Avril Kinsey live in the Greyton Lodge Theatre

Cape Town Academy of Music presents Avril Kinsey live

at the Greyton Lodge, Friday 27th August at 18:00pm.

EVOCA LA GUITARRA ROMÁNTICA

Tickets sold at Greyton Lodge R65

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‘This guitarist’s work is ingenious and evocative, the result of a fertile imagination, a master musician of unusual ability.’ Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar (UK)

‘Delicate fretboard wizardry, she has a well-schooled and sensitive style complemented by a broad repertoire.’ Mike Waddacor, Variety (SA)

‘Sharply focused eloquence and total brilliance … a sparkling finish to a recital which had delighted a full house.’ Dick Turpin, The Star Tonight (SA)

YouTube of Kinsey’s Mokoro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp6OcPGoD8c

A concert of some traditional European classics and exotic ‘African-inspired’ compositions. The programme includes works by JS Bach, N Paganini, J Morel and Kinsey. It features South Africa in a diverse collection of Preludes, Dances and Tone Poems by Stanley Glasser, JB Mwende and Kinsey. Highlights include, Mokoro with the sound of a fish eagle, Kinsey’s Bushmen (Spirit of the Wilderness) and Afrique du Temps Jadis, which utilises a Sangoma’s swish, a porcupine quill and recreates the sound of the haunting buff-spotted fufftail bird. Suitable for all music lovers, especially those who desire a heart warming programme in the middle of winter.


Programme:
Cuban Dance - A Lazevevich
Vals - E Thorlakkson
Prelude from the Cello Suite No 1 - JS Bach
Romanze from the Grand Sonate in A - N Paganini
Tango Este Noche – VL Clarke
Hommage à Renoir – A Kinsey
Masanga – JB Mwende
Three African Inspirations – A Kinsey
1. Mokoro – Song of the Water
2. Bushmen – Spirit of the Wilderness
3. Afrique du Temps Jadis (Prelude, Evocation and Ritual Dance)
Mr Masangas Walk – S Glasser
Peruvian Air – arr. LT Romero
Danza Brasilera – J Morel
Classical Gas – M Williams

Avril Kinsey – Biography

Avril Kinsey completed guitar and piano studies at the University of Cape Town in 1978. She was awarded a scholarship to further her classical guitar studies in Spain at the Universitario Internacional de Música Española with Josè Tomas (former student of Andrès Segovia), where she obtained a Performer’s Diploma in 1979. She completed guitar master classes with Alice Artz, Ernesto Bitetti (Spain), Carlos Bonell (Royal College of Music), Narciso Yepes, and later in the USA with Christopher Parkening.

Kinsey was awarded the Jules Kramer Fine Arts and Music Scholarship, the KW Johnstone Research Bursary as well as the Senior Entrance Merit Scholarship by the University of Cape Town for her MMus research on music for the classical guitar by South African composers. The degree was awarded with distinction in 2009.

Kinsey’s performing career has taken her to Singapore, Malaysia, Portugal, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Germany, Denmark, England, Scotland, North America and more recently Greece, which led to numerous live radio and television broadcasts. In 1988 she made her orchestral debut with the National Symphony Orchestra performing Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez under the baton of Garcia Asensio.

In 1990 she formed and conducted South Africa’s first 21-one piece guitar orchestra. Performing with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra in 1996, she accompanied Luciano Pavarotti during the Cape Town visit of his world tour. In 1998 she launched the Avril Kinsey Classical Guitar Competition in Cape Town and in 2000 she founded the Cape Town Academy of Music where she is artistic director and lecturer.

Kinsey has written over 25 works for, and including, the classical guitar. Most have been published by Art Music Editions and many recorded on the Art Music label. Several have been featured in SABC television documentaries as well as on radio and television programs in Europe and the USA. She is the author of two music books Guitar Music from Africa and Guitar on Safari and the performer on 5 CDs.

In 2007 Kinsey was awarded the prestigious Astris Award for having ‘excelled in her field of expertise over many years.’ As Chairperson of Friends of the Cape Town Academy of Music she is currently involved in the organization of South Africa’s first ‘Guitars for Africa International Guitar Festival,’which will take place in Cape Town in July, 2011. In September this year, she will be performing and lecturing at the Royal Academy of Music in London.