Jacobus de Jager, a Stellenbosch University student, was crowned the winner of the fifth South African Conductors\u2019 Competition at the Hugo Lamprechts Music Centre in Parow last Sunday (7 August).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The competition, presented by the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO), also saw Jason Atherton, also a resident of Stellenbosch, and Reghardt K\u00fchn on the podium. De Jager\u2019s prize includes the opportunity to study with Maestro Arjan Tien in the Netherlands. Tien, who chaired the competition\u2019s panel of jurors, gave master classes to all the candidates last October, and a second round of master classes to the six semi-finalists before the finals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
De Jager conducted the CPO in the overture to the \u201cMagic Flute\u201d and, with soloist Lance Thuynsma, the first movement of the \u201cClarinet Concerto\u201d, both by Mozart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Atherton conducted the overture to Beethoven\u2019s \u201cCoriolan\u201d and, with soloist Isaac van der Merwe, the first movement of the \u201cPiano Concerto no 20\u201d by Mozart. K\u00fchn conducted the overture to \u201cDer Freischutz\u201d by Weber and, with soloist Samantha Durrant, the \u201cMendelssohn Violin Concerto\u2019s\u201d first movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louis Heyneman, CEO and artistic director of the CPO, said the competition is an important investment in the future of music. \u201cWe have such an abundance of musical talent in South Africa, but gaining experience in front of a professional symphony orchestra is difficult and expensive. Our contribution towards developing local conductors have been an important addition to transferring skills to young musicians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The competition used to be called The Len van Zyl Conductors\u2019 Competition and the awards were presented by Louis van Zyl, son of the indisposed founder, Len van Zyl. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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