Friday, 27 January 2012, 19.30h

Opening Concert / Jazz Concert  –  UJ Theatre, University of Johannesburg

Quattro Fusion with

STANDARD BANK YOUNG ARTIST AWARD WINNERS
Melanie Scholtz (vocals), Samson Diamond (violin), Melvin Peters (piano), Godfrey Mgcina (percussion), Hein van de Geyn (double bass) and special guest Shannon Mowday (saxophone)

Saturday, 28 January 2012, 19.30h

Jazz Concert  –  Nambitha, Soweto

Quattro Fusion with

STANDARD BANK YOUNG ARTIST AWARD WINNERS
Melanie Scholtz (vocals), Samson Diamond (violin), Melvin Peters (piano), Godfrey Mgcina (percussion), Hein van de Geyn (double bass) and special guest Shannon Mowday (saxophone)

Sunday, 29 January 2012, 15.00h

Choral Concert
Linder Auditorium

Friedel Mitas (soprano), Monika Voysey (alto), Nicholas Nicolaidis (tenor), Aubrey Lodewyk (baritone), Chamber Choir of South Africa, Chanticleer Singers, Johannesburg Festival Orchestra and Richard Cock (conductor)

Georg Friedrich Händel

Monday, 30 January 2012, 19.30h

New Music Concert
Theatre, University of Johannesburg

Jill Richards (piano) with João Orecchia (musician) 

J.S. Bach, John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Kurtàg, Franz Schubert, Free improvisation

Tuesday, 31 January 2012, 19.30h

Choral Concert with Improvisation
St. Mary’s School, Waverley

Shannon Mowday (saxophone), Chanticleer Singers and Richard Cock (conductor)

Maurice Duruflé, Thomas Tallis, Kevin Kraak, Frederick Delius, W.A. Mozart, Free saxophone improvisation

Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 19.30h

Chamber Music Concert  –  Northwards House

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Yasutaka Hemmi (violin) and Takayo Matsumara (harp)

Camille Saint-Saëns, Paul Hanmer, Michael Blake, Toshio Hosokawa, Yasutaka Hemmi, Louis Spohr, Michio Miyagi, Takashi Tokunaga, Pablo de Sarasate

Thursday, 2 February 2012, 19.30h

Cinema Improvisando – Live improvisation on Metropolis (1927)
The Bioscope

Paul Hanmer (jazz piano) with Feya Faku (trumpet) 

Friday, 3 February 2012, 8.00h

Workshop Concert for Children
Parktown High School for Girls

Paul Hanmer (jazz piano) and Florian Uhlig (piano)

W.A. Mozart, improvisation 

Friday, 3 February 2012, 19.30h

Cinema Improvisando – Live improvisation on Nosferatu (1922)
Bioscope

Paul Hanmer (jazz piano) with McCoy Mrubata (saxophone)

Saturday, 4 February 2012, 19.30h

Chamber Music Concert  –  Northwards House

Mirijam Contzen (violin), Peter Martens (cello) and Florian Uhlig (piano)

Joseph Haydn, W.A. Mozart, Chick Corea, Antonín Dvořák

Sunday, 5 February 2012, 15.00h

Organ improvisation masterclass 
St. Mary’s Cathedral

Daniel Roth (organ)

Sunday, 5 February 2012, 15.00h

Workshop Concert Melodi Music Ensemble
St. Andrew’s Church, Pimville

Zuko Cutho (vocals), Tessa Smith (soprano), Melodi Music Ensemble and Nimrod Moloto (conductor)

works by W.A. Mozart

Sunday, 5 February 2012, 18.00h

Piano Recital  –  Northwards House

Lukas Vondracek, piano
Winner of the UNISA International Piano Competition 2012

Programme to be announced at the concert

Monday, 6 February 2012, 19.30h

Brass Concert  –  Villa Arcadia

Alpine Inspirations
Christian Radovan (trombone) and Alois Eberl (trombone & accordion)

works by Radovan, Eberl, J.S. Bach, Hans Gilge, W.A. Mozart 

Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 20.00h

Organ Recital  –  St. Mary’s Cathedral

Park & Ride from Wits Education Campus: Last bus departs 19.30h

Daniel Roth (organ)

C.M. Widor, A.P.F. Boëly, J.S. Bach, César Franck, Louis Vierne, Daniel Roth

Thursday, 9 February 2012, 13.00h – 17.00h

Johannesburg Auditions for SHMF Choir
Derrick Lewis Room, Education Campus, University of the Witwatersrand 

Thursday, 9 February 2012, 19.30h

Piano Recital  –  UJ Theatre, University of Johannesburg

Cristina Ortiz (piano)

W.A. Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Frédéric Chopin, Johannes Brahms, Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, Heitor Villa-Lobos 

Friday, 10 February 2012, 19.30h

Chamber Music Concert  –  UJ Theatre, University of Johannesburg

Cristina Ortiz (piano), Camelia Onea (violin), Waldo Alexander (violin), Valery Andreev (viola), Carel Henn (cello) and Ludovico Gabanella (double bass)

W.A. Mozart, Paul Hanmer, Frédéric Chopin

Saturday & Sunday, 11-12 February 2012

Improvisation weekend
Theatre, University of Johannesburg

Final Concert on 12 February 2012 at 17.00h

Saturday – Friday, 11 – 17 February 2012, 10.00h – 16.00h each day

Vocal Masterclass with Prof. Josef Protschka
Enoch Sontonga Hall, Sunnyside Campus, UNISA, Pretoria

Sunday, 12 February 2012, 11.00h

Orchestra from Scratch  –  Scott Gym, Wits Education Campus

Final concert 15.00h

An orchestral experience for all and any musicians
Richard Cock (conductor)

Sunday, 12 February 2012, 18.00h

Symphony Concert  –  Linder Auditorium 

Maria du Toit (clarinet), World Doctors Orchestra and Stefan Willich (conductor)

Peter Klatzow, Allan Stephenson, Franz Schubert

Monday, 13 February 2012, 19.30h

Jazz Concert  –  Bassline

Benjamin Schaefer Trio & special guest Melanie Scholtz (vocals)

Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 19.30h

Chamber Orchestra Concert  –  Villa Arcadia

Kabelo Motlhomi (violin), Mathapelo Matabane (vocals), Cecelia Manyama (vocals), Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble and Rosemary Nalden (conductor)

Le Chevalier de Saint-George, Arrangements by Timothy Kraemer and Buskaid members

 

Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 19.30h

Chamber Music Concert  –  Northwards House

Helen Vosloo (flute), Florian Uhlig (piano) and Alan Swerdlow (narrator)

Music (by Claude Debussy & Francis Poulenc) and literature on Debussy’s 150^th anniversary

Thursday, 16 February 2012, 19.30h

Chamber Music Concert  –  Villa Arcadia

Maurice Steger (recorder) with James Grace (guitar)

Georg Philipp Telemann, J. S. Bach, Arcangelo Corelli, Giuseppe Sammartini

Friday, 17 February 2012, 19.30h

Chamber Music Concert  –  Northwards House

CANCELLED!!! Mikhail Simonyan had to cancel his appearances at JIMF 2012. All tickets for this concert will be refunded. 

Final Concert
Vocal Masterclass with Josef Protschka

Friday, 17 February 2012, 19.30h
Enoch Sontonga Hall, Sunnyside Campus, UNISA, Pretoria

Saturday, 18 February 2012, 19.30h
Northwards House

Sunday, 19 February 2012, 15.00h

Final Concert  –  Linder Auditorium

Waldo Alexander (violin), Feya Faku (trumpet), Florian Uhlig (piano), Helen Vosloo (flute), Johannesburg Festival Orchestra and Ariel Zuckermann (conductor)

“Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
W.A. Mozart, Arnold Schönberg, Paul Hanmer *

* (first performances, new commissions from JIMF)