Niel du Preez Piano Recital: Scriabin, Debussy, Scarlatti

Niel du Preez has inspired live and radio audiences in the UK, continental Europe and his native South Africa with his expressive and poetic solo playing, performances with leading orchestras and collaborations with chamber musicians.

Niel was awarded DAAD & SAMRO scholarships for overseas studies and has won numerous prizes at various national and international competitions, including the Oude Meester and FORTE music competitions in South Africa and the International Silvio Bengali Piano Competition in Italy. He studied at the Stellenbosch Conservatoire of Music in South Africa, the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover and the Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in Germany. Former teachers include Christopher Oakden, Peter Nelson, Kaya Han and Simone Kirsch, and over time he has engaged with various acclaimed pianists and teachers such as Ari Vardi, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Peter Feuchtwanger, Andzrej Jasinsky, Peter Eicher, Martino Tirimo, Nelly-Ben Or, Melvyn Tan and Graham Fitch.

Today Niel is a member of faculty at the St. Paul’s Cathedral School and King’s College School in London where he teaches piano.

Programme

Scarlatti Sonata for Piano in A
Soler Sonata N0 88 in D flat
Haydn Sonata for Piano in C

Scriabin
Prelude No 1 in C
Prelude No 10 in C sharp minor
Prelude No 6 in B minor
Prelude No 21 in B flat

Debussy
La fille aux cheveux de lin
La sérénade interrompue
La Cathédrale engloutie
Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest