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Duo for violin and cello by Robert Fokkens is the first commission from the Penarth Chamber Music Festival. It will be performed on Friday June 25th 2021 by festival directors David Adams – violin and Alice Neary – cello. Robert Fokkens is a South African composer based in the UK. His work explores a range of influences from traditional South African music to 20th- and 21st-century experimental music, via jazz, electronic dance music and the classical canon, creating a music characterised by twisted cycles, rhythmic energy, and microtonal inflections.His opera “Bhekizizwe” was released on the BBC iPlayer earlier this year having been produced with creative collaborators Mkhululi Mabija (librettist), Njabulo Madlala (baritone) and Ben Davis (director).
The Penarth Chamber Music Festival hope that their collaboration will lead to more work with Robert and his wonderful music and plan to commission works from other leading composers in the years to come. New music is very much at the heart of our festival ideals, with works by Ades and Ligeti also being performed this year, now in its 7th year, the 2021 Penarth Chamber Music Festival will take place from June 24-27 with live concerts at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Penarth Pier Pavilion, (tbc) and live-streams on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/PenarthChamberMusicFestival.
Guest artists include Elena Urioste, Tom Poster, Ben Goldscheider, Kate Gould, Scott Dickinson, Robert Plane, Robin Green and Lesley Hatfield. www.penarthchambermusicfestival.org.uk