The ‘World Tour for Unity’ was presented by The Ichikowitz Family Foundation and the Alma Nostra Foundation Paris and included three concerts in Johannesburg, Durban and Soweto from 22 to 25 April 2015, featuring the acclaimed fifty-eight member Alma Chamber Orchestra. Led by Concertmaster and Artistic Director, Anne Gravoin, with Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire, under the direction of Lionel Bringuier, the programmes included works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Wael Binali and Aram Khachaturian.
On his popular People of Note radio programme, Classic FM’s Richard Cock will interrogate Ichikowitz’ taste in music, his philosophy on life, and matters in between.
Industrialist and philanthropist Ivor Ichikowitz has a classical streak, and famed musician, conductor and Artistic Director of the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra, Richard Cock is going to find out just how vast his passions are. Continue reading
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World Tour for Unity: Pendo’s paternal Legacy
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The Alma Orchestra members will be warmly welcomed by some of South Africa’s finest classical musicians, including esteemed cellist and conductor Kutlwano Masote and his son Pendo, an aspiring violinist, whose classical music lineage is second to none.
World Tour for Unity: Pendo anticipating Alma’s visit
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11 year old Pendo Masote, an aspiring young violinist eagerly awaits the French Alma Orchestra’s visit, as he has never met an international orchestra before.
World Tour for Unity: Dream – To be like Anne
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Pendo, a young musician, dreams of one day being a solo violinist like Anne Gravoin and taking his career overseas.