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The Namibian
Mon 12 Aug 2013
SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair? Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform. SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf
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NEWS - | 2013-07-23
Willem van Schalkwyk
Former College of the Arts Student plays Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto
Staff Reporter
The College of the Arts’ annual Concerto Festival will present a special production this year with Willem van Schalkwyk performing as the guest artist. He will perform Tchaikovsky’s ‘Second Piano Concerto’ together with the Namibian National Symphony Orchestra (NNSO).
This will be his second time as guest soloist with the NNSO; with his performance in 2003 he played Rachmaninoff’s ‘Third Piano Concerto’.
Willem is one of the College of the Arts’ proud export products.
Applauded by the Salt Lake City Tribune for “maturity beyond his years” and “dizzying technical facility,” Namibian pianist Willem took piano lessons in Windhoek with Valerie van Biljon at the College of the Arts.
By the time he was 16, he won his first international piano competition in Réunion, France. He received the College’s Prize of Excellence, allowing him to attend the Interlochen Arts Camp in the USA.
While a student of Van Biljon he regularly performed in Windhoek, including annual performances with the orchestra at the Concerto Festival and a performance with the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra. His final achievement under Van Biljon’s tutelage was the Bronze Medal at the Hennie Joubert Piano Competition in 2000, in addition to several special prizes at the competition.
Upon the completion of his Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance at Brigham Young University in 2004, Van Schalkwyk started his graduate studies at the University of North Texas as a student of Joseph Banowetz. During this period he regularly performed in the USA, Namibia, and South Africa and was also the winner of the Scionti Piano Competition and recipient of the Audience Prize at the Louisiana International Piano Competition.
He graduated from the University of North Texas with his Doctorate in Piano Performance in August 2009.
As collaborative artist Willem has performed with many esteemed artists, including instrumentalists from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Utah Symphony. Most recently he appeared in recital with the New York Philharmonic’s English horn player, Thomas Stacey.
As a vocal coach and pianist he has served on the music staff of the Santa Fe Opera, the Arizona Opera, the American Institute of Musical Studies’ summer programme for singers in Austria, the Utah Opera, and the Opera in the Ozarks.
Willem is currently a pianist, instructor and vocal coach at Southern Utah University. Recent highlights of his concert schedule include performances of Mozart’s ‘Concertos for Two and Three Pianos’.
The Concerto Festival takes place on 2 and 3 August in the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) from 19h00. The price of the tickets are N$80, N$65 and N$50. Pensioners and scholars pay N$40. Tickets can be bought at the NTN, contact 061 374 400 or on the Computicket website.
Willem is one of the College of the Arts’ proud export products.
Applauded by the Salt Lake City Tribune for “maturity beyond his years” and “dizzying technical facility,” Namibian pianist Willem took piano lessons in Windhoek with Valerie van Biljon at the College of the Arts.
By the time he was 16, he won his first international piano competition in Réunion, France. He received the College’s Prize of Excellence, allowing him to attend the Interlochen Arts Camp in the USA.
While a student of Van Biljon he regularly performed in Windhoek, including annual performances with the orchestra at the Concerto Festival and a performance with the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra. His final achievement under Van Biljon’s tutelage was the Bronze Medal at the Hennie Joubert Piano Competition in 2000, in addition to several special prizes at the competition.
Upon the completion of his Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance at Brigham Young University in 2004, Van Schalkwyk started his graduate studies at the University of North Texas as a student of Joseph Banowetz. During this period he regularly performed in the USA, Namibia, and South Africa and was also the winner of the Scionti Piano Competition and recipient of the Audience Prize at the Louisiana International Piano Competition.
He graduated from the University of North Texas with his Doctorate in Piano Performance in August 2009.
As collaborative artist Willem has performed with many esteemed artists, including instrumentalists from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Utah Symphony. Most recently he appeared in recital with the New York Philharmonic’s English horn player, Thomas Stacey.
As a vocal coach and pianist he has served on the music staff of the Santa Fe Opera, the Arizona Opera, the American Institute of Musical Studies’ summer programme for singers in Austria, the Utah Opera, and the Opera in the Ozarks.
Willem is currently a pianist, instructor and vocal coach at Southern Utah University. Recent highlights of his concert schedule include performances of Mozart’s ‘Concertos for Two and Three Pianos’.
The Concerto Festival takes place on 2 and 3 August in the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) from 19h00. The price of the tickets are N$80, N$65 and N$50. Pensioners and scholars pay N$40. Tickets can be bought at the NTN, contact 061 374 400 or on the Computicket website.
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