April 2010

April 28, 2010 03:58

Another blog was posted on Assembling the Violin.

Things are looking good.

Some Exciting News about the Quartet of Peace and the Players

April 23, 2010 10:37

The Quartet of Peace, which will honour the 4 Nobel Prize winners from South Africa.

With project co-ordinator Valerie Pole has taken over the helm, and the Musicians and Concert Halls are lining up quite well, and the project will help www.musequality.org/ , which is a great charity to help spread the joy of music to all.

thequartetofpeace.blogspot.com/

If you can attend one of these concerts, or help Musequality in any way, then please do so, and thank you in advance and in anticipation for all your help!

The members of The Quartet of Peace are:

First violin: David Juritz (leader of the London Mozart Players)

Second violin: Susanne Martens (previous concertmaster of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and member of the Rosamunde Quartet)

Viola: Gareth Lubbe (principal viola of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Germany)

Cello: Peter Martens (previous principal cellist of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and member of the Amici String Quartet)

Venues are:

Here is a list of the concerts to date:

17th November - St. Thomas church, Leipzig, Germany

5th December - Kings Place, London

7th December - Ljubljana, Slovenia (European Union House concert)

11th December - Oslo, Peace Prize Awards concert. (Final program to be confirmed in August, 2010)

Then other planned concerts will be at the European Parliament in Brussels, The United Nations in Geneva and in Paris. These dates still to be confirmed, but the concerts will be during December 2010.

I have been enjoying this project, as one gets to see the maker of the quartet, Brian Lisus, from South Africa, and trained at the Newark School of Violin Making here in the U.K. make the instruments from scratch, and each instrument is named after one of the Nobel Prize winners.

"These two violins, viola, and cello are to be made in honour of four great men. Men who have withstood the harshness and winter of South Africa’s apartheid past, bringing new light and vision to a land parched by discrimination and misunderstanding.

Each instrument will bear a name in their honour. Hope for Nelson Mandela, Peace for Bishop Desmond Tutu, Reconciliation for FW De Klerk and Freedom for Dr Albert Luthuli. The culmination of the wood passing through my hands will be three special concerts to be held in Geneva, Paris and London."

I hope that everyone here will also enjoy following, and hopefully attending one of the concerts, of this amazing project.

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