LUNCHTIME RECITAL | TESSA UYS PIANO

MON 25 APR 1.10pm | The Hearn Recital Room

Schumann Fantasiestücke op. 12
Schumann arr. Liszt Widmung S566
Liszt Legend no. 2: St Francis of Paola walking on the water S175

Born in Cape Town into an exceptionally musical and theatrical family Tessa Uys is one of South Africa’s most distinguished concert pianists.

During the past three decades, Tessa has established herself an impressive reputation, both as concert performer and as a broadcasting artiste, performing at many of the major concert venues throughout the world. Her empathy for Schumann’s music has been compared to that of Cortot, and is characterised by that empathetic approach so closely associated with her eminent predecessor.

Tessa Uys has played under such distinguished conductors as Sir Neville Marriner, Walter Susskind and Louis Fremaux, Matthias Baemert and Nicholas Kraemer. She has also enjoyed the distinction of working with the film director John Schlesinger on his film ‘Madame Sousatzka’, starring Shirley MacLaine. In 1994 she was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. In the year 2000, to mark the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death, she recorded the Goldberg Variations released as a double CD for GSE Claremont records.

TICKETS: £10
Running Time: approx. 60 mins no interval