2023

Tickets R150 & R100 (60+) and at the door