 4th Cape Town International Music Festival 2010Thursday 11 February
City Hall, 20:00 Conductor: Hubert Soudant
Soloist: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
Ravel: “Ma Mère L’Oye” (Mother Goose) Suite
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat major, Op.107
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551, (“Jupiter” )
 The celebrated Dutch conductor HUBERT SOUDANT returns to South Africa to conduct the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. Well-known for conducting the most prestigious European orchestras, Mr Soudant is the winner of numerous prizes in international competitions: the Von Karajan in Berlin, the Cantelli in Milan and the Besançon competition. His brilliant international career has taken him all over the world, from the United States to Australia and from South Africa to Japan.
 Widely regarded as one of the most creative musicians of his generation and now leading England’s “In Harmony” project, JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music when he was sixteen and completed his studies in Geneva with the renowned French cellist, Pierre Fournier. Since then he has collaborated with an extraordinary array of musicians from Lorin Maazel, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Georg Solti to Elton John and Stephane Grappelli. He has won numerous awards for his services to music, including the Crystal Award in 1998 and the Classic FM Red Award in 2005. His outstanding recordings include the Brit-Award winning recording of Elgar’s Cello Concerto conducted by Yehudi Menuhin.
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