Concert: 15H00
Renowned South African composer Kevin Volans was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and studied at the University of the Witwatersrand where he was graduated to a Bachelor of Music. Volans went on to study with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel in Cologne.
Kevin Volans’ work is regularly performed and broadcast worldwide. A productive collaboration with the Kronos quartet in the 1980s, principally in the field of chamber and orchestral music, led to worldwide recognition of his compositional talent. The Kronos discs,
White Man Sleeps and
Pieces of Africa broke all records for string quartet disc sales.
The Goethe-Institut is proud to invite music lovers to an afternoon with composer Kevin Volans where some of his recent work will be performed by Jill Richards (piano) and Waldo Alexander (violin, viola). The event will also include a discussion about his compositional praxis.
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