It was our great honour to host ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป-๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐บ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ, one of the leading emerging pianists of his generation, for a memorable recital in our school hall on Thursday evening, 19 February.
Although only 15 years old, Christiaan-Peter is already studying full-time at the prestigious Hochschule fรผr Musik in Basel, Switzerland, and has an impressive list of awards and achievements to his name.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ – ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
The recital programme featured masterworks by Beethoven, Schumann, Bartรณk, Liszt and Mozart, offering the audience an evening of depth, brilliance and musical storytelling. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ – Christiaan-Peter undoubtedly belongs to the latter.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
In the accompanying photograph, he is seen with Union music educator, Mrs Sanette Brink, who shares in our pride and appreciation for an unforgettable evening of music.
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