Friends of Music are to host two concerts in September, featuring cellist Alexander Ivashkin and pianist Konstantin Soukhovetski.

On September 6, cellist Alexander Ivashkin will present a programme titled Romantic Russia. A Professor of Music and Director of the Centre for Russian Music at the University of London, he will perform works by Tchaikovsky as well as the Rubinstein Sonata no 1 and the Rachmaninov Sonata.

Prelude Performers for the evening are William Chin (11) and Michelle Hsu (10), both outstanding young violinists studying with Professor lo Castro.

The concert on September 27 will feature Konstantin Soukhovetski who has won numerous prizes at the Juilliard, Cleveland, Hilton Head and Walter W. Naumberg International Piano Competitions. His programme will include Sonata in C Major (K3ll) by Mozart, Carnival Music Suite by Rochberg; Debussy’s Suite Bergamasque and Chopin’s Mazurkas op 59 and Scherzo No2 in Bb Minor.

In the Prelude Performers slot will be Opera @ Mzantsi, an Opera Company established to create job opportunities for young talented opera singers.

Friends of Music concerts take place at the Durban Jewish Centre, 44 Old Fort Road, at 19h45. A cash bar is available and there is safe parking. Book at Computicket.