SATURDAY: 8TH JULY 2023
ARRIVAL FROM 3PM
SHOW STARTS 4PM
VENUE: & KIN - THE OLD MUSHROOM FARM
BYOB. FOOD WILL BE AVAILABLE
ON SITE
TICKETS: R150PP ADULTS. R80 PENSIONERS + SCHOLARS
Lara returns to her beloved Midlands with this stirring program. An eclecti
c variety encompassing vast spaces and emotions. Joyous, resplendent, rolli
cking, rippling revelries will be radiating from Lara’s fingers to run root
s through the keys and anchor all in attendance with riveting revelations t
hat will make minds sing deeper and hearts fly higher.
Some highlight s will include a piano version of the famous ”Storm” movement from Vivaldi’ s Four Seasons, the endearing 12 variations on the melody of Twinkle, twink le little star by Mozart, mesmerising music by the contemporary composers E inaudi and Tiersen and ragtimes by Scott Joplin and Billy Joel – a program that promises to delight both young and old!
Included as well - impro visations and spoken word that will unify all the exuberance.
Lara Ki rsten is a pianist, piano teacher performance poet. After completing her hi gh school career at the National School of the Arts in Johannesburg in 1997 , Lara received her BMus and BMus Honours degrees, both cum laude at the Un iversity of Pretoria. Joseph Stanford and Wessel van Wyk were her mentors i n solo piano and chamber music respectively. In 1999 she was awarded a SAMR O bursary for undergraduate students. In 2002 she received her chamber musi c licentiate from UNISA. She was appointed junior lecturer at the Universit y of Pretoria where she taught piano from 2003 to 2005.
For the past fifteen years Lara has been active as both a solo and chamber musician perf orming with musicians such as coloratura soprano Linda van Coppenhagen, sop rano Gwyneth Lloyd, tenor Sandile Mabaso, clarinettist Morné van Heerden, c ellists Wessel Beukes and Francois le Roux, flautists Thomas de Bruin and K aolin Thomson, pianist Laura Pauna and conductor Richard Cock and his Chant icleer Singers. She often performs her poetry within her music recitals. Sh e has performed in venues such as the Sandton Theatre on the Square, the Ba xter concert hall in Cape Town, the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, the G uy Butler Theatre in Grahamstown, the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzbur g and Northwards House in Johannesburg.
Lara has performed at the Wak kerstroom Music Festival, the McGregor Poetry Festival, the AfrikaBurn Fest ival in the Tankwa Karoo, the opening ceremony for the International Aquari um Congress hosted at the CTICC, the Woordfees in Stellenbosch, the Hilton Arts Festival, the Michaelhouse Music Festival in KwaZulu-Natal and the Voo rkamer Fest in Darling.
For the last fifteen years Lara has created a
nd performed various installation/performance art pieces incorporating poet
ry, found objects, costume, body paint and calligraphy. Pieces include Ingr
id Jonker Dans Weer, Frames, The Poem as Mirror, Tankwa Reflex and mond: as
emrowende spelonk.
From 2014 to 2020 Lara served as adjudicator for th
e Pietermaritzburg Eisteddfod of the South African Society of Music Teacher
s.
In November 2019 Lara settled in Sandbaai in the Overstrand region of the Western Cape - her new base from where she currently works, rehears es and teaches.
Lara's poetry has been published in the South African literary journal New Contrast. In 2008 she became part of the Eastern Cape poet-group, Ecca, which presents readings and publishes collectively each year. In 2015, 2016 and 2017 poems by Lara were selected to feature in the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Anthology. She has compiled and edited th ree poetry books Poetry @Steampunk Coffee (2017) and Poetry next to the rai lway (2018 & 2019).
SATURDAY: 8TH JULY 2023
ARRIVAL FROM 3PM
SHOW STARTS 4PM
VENUE: & KIN - THE OLD MUSHROOM FARM
BYOB. FOOD WILL BE AVAILABLE
ON SITE
TICKETS: R150PP ADULTS. R80 PENSIONERS + SCHOLARS
Lara returns to her beloved Midlands with this stirring program. An eclecti
c variety encompassing vast spaces and emotions. Joyous, resplendent, rolli
cking, rippling revelries will be radiating from Lara’s fingers to run root
s through the keys and anchor all in attendance with riveting revelations t
hat will make minds sing deeper and hearts fly higher.
Some highlight s will include a piano version of the famous ”Storm” movement from Vivaldi’ s Four Seasons, the endearing 12 variations on the melody of Twinkle, twink le little star by Mozart, mesmerising music by the contemporary composers E inaudi and Tiersen and ragtimes by Scott Joplin and Billy Joel – a program that promises to delight both young and old!
Included as well - impro visations and spoken word that will unify all the exuberance.
Lara Ki rsten is a pianist, piano teacher performance poet. After completing her hi gh school career at the National School of the Arts in Johannesburg in 1997 , Lara received her BMus and BMus Honours degrees, both cum laude at the Un iversity of Pretoria. Joseph Stanford and Wessel van Wyk were her mentors i n solo piano and chamber music respectively. In 1999 she was awarded a SAMR O bursary for undergraduate students. In 2002 she received her chamber musi c licentiate from UNISA. She was appointed junior lecturer at the Universit y of Pretoria where she taught piano from 2003 to 2005.
For the past fifteen years Lara has been active as both a solo and chamber musician perf orming with musicians such as coloratura soprano Linda van Coppenhagen, sop rano Gwyneth Lloyd, tenor Sandile Mabaso, clarinettist Morné van Heerden, c ellists Wessel Beukes and Francois le Roux, flautists Thomas de Bruin and K aolin Thomson, pianist Laura Pauna and conductor Richard Cock and his Chant icleer Singers. She often performs her poetry within her music recitals. Sh e has performed in venues such as the Sandton Theatre on the Square, the Ba xter concert hall in Cape Town, the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, the G uy Butler Theatre in Grahamstown, the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzbur g and Northwards House in Johannesburg.
Lara has performed at the Wak kerstroom Music Festival, the McGregor Poetry Festival, the AfrikaBurn Fest ival in the Tankwa Karoo, the opening ceremony for the International Aquari um Congress hosted at the CTICC, the Woordfees in Stellenbosch, the Hilton Arts Festival, the Michaelhouse Music Festival in KwaZulu-Natal and the Voo rkamer Fest in Darling.
For the last fifteen years Lara has created a
nd performed various installation/performance art pieces incorporating poet
ry, found objects, costume, body paint and calligraphy. Pieces include Ingr
id Jonker Dans Weer, Frames, The Poem as Mirror, Tankwa Reflex and mond: as
emrowende spelonk.
From 2014 to 2020 Lara served as adjudicator for th
e Pietermaritzburg Eisteddfod of the South African Society of Music Teacher
s.
In November 2019 Lara settled in Sandbaai in the Overstrand region of the Western Cape - her new base from where she currently works, rehears es and teaches.
Lara's poetry has been published in the South African literary journal New Contrast. In 2008 she became part of the Eastern Cape poet-group, Ecca, which presents readings and publishes collectively each year. In 2015, 2016 and 2017 poems by Lara were selected to feature in the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Anthology. She has compiled and edited th ree poetry books Poetry @Steampunk Coffee (2017) and Poetry next to the rai lway (2018 & 2019).
