Fish Hoek Friends of Music

28/04/2024

Our next concert is on Friday 10 May 2024 at 19h00 in the Fish Hoek Civic Centre. We are pleased to present pianist Albert Combrink in ‘Travels with my piano’. Albert is a very passionate performer, educator, writer, and presenter. He has performed in a wide range of genres both locally and abroad and has built a reputation for himself as one of the country’s busiest and most versatile pianists. His programme is interspersed with stories about the music he is playing, drawing on the vast range of repertoire from his career as classical soloist, tango player and dancer, opera repetiteur, and musical theatre.

He will play popular music by Classical Composers from Chopin to Debussy, as well as Tangos by Piazzolla and others. As always, he will bring his interest in the cultural and historical background to his programme.

Tickets may be purchased from the Wool Crate at Valyland (near Spar entrance) and at the door, if available. Cash only. No card payment facilities at Wool Crate or at the concert.

Tickets may also be reserved by emailing [email protected]. Please collect them at the door at least 15 mins prior to the performance. Please note that the price of is R120.00 and R20.00 for children over 8 years of age. All tickets are unreserved.

05/03/2024

Our next concert - Friday 15th March 2024 at 19h00 (7pm) in the Fish Hoek Civic Centre.

13/11/2023

Our final concert for the year is at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre on Friday 24 November 2023. We are seeing the 'old year' out with a bang - Opera UCT. A fabulous programme awaits you presented by Tertia Visser Downie, in collaboration with Violina Anguelov-Hobbs.

13/11/2023

Please book the following dates for our 2024 concerts:

Friday 26 January
Friday 15 March
Friday 10 May
Friday 6 September
Friday 18 October
Friday 29 November

11/10/2023

The Fish Hoek Friends of Music are pleased to present the esteemed Beau Soleil Piano Quartet at our next concert on
Friday 20 October 2023 at 19h00 (7pm).

The well-known musicians, Grethe Nothling (piano) Lucia Di Blasio-Scott (Violin), Marina Louw (Viola) and Dane Cotzee (Cello) will be performing Mozart’s Piano Quartet no.2 and Faure’s Piano Quartet no.2.

The price of tickets is R120 for adults and R20.00 for children over 8 years of age. Tickets may be purchased only from the Wool Crate at Valyland and at the door, if available. Please note cash only as there are no card payment facilities at Wool Crate or at the concert.
Tickets may also be reserved by emailing [email protected]
Please collect them at the door at least 15min prior to the performance. All tickets are unreserved.

10/10/2023

11/05/2023

Our Next Concert will be held at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre on Friday 19th May at 19h00 when we present Shane Woodborne and the Amici String Quartet. Shane, who grew up in Fish Hoek and was the first recipient of the Fish Hoek Bursary, is returning home from Salzburg in Austria for the South African premiere of his composition String Quartet No 2 …”The reciprocity of tears”, which will be performed in the Fish Hoek Civic Centre in our 19 May concert. So this component of our programme will be a poignant and very special one – Shane will be introduced to the audience.
The Amici String Quartet will be performing:

Mozart: Quartet in B flat major KV 159;

Woodborne: Steichquartett Nr. 2 “…The eternal reciprocity of tears”

Mozart: Quartet in D major KV 575

09/03/2023

Our next concert is Friday 24 March 2023 at 19h00 in The Fish Hoek Civic Centre.

Stories from Argentina features three of Cape Town's most seasoned and versatile musicians - soprano Louise Howlett, violinist Elina Koytcheva and pianist Albert Combrink. For this programme they visit South America whose music reflects a melting pot of stories from France, Spain, Italy and Portugal. Join these musical storytellers on their journey of love, betrayal and hope weaved together in a programme of works by De Falla, Bizet, Massenet, Villa-Lobos and of course Piazzolla.

14/01/2023

The Fish Hoek Friends of Music first concert for the year will be held at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre on Friday 27 January 2023 at 19h00 (7pm) when we will feature the acclaimed South African pianist, Pieter Grobler, described as a performer with inesse, sensitivity and a flawless sense of the classical style”. He will present works by Beethoven, Bach and Medtner.

Tickets may be purchased from Wool Crate at Valyland (near Spar entrance) and at the door. Please note cash only. No card payment facilities at Wool Crate or at the concert.
Tickets may also be reserved by emailing [email protected]. Please collect them at the door at least 15 mins prior to the performance. The price of tickets remains R100.00 and R10.00 for children over 8 years of age. All tickets are unreserved.

25/10/2022

Our performers for our concert on 25 November 2022:-
Sue Paterson-Jones (piano)
Barbara Kennedy (cello)
Bridget Rennie-Salonen (flute)

20/10/2022

Announcing our next concert. On Friday 25 November at 19h00, in the Fish Hoek Civic Centre, the Committee of Fish Hoek Friends of Music will have pleasure in presenting a programme focusing on woman composers, whose works have traditionally been overlooked over the years. This concert features well-known performers Bridget Rennie-Salonen (flute), Barbara Kennedy (cello), and Sue Paterson-Jones (piano).

15/10/2022

The Programme for yesterdays concert.

15/10/2022

The advert in the False Bay Echo for our very successful concert last night. 14 October 2022

26/08/2022

Dear Friends of Music

Fish Hoek Friends of Music is pleased to announce the resumption of concerts after the winter recess. Appearing in our concert at 19h00 on Friday 2 September at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre are two of the best-known musicians in our country, in a piano duo featuring Nina Schumann and Francois du Toit. Prof Schumann is Head of Piano at the University of Stellenbosch, while Associate Prof du Toit is Head of Keyboard Studies at UCT. They will be sharing a stage for only the second time in their careers, and it will be a great privilege to hear them in the Fish Hoek Civic Centre. Their exciting programme will include works by Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Ravel.

Please note that tickets may now be purchased only from the Wool Crate at Valyland (near Spar entrance) from 15 August 2022 and at the door, if available. Tickets may also be reserved by emailing [email protected].
Please collect them at the door at least 15 mins prior to the performance. The price of tickets remains R100.00 and R10.00 for children over 8 years of age. All tickets are unreserved.

30/04/2022

The Fish Hoek Freinds of Music concert on Friday 13 May 2022.

18/04/2022

FISH HOEK FRIENDS OF MUSIC IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THE YOUNG PRODIGY GERHARD JOUBERT (PIANO), LAST YEAR’S WINNER OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC COMPETITION, AND THE RECIPIENT OF SEVERAL OTHER AWARDS. THIS CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FISH HOEK CIVIC CENTRE ON FRIDAY 13 MAY AT 19HOO. INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME WILL BE WORKS BY SCARLATTI, SCHUBERT AND CHOPIN.

09/03/2022

The programme for our Convert on Friday 11th March 2022.

08/03/2022

The next concert of The Fish Hoek Friends of Music is on Friday 11th March 2022 at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre at 7pm. Tickets available at the door for R100.

10/01/2022

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08/01/2022

The Committee of Fish Hoek Friends of Music is delighted to announce the resumption of our concert programme at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre. Appearing in our opening concert at 19h00 on Friday 21 January 2022 is the internationally acclaimed American concert pianist Gustavo Romero. This will be a rare treat. The programme will include works by Haydn, Jean Cras, Respighi, Cyril Scott, Sibelius, Chaminade, Mendelssohn and Chopin. It will be a pleasure to welcome you back again.

09/12/2021

Well with any luck we are in business again after a two year Covid enforced break. The pianist, Gustavo Romero, is booked for 21 January 2021 in the Fish Hoek Civic Centre. Details to follow in due course.