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Classic, jazz concert series hits Zim

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TURKISH-ZIMBABWEAN pianist and violinist Eren Levendoğlu has launched the Twelve Music Festival Concert series, which will begin next week focusing on classical and jazz music.

TURKISH-ZIMBABWEAN pianist and violinist Eren Levendoğlu has launched the Twelve Music Festival Concert series, which will begin next week focusing on classical and jazz music.

BY PRECIOUS CHIDA

Every month will see an artiste performing two shows in Harare and hosting master classes and workshops for local musicians. Performers will be drawn from Turkey, Brazil, England, South Africa, the United States, Iran, Germany and Zimbabwe.

“Twelve aims to appeal to a broad audience and hopes through its educational component to motivate and encourage young music students,” Levendoğlu said.

Levendoğlu herself will perform during the inaugural concert scheduled for March 31 at St John’s College, with Brazilians Eduardo Crespo and Jeanette Micklem between April 22 and 23.

The concert series is being sponsored by Optinova Eyecare, Harare International Festival of the Arts, Turkish Embassy in Harare, Austrian Honorary Consulate in Harare, MBCA Bank, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Harare, Zimbabwe German Society, St John’s College, Chapungu Sculpture Park and Harare News.

The creator of the Gumusluk International Classical Music Festival which is in Turkey, Levendoğlu said she was bringing the festival to Zimbabwe to pave way for students to study and perform with international musicians.

Since it began in Turkey in 2004, she said the festival had been expanding.

“I started the Gümüşlük Festival with the aim of giving Turkish music students the chance to study and perform with international musicians. Very quickly there were not just masters coming in to play and mentor, but students from every continent too,” she said.

“And although the academy aspect of the festival was always at the heart of things, the 14 years it has been running has seen Gümüşlük expand astronomically on the concert side, with more and more concerts and a famous piano competition taking place during the festival.”