Weien Amy Luo, Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev, Xizhi Aiden Luo and Neha Parshotam are some of the many young performers featured with the KZNPO during youth month. Here they gather in Durban's beautiful Botanic Gardens.
The KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra will honouring our youth ahead of Youth Day. This Thursday evening, June 11, is the opening concert of the KZNPO Symphony Season, at 7pm in the Playhouse.
Soloist for the opening concert is Turkish born violinist Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev – a youthful globally recognised much-in-demand concert performer, playing Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A minor.
Youth Day falls between the first and second concerts in the Winter Season. Ganiyev performs in the first, and in the second concert on Thursday 18 June, the KZN Youth Orchestra will open the programme.
Weien Amy Luo was former KZN Youth Orchestra concertmaster. She's in her first year studying BMus at Stellenbosch University. She will have her first Durban recital concert on July 12 with Friends of Music, at the Durban Jewish Club. Xizhi Aiden Luo is a grade 9 pupil from Crawford international La Lucia. He is KZN Youth Orchestra concertmaster. Both Amy and Aiden got accepted as solo pianists to the Youth Classical Concert alongside with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra in September. Neha Parshotam is percussionist with KZNYO and is a Grade 10 pupil at Durban Girls College.
