Here follows a list of Ben’s past performances and highlights:
Concert Calendar 2024
January 2024
Lansdowne Club, London
Ben Schoeman and Tessa Uys start the bicentenary celebrations of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Op. 125 (first performed on 7th May 1824). The duo performs this masterpiece in a piano duet arrangement by piano virtuoso and pedagogue Franz Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924).
February 2024
Farnham, Surrey
Ben Schoeman and Tessa Uys perform a piano duet programme including works by Schubert and the 9th Symphony by Beethoven.
St Mary’s Perivale
The bicentenary celebrations of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Op. 125 (first performed on 7th May 1824): The piano duo of Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman presents this masterpiece in a piano duet arrangement by piano virtuoso and pedagogue Franz Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924).
March 2024
Maxability Concert Series, Southgate, London
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman perform Schubert’s Fantasy in F minor and Lebensstürme for Piano Duet, alongside Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony arranged by FX Scharwenka.
April 2024
Farnham, Surrey
Duo pianists Ben Schoeman and Tessa Uys perform the 1st and 3rd (Eroica) symphonies by Beethoven at the Bach Society Concert Series in Farnham.
Buscot Park
Ben Schoeman gives a piano recital at the beautiful theatre of Buscot Park Manor in Oxfordshire (National Trust). He will perform a programme that includes the Appassionata Sonata by Beethoven, the Sonata in B minor by Liszt as well as music by Gabriel Fauré (centenary of his passing in 1924).
May 2024
Libertas, Devon
French cellist David Pinoit joins pianist Ben Schoeman for an exciting recital in a beautiful part of Devon, Bucklands-tout-saints:
- Beethoven – Cello Sonata no. 4 in C major, Op. 102/1
- Fauré – Three works for Cello and Piano
- Saint-Saëns – Sonata no. 1 in C minor for Cello and Piano
- Nadia Boulanger – Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
- Rachmaninoff – Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19
St Lawrence Jewry, City of London
The bicentenary celebrations of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Op. 125 (first performed on 7th May 1824): The piano duo of Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman presents this masterpiece in a piano duet arrangement by piano virtuoso and pedagogue Franz Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924). This concert takes place in the Christopher Wren church, St Lawrence Jewry in the City of London. Uys and Schoeman began their journey with all the Scharwenka arrangements of the Beethoven symphonies at this venue in 2015.
Cheffings, Devon
Royal Over-Seas League
Ben Schoeman and Tessa Uys perform the Pastoral Symphony no. 6 (Beethoven Scharwenka) and solo works by Rachmaninoff, Schumann, MacDowell, Debussy and Grainger for a delegation of the Chelsea Flower Show, London.
Westminster Under School, London
New Club Edinburgh
June 2024
JULY 2024
Northwards House, Johannesburg
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Keyboard Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata no. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (“Appassionata”) - Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Nocturne no. 6 in D flat major, Op. 63 - Jeanne Zaidel Rudolph (b. 1948)
Ebb and Flow (2019) - Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Sonata in B minor, S. 178
AUGUST 2024
Musaion, University of Pretoria
SEPTEMBER 2024
London
OCTOBER 2024
University Way, Summerstrand, Gqeberha
NOVEMBER 2024
Stonevale, Oxfordshire & Abingdon School
Farnham, Surrey
Duo pianists Ben Schoeman and Tessa Uys perform the 5th and 6th (Pastoral) Symphonies by Beethoven/Scharwenka at the Bach Society Concert Series in Farnham.
Private Members’ Club in London
The bicentenary celebrations of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Op. 125 (first performed on 7th May 1824): The piano duo of Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman presents this masterpiece in a piano duet arrangement by piano virtuoso and pedagogue Franz Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924).
DECEMBER 2024
Reform Club, London
Doors open 18.30, music begins 19.00 | Arundells, 59 Cathedral Close, Salisbury
Tickets: £30.00 to include a glass of bubbles
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (arr. Scharwenka) – Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman announces the forthcoming release of their Volume 6 (February 2025) with SOMM Recordings.
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St Olave’s in London
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman play music for piano four hands by Beethoven (Pastoral Symphony) and Elgar (Introduction and Allegro). See more information here.
Concert Calendar 2023
January 2023
St Mary’s Church, Welwyn
February 2023
Christ Church, Kensington, London
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March 2023
Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool
Lecture and Round Table Discussion on Music Competitions
Cross-cultural elements in South African piano music: devising contemporary technical approaches
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April 2023
12.30pm | Musaion Hall, School of the Arts, University of Pretoria
Musaion Lunch-Hour Series
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7pm | Musaion Hall, University of Pretoria
Music by Beethoven, Brahms and Poulenc. With Jaco van Staden (horn), Ben Schoeman (piano), Ané van Staden (violin), Anna-Maria Vermeulen (flute), Tim Roberts (oboe), Lizet Smith (clarinet), and Brahm Henkins (bassoon)
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3pm | Northwards House, Parktown, Johannesburg
Music by Mozart, Schumann, Debussy, Schumann-Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Chopin
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KCS, Southside, Wimbledon Common, London SW19 4TT
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7pm for 7.30pm | 22 Mansfield Street Concert Series, London W1G 9NR
Music for Piano Duet by Schubert (Rondo and Fantasy) and Beethoven (Symphony no. 7)
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12.15pm | Eastcote Rd, Ruislip HA4 8DG, United Kingdom
Music by Mozart, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Grainger and Liszt
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7.30pm | Buscot Park, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8BU
Music by Mozart, Schumann, Kodály, Chopin and Rachmaninoff
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3pm | Clarendon Muse, Watford Grammar School for Boys, 70 Rickmansworth Road, WD18 7JA
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May 2023
3pm | Libertas, Kingsbridge, Devon TQ7 2DS
Programme includes Beethoven’s Symphony no. 3 (Eroica) arranged for piano 4 hands by Xaver Scharwenka
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August 2023
Music Academy of Prof Andrzej Pikul
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SEPTEMBER 2023
University of Cape Town
15 Variations for Piano Solo and Live Computer Processing – Premiere of work by Miles Warrington
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3pm
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7.30pm | Pacofs Sand du Plessis Theatre, Bloemfontein
Concerto soloist with the Free State Symphony Orchestra and conductor Gérard Korsten
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24 SEP | Johannesburg, Northwards House
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26 SEP | Pretoria Atterbury Theatre
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30 SEP | Casa Labia, Cape Town
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1 OCT | OAK Concert Series, Hermanus
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12.30pm | Musaion Hall, School of the Arts, University of Pretoria
Musaion Lunch-Hour Series
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October 2023
Musaion Hall, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Rd, Pretoria, South Africa
The Piano Sonatas of Mozart – performances and discussions
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7.30pm | Odeion Hall, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
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Brooklyn Theatre TV
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Concert Calendar 2022
January 2022
Including works of Stefans Grové, Franck, Kodály and Liszt at the Florianka Concert Hall, Kraków, Poland
Academy of Music Krzysztof Penderecki, Kraków
February 2022
With Tessa Uys at Fidelio Café in Clerkenwell, London
Adjudicating
Works of Bach, Rachmaninoff and Liszt
March 2022
For the Maxability Foundation in Southgate, London
With conductor Bernhard Gueller and Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Linder Auditorium Parktown, Johannesburg
Including a lecture on the composer Stefans Grové, piano masterclasses and faculty concerts
April 2022
At South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, London – Beethoven Symphony no. 5 and two-piano works by Saint-Saëns and Schumann
Bach, Debussy, Liszt, Schubert and Schumann
June 2022
Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto no. 2, conductor Bernhard Gueller, Cape Town City Hall
July 2022
Brookfield Open-Air Concert, Highgate, London
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, arr. piano four hands by FX Scharwenka
August 2022
Piano Masterclasses
Johannesburg
Staff Concert on Thursday 25 August in the Musaion Concert Hall (Music by Stefans Grové and Surendran Reddy)
With Anmari van der Westhuizen and Danré Strydom – Viennese Clarinet Trios by Beethoven, Brahms and Zemlinsky and music by SA composer Hendrik Hofmeyr
Cape Town
September 2022
At Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool, Pretoria – Music of Bach, Schubert, Liszt, Debussy and Franck
With performances of Franck’s Violin Sonata, piano works, and organ music with colleagues at the University of Pretoria
Poulenc Sextet and Quintets for Piano and Winds by Mozart and Rimsky-Korsakov
Poulenc Sextet and Quintets for Piano and Winds by Mozart and Rimsky-Korsakov
University of Pretoria
October 2022
Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre, Cape Town – Recital with music of JS Bach, Surendran Reddy, Priaulx Rainier, C Franck and R Schumann
Piano Recital with music of JS Bach, Schumann, Franck and Liszt
Franz Liszt and his Contemporaries
Odeion School of Music, Bloemfontein (including a recital with Charlotte Potgieter, Anneke Lamont and Danré Strydom – chamber music works by Bach, Prokofiev, Milhaud, Leclair, Franck, Debussy, Piazzola and Rachmaninoff)
Pretoria (Adjudicator)
London (Beethoven Symphony no. 3)
November 2022
Piano Duo Recital with Tessa Uys
Beethoven Symphonies nos. 3 and 8 (Piano Duo Recital with Tessa Uys)
Beethoven and other composers
Piano Duo Recital with Tessa Uys
Concert Calendar 2020
January 2020
1pm | 23 Lee Rd, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ
Two pianists, Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman, perform Scharwenka’s transcription of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony as part of their celebration of the composer’s 250th birthday year.
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February 2020
7pm | St James’s Piccadilly Church, 197 Piccadilly, St. James’s, London W1J 9LL
Ben Schoeman plays a popular piano programme:
Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata, Op. 27/2
Satie – Gnossiennes nos. 1 and 4
Chopin – Scherzo no. 2, Op. 31; Barcarolle, Op. 60; Polonaise Heroïque, Op. 53
Beethoven – Bagatelle in E flat, Op. 126
Tchaikovsky/Pletnev – Nutcracker Suite
Beethoven – Rage over a lost penny, Op. 129
Liszt – Liebestraum no. 3; Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12
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March 2020
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID19
7.30pm – St John’s Waterloo, 73 Waterloo Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8TY
Pianist Ben Schoeman joins conductor Raffaello Morales and the Fidelio Orchestra of London in a performance of Ravel’s Concerto in G. The program also includes Debussy’s La Mer and Ravel’s La Valse.
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April 2020
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19 – – NEW DATE: 24 APRIL 2021
7pm | Buscot Park, Faringdon, SN7 8BU, Oxfordshire
As part of the 250th Birthday Celebrations of Beethoven’s birth year, pianist Ben Schoeman will perform Sonatas (including the ‘Moonlight’ and the ‘Funeral March’) by the composer in a recital.
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CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19
1pm | St Lawrence Jewry, City of London, Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AA
As part of the 250th Birthday Celebrations of Beethoven’s birth year, pianist Ben Schoeman will perform Sonatas by the composer.
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May 2020
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19
1pm | St Lawrence Jewry, City of London, Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AA
Two pianists, Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman, perform Scharwenka’s transcription of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony as part of their celebration of the composer’s 250th birthday year. This concert takes place under the auspices of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.
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CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19
6pm | Libertas, Kingsbridge, Devon
Two pianists, Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman, perform Scharwenka’s transcriptions of Beethoven’s Symphonies as part of their celebration of the composer’s 250th birthday year.
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June 2020
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19
Saturday 6 June | 6pm
Sunday 7 June | 3pm
Brooklyn Theatre, Greenlyn, Shop 21, Thomas Edison St, Menlo Park, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Pianist Ben Schoeman joins conductor David Scarr and the Gauteng Philharmonic Orchestra in Pretoria with a performance of all five Piano Concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven in celebration of the composer’s 250th birthday.
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POSTPONED DUE TO COVID19
7pm | Christ Church, 26 Cricklade St, Swindon SN1 3HG
Programme includes music of Percy Grainger, Elgar’s From the Bavarian Highlands, and Dvorak Songs of Nature.
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POSTPONED DUE TO COVID19
7pm | St Michael’s Church, South Grove, Highgate, London N6 6BJ
Two pianists, Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman, perform Scharwenka’s transcriptions of Beethoven’s 3rd (Eroica) and 6th (Pastoral) Symphonies as part of their celebration of the composer’s 250th birthday year.
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POSTPONED DUE TO COVID19
4pm | Brookfield Mansions Gardens, Highgate London
Piano duet performance with Ben Schoeman and Tessa Uys of Beethoven Symphonies nos. 3 and 9 –
Socially-distanced audience.
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CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19
1pm | St Lawrence Jewry, City of London, Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AA
Two pianists, Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman, perform Scharwenka’s transcription of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony (Pastoral) as part of their celebration of the composer’s 250th birthday year.
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SEPTEMBER 2020
7pm | Hosted by Emile Woolf, Greenacre Walk, Southgate, London United Kingdom
Two pianists, Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman, perform Scharwenka’s transcription of Beethoven’s monumental 9 th Symphony, Op. 125 on Rachmaninoff’s London Steinway Piano.
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1pm | St Mary’s Perivale, Perivale Lane, Perivale, Middlesex, UB6 8SS
Steinway Artist, Ben Schoeman plays a recital in Dr Hugh Mather’s Piano Series.
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POSTPONED TO 22 – 26 SEPTEMBER 2021 DUE TO COVID19
Atterbury Theatre, 4 Daventry St, Lynnwood Manor, Pretoria, 0081, South Africa
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October 2020
POSTPONED TO 23 SEPTEMBER 2021 DUE TO COVID19
12:40pm | Musaion Theatre, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Rd, Pretoria, South Africa
Ben Schoeman will play music of Chopin.
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St Barnabas Ealing, London
Ben Schoeman will perform the Sonata in F major, Op. 54 by Beethoven.
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December 2020
11 South Grove, Highgate, London N6 6BS
Pianists Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman present a lecture recital on Xaver Scharwenka’s transcriptions of Beethoven’s 9 Symphonies. They will talk about Scharwenka and the historical aspects of his enormous output, and also about the intricacies of duet playing. This is part of the 250th celebrations of Beethoven’s birthday in Bonn, Germany.
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7:30pm | St Peter’s Church, High St, Marlborough SN8 1HQ
Two pianists, Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman, perform Scharwenka’s transcription of Beethoven’s Symphonies nos. 1 and 7 and Hungarian Dances by Brahms.
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7pm | Princess Alexandra Hall, Over-Seas House, Park Pl, St James’s St, London SW1A 1LR
Two pianists, Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman, perform Scharwenka’s transcriptions of Beethoven’s
Symphonies nos. 1 and 7 as part of their celebration of the composer’s 250th birthday year.
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7pm | Streamed on the internet
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman at St Stephen Walbrook Church in the City of London – Scharwenka’s transcription of Beethoven’s 9 th Symphony as part of the celebration of the composer’s 250th birthday year. This concert will be streamed and was performed in collaboration with the Choral Scholars of St Stephen Walbrook.
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Concert Calendar 2019
January 2019
Works of JS Bach, D Scarlatti, C Debussy, F Chopin and S Rachmaninoff
February 2019
Works of F Schubert – Lebensstürme in A minor, Rondo in A major, Grand Duo in C major, Fantasy in F minor
Works of J Brahms Concerto no. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Works of JS Bach, F Chopin, C Debussy and F Liszt
Works of L van Beethoven, F Chopin, P Tchaikovsky and F Liszt
March 2019
Works of L van Beethoven, D Scarlatti, F Chopin and F Liszt
April 2019
Piano Concertos by D Shostakovich (Op. 102) and JS Bach (three pianos, BWV 1063) with the UP Symphony Orchestra and conductor Gerben Grooten
Works of Bach, Liszt (Two Legends), Rachmaninoff
Works of Bach and Liszt
May 2019
7pm | Melrose Parish Church
Pianists Ben Schoeman and Tessa Uys will join forces with the Roxburgh Singers and conductor Marion Dodd to perform Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 by Johannes Brahms. Ben will also be the soloist in Ludwig van Beethoven’s exciting Fantasy (Fantasia) for piano, vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra, Op. 80.
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June 2019
8pm | 27 St Andrews Rd, Parktown, Johannesburg
Ben will return to the Johannesburg Musical Society in the Linder Auditorium, Parktown for an exciting evening of music by Bach/Busoni, Schumann, Kodály, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.
Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)/Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) – Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ (BV B 27/5)
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) – Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Zoltán Kodály (1882 – 1967) – Dances of Marosszék (1927)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), transcr. Mikhail Pletnev (b. 1957) – Concert Suite from ‘The Nutcracker’, Op. 71
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) – Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version)
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Works of L van Beethoven (Symphonies nos. 5 and 7, arr. By X Scharwenka)
7pm | St Giles’ Cripplegate Church, Fore Street, London
Ben Schoeman will be the soloist in Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 with the London Gay Symphony Orchestra and conductor Christopher Braime
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L van Beethoven Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (arr. For four hands by X Scharwenka)
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July 2019
Music of Surendran Reddy et al.
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Works of Schubert and Beethoven
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August 2019
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Works of Bach, Schumann (Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13), Rachmaninoff (Corelli Variations, Op. 42), Scriabin (Preludes, Op. 11), Prokofiev (Sonata no. 3, Op. 28)
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1pm | Regent’s Hall near Oxford Circus
Undine Sonata by Carl Reinecke, Sonatine by Pierrre Sancan, Concerto in A major by CPE Bach and the Fantasy by Philippe Gaubert
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October 2019
Works of Brahms, Beethoven, Zemlinsky and Hofmeyr
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November 2019
Works for piano duets by M Springer
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December 2019
5.30pm | Acorn House, Off Main Street, Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman play Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (Choral) arranged for piano four hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka
6 – 7pm | BBC Radio 3
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1pm | St Lawrence Jewry, City of London
Two pianists, Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman, perform Scharwenka’s transcription of Beethoven’s monumental 9th Symphony, Op. 125
1pm | St Martin in the Fields, London
The piano duo of Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman play Beethoven Symphony no. 5 and Brahms Hungarian Dances
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Concert Calendar 2018
Piano Recital
15 January 2018 | St. Lawrence Jewry, City of London
Works of Chopin and Rachmaninoff
Voices of Africa Trust Concert
8 February 2018 | South African High Commission, Trafalgar Square, London
Solo Piano Works by Surendran Reddy and Franz Liszt and arias with baritone and soprano by WA Mozart
Masterclasses
28 February 2018 | Abingdon School, Oxfordshire
Lieder Recital
25 March 2018 | Walthamstow, London
With a vocal quartet including world-renowned soprano Gillian Keith
Piano Recital
9 April 2018 | St James’s Piccadilly, London
Works of Bach-Busoni, Tchaikovsky-Pletnev, Debussy and Liszt. Under the auspices of the Royal Over-Seas League.
Beethoven Symphony no. 9
13 May 2018 | Devon
Piano duet version by X Scharwenka and further piano duet works by Brahms, Dvorak and Arnold van Wyk – A recital in collaboration with Tessa Uys
Beethoven Symphony no. 5
25 June 2018 | St. Lawrence Jewry, City of London
Piano duet version by X Scharwenka and Schubert Lebensstürme (piano duet) D. 947 – A recital in collaboration with Tessa Uys
Beethoven Symphony no. 9
30 June 2018 | St Michael’s Church, Highgate, London
Piano duet version by X Scharwenka – A recital in collaboration with Tessa Uys
Masterclasses at UP Music Festival
15-17 August 2018 | Musaion Concert Hall, University of Pretoria
Lecture recital: The position of female South African composers within the musical canon
21 August
Recital – Steinway, Lategan
26 August 2018 | Johannesburg
Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt (Sonata in B minor, S. 178)
Klimt (1918) Recital
22 September 2018 | Klimt Villa, Vienna, Austria
Cellist Anzél Gerber and pianist Ben Schoeman perform at the magnificent Klimt Villa in Vienna, Austria. Sonatas and Lieder by Richard Strauss and Edvard Grieg
University of Pretoria Music Department Staff Concert
27 September 2018 | Universtity of Pretoria
Works of Robert Schumann and Sergei Rachmaninoff
Solo Recital
30 September 2018 | Musaion, University of Pretoria
Piano works of Bach-Busoni, Debussy, Chopin, Tchaikovsky-Pletnev and Rachmaninoff
Chamber Music Recital
14 October 2018 | Brooklyn Theatre, Pretoria
Solo Sonatas and Quintets for piano and winds by Mozart and Beethoven
Beethoven Symphony no. 9
5 November 2018 | Blackheath Concert Hall, London
Piano duet version by X Scharwenka – A recital in collaboration with Tessa Uys
Recital
14 December 2018 | Melrose Music Society
Piano with works of Bach, Chopin, Tchaikovsky-Pletnev and Rachmaninoff
Concert Calendar 2017
Ben Schoeman plays Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2 with GPO, Brooklyn Theatre Pretoria
Friday 3 February 2017 | Start time: 19:00 | Brooklyn Theatre, Thomas Edison St, Pretoria
Ben Schoeman returns to Brooklyn Theatre to play the Second Piano Concerto by Sergey Rachmaninoff with the Gauteng Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert will take place on Friday 3 February and repeated on Sunday afternoon, 5 February at 3pm.
Ben Schoeman in Recital at Brooklyn Theatre
Saturday 4 February 2017 | Start time: 19:00 | Brooklyn Theatre, Thomas Edison St, Pretoria
Programme:
- L van Beethoven – Sonata no. 7 in D major, Op. 10, no. 3
- P Tchaikovsky (transcr. Pletnev) – Concert Suite from the Nutcracker (Op. 71)
- JS Bach/F Busoni – Ich ruf’ zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ (BWV 639)
- R Schumann – Kreisleriana, Op. 16
- F Chopin – Impromptu, Op. 51 and Polonaise Heroïque, Op. 53
Ben Schoeman in Recital at Oude Libertas Theatre
Friday 10 February 2017 | Start time: 20:15 | Oude Libertas Amphitheatre, Stellenbosch
Programme:
- L van Beethoven – Sonata no. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, no. 2 (‘Moonlight’)
- P Tchaikovsky (transcr. Pletnev) – Concert Suite from the Nutcracker (Op. 71)
- F Chopin – Polonaise Heroïque, Op. 53
- R Schumann – Carnaval, Op. 9
- F Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12 in C sharp minor, S. 244/12
Ben Schoeman plays Poulenc Gloria with Swindon Choral Society
Saturday 1 April 2017 | Start time: 19:30 | Marlborough College Chapel, Marlborough, Wiltshire
The Poulenc Gloria, Poulenc Organ Concerto and Gounod St. Cecilia Mass performed by conductor Robin Nelson, the Swindon Choral Society, organist Ian Crabbe and pianist Ben Schoeman
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman in Witheridge
12 April 2017 | Start time: 19:00 | St. John the Baptist Church Witheridge, North Devon
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman will perform Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony, arranged for piano four hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka. This concert is in aid of the Devonshire Air Ambulance Trust and organised by Graham Allum and Sarah Walker.
Russian Recital: Ben Schoeman in City of London
Monday 8 May 2017 | Start time: 13:00 | St. Lawrence Jewry, Gresham Street, London
Ben Schoeman starts a series of Russian Recitals. This year is the centenary of the Russian Revolution. The programme for this concert will include:
- Scriabin – Preludes Op. 11 (nos. 1,2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 and 14)
- Tchaikovsky (transcr. Pletnev) – Concert Suite from the Nutcracker (Op. 71)
- Rachmaninoff – Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Anzél Gerber and Ben Schoeman at MDW, Vienna
Friday 19 May 2017 | Start time: 18:00 | Bankettsaal, Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Vienna
Anzél Gerber will be joined in a performance of music for cello and piano by Anton Rubinstein. This is part of a symposium for gifted young cellists at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien, where Dr. Gerber will also give masterclasses and a lecture on gifted education.
Ben Schoeman plays a Russian Piano Recital in Marlborough
Sunday 4 June 2017 | Start time: 19:30 | St Peter’s Church, High St, Marlborough
An exciting programme of Russian works will be performed by pianist Ben Schoeman:
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): Sonata no. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 (‘From the Old Notebooks’)
- Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915): Preludes, Op. 11 (1888-1896)
- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42 (1931)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (arranged by Mikhail Pletnev, b. 1957): Concert Suite from ‘The Nutcracker’ (Op. 71)
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version)
The concert is part of the St. Peter’s Church Series.
Ben Schoeman and Tessa Uys play Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony
Monday 26 June 2017 | Start time: 13:00 | St. Lawrence Jewry, Gresham Street, London
Xaver Scharwenka brilliantly transcribed Beethoven’s 9 Symphonies for piano duet (4 hands). Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman have played the 9th Symphony on several occasions and will now perform also the Symphony no. 3 ‘Eroica’. This is part of St. Lawrence Jewry’s Concert Series.
Music at Mansfield Street 22: Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman play Schubert and Beethoven
Wednesday 28 June 2017 | Start time: 19:30 | 22 Mansfield St, London
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman perform at Bob Boas’s beautiful home in Marylebone. They will be playing Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony (arr. X Scharwenka) and Schubert’s Allegro (Lebensstürme), D. 947.
Ben Schoeman plays Bach and Schumann at St. Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival
Tuesday 1 August 2017 | Start time: 13:00 | St. Lawrence Jewry, Gresham Street, London
Ben Schoeman will play works of Bach/Busoni, Bach, Schumann and Chopin as part of this year’s St Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival in the City of London.
Ben Schoeman plays Schumann at Edinburgh Fringe, Royal Over-Seas League
Monday 7 August 2017 | Time: 9:30 | Royal Over-Seas League, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh
Ben Schoeman will perform Schumann’s masterpiece Kreisleriana, Op. 16 at the first morning concert of the ROSL Edinburgh Fringe Series.
Ben Schoeman Chopin Recital no. 1 at Royal Overseas League, Edinburgh
Monday 7 August 2017 | Start time: 14:00 | Royal Over-Seas League, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh
As part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Ben Schoeman will present the following programme:
- Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) – Polonaise in A major, Op. 40/ 1; Mazurka in D flat major, Op. 30/3; Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48/1
- Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) – Preludes, Op. 11 (1888-1896) (selection)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) – Concert Suite from ‘The Nutcracker’ (Op. 71 – arr. M. Pletnev)
- Fryderyk Chopin – Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 (10:00)
Ben Schoeman Chopin Recital no. 2 at Royal Overseas League, Edinburgh
Wednesday 9 August 2017 | Start time: 14:00 | Royal Over-Seas League, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh
As part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Ben Schoeman will present the following programme:
- Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1949) – Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60; Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39; Impromptu in G flat major, Op. 51; Polonaise Heroïque in A flat major, Op. 53
- Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) – Etude in B flat minor, Op. 4/3
- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) – Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version)
Oboe and Piano at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, ROSL Arts
Wednesday 9 August 2017 | Start time: 16:00 | Royal Over-Seas League, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh
Ben Schoeman joins oboist Kristen Cooke in a performance of Mozart’s Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314
Oboe, Flute and Piano Music at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, ROSL Arts
Friday 11 August 2017 | Start time: 09:30 | Royal Over-Seas League, 100 Princes Street, Edinburgh
Oboist Kristen Cooke and flautist Megan Barbetti join Ben Schoeman in a recital of works by Marcello, JS Bach and Madeleine Dring
Recital at St. Martin in the Fields London: Kristen Cooke, Megan Barbetti & Ben Schoeman
Monday 14 August 2017 | Start time: 13:00 | St. Martin in the Field, Trafalgar Square, London
Three musicians who are prize winners from the Royal Over-Seas League will perform recital with music for oboe, flute and piano by Ibert, Saint-Saëns, Poulenc and Dring.
Ben Schoeman plays music of Stefans Grové at the University of Pretoria
Wednesday 16 August 2017 | Start time: 16:30 | Musaion, University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Ben Schoeman completed a doctorate on the piano music of Stefans Grové at City University of London and the Guildhall School of Music. He presents are varied programme of the composer’s African period and will also give a lecture on this music at the Musaion Concert Hall. Visit University of Pretoria’s Music site
Ben Schoeman presents piano masterclasses at the University of Pretoria
Thursday 17 August 2017 | Start time: 8:30-15:30 | Musaion, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Road, Pretoria
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Recital in Hermanus/Overstrand: Ben Schoeman (piano)
Sunday 20 August 2017 | Start time: 15:30 | agnolia Street, Hermanus
Programme:
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)/Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
- Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ (BV B 27/5)
- Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
- Kreisleriana, Op. 16
- Zoltán Kodály (1882 – 1967)
- Dances of Marosszék (1927)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), transcr. Mikhail Pletnev (b. 1957)
- Concert Suite from ‘The Nutcracker’, Op. 71
- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
- Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version)
Ben Schoeman Recital in Knysna
Monday 21 August 2017 | Start time: 19:30 | Dutch Reformed Church Hall, Fichat Street, Knysna
Programme:
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)/Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
- Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ (BV B 27/5)
- Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
- Kreisleriana, Op. 16
- Zoltán Kodály (1882 – 1967)
- Dances of Marosszék (1927)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), transcr. Mikhail Pletnev (b. 1957)
- Concert Suite from ‘The Nutcracker’, Op. 71
- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
- Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version)
Ben Schoeman Recital at the Odeion in Bloemfontein
Thursday 24 August 2017 Start time: 19:30 | Odeion School of Music, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
Programme:
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)/Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
- Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ (BV B 27/5)
- Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)
- Kreisleriana, Op. 16
- Zoltán Kodály (1882 – 1967)
- Dances of Marosszék (1927)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), transcr. Mikhail Pletnev (b. 1957)
- Concert Suite from ‘The Nutcracker’, Op. 71
- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
- Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version)
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Ben Schoeman plays Mozart Concerto in D minor, K 466 with KZN Philharmonic Orchestra
Thursday 31 August 2017 | Start time: 19:30 | Durban City Hall, Durban
South African pianist Ben Schoeman joins the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Wolfram Christ in a performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466.
Concert Calendar 2016
Ben Schoeman performs at St. Lawrence Jewry, City of London
Monday 15 February 2016 | Start time: 13:00 | St. Lawrence Jewry, Guildhall Yard, London
The St. Lawrence Jewry Church is situated next to the Guildhall in the City of London. A piano lunchtime series is hosted in this beautiful venue and Ben Schoeman will give a recital that includes a selection of Preludes (Book 2) of Claude Debussy as well as the Arabeske, Op. 18 and Carnaval, Op. 9 by Robert Schumann.
Beethoven Emperor Concerto at Woordfees, KykNet Endler Hall: Ben Schoeman and University of Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra
Friday 4 March 2016 | Start time: 20:00 | Endler Hall, Stellenbosch
Pianist Ben Schoeman joins the USSO and conductor Corvin Matei in a performance of Beethoven’s popular Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 (‘Emperor’).
Anzél Gerber and Ben Schoeman, Woordfees Recital, Endler Hall Stellenbosch
Saturday 5 March 2016 | Start time: 18:00 | Endler Hall, Stellenbosch
Anzél Gerber (cello) and Ben Schoeman (piano) have been performing in several countries as a renowned duo. They have won the Ibla Grand Prize in Italy, played at Carnegie Hall in New York, won the Global Music Award for their recording of music by Anton Rubinstein, and recently premiered Stefans Grové’s Concerto for Cello, Piano and Orchestra ‘Bushman Prayers’ (2013, specially dedicated to them and commissioned by SAMRO) with the Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestras. At the Woordfees 2016, Gerber and Schoeman will give a recital with music by French composers:
- Camille Saint-Saëns – Sonata no. 1 in C minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 32
- Claude Debussy – Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915)
- César Franck – Sonata in A major for Cello and Piano (1886)
Schubert Soirée at Woordfees 2016, Fismer Hall, Stellenbosch
Monday 7 March 2016 | Start time: 20:30 | Fismer Hall, Conservatory of Music, Stellenbosch
Ben Schoeman joins Anzél Gerber, Amici String Quartet, Lauren Dasappa and Beatrix Mari du Toit for a performance of great works by Franz Schubert. This will include ‘Shepherd on the Rocks’ for Soprano, Clarinet and Piano (D. 965) and the Arpeggione Sonata (D. 821).
Ben Schoeman in Recital at the Woordfees, Endler Hall, Stellenbosch
Tuesday 8 March 2016 | Start time: 20:00 | Endler Hall, Stellenbosch
South African pianist Ben Schoeman gives a solo recital at the Endler Hall in Stellenbosch. His programme centres on the music of Robert Schumann (1810-1856). Two major works of this great Romantic composer will be included in the programme: the Humoreske (Op. 20) and the Etudes Symphoniques (op. 13). Schoeman will also pay tribute to the eminent South African composer, Arnold van Wyk (1916-1983), whose centenary is celebrated this year. Two of Van Wyk’s piano works will be performed: Ricordanza (1973-1979) and Pastorale e Cappriccio (1948, rev. 1955).
Ben Schoeman plays Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 with the Gauteng Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday 11 March 2016 | Start time: 20:00 | Brooklyn Theatre, Menlo Park, Pretoria, South Africa
The Brooklyn Theatre in Pretoria hosts the Gauteng Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor David Scarr and pianist Ben Schoeman joins the Orchestra for a concert that includes Beethoven’s Symphony no. 6 (Pastoral) as well as the dramatic and exciting Piano Concerto no. 1 by Tchaikovsky. The first concert will take place on Friday 11th March at 8pm and this will be repeated on Sunday 13th March at 3pm.
Piano recital by Ben Schoeman at the Brooklyn Theatre in Pretoria
Saturday 12 March 2016 | Start time: 20:00 | Brooklyn Theatre, Menlo Park, Pretoria, South Africa
Ben Schoeman, South African pianist who lives in London, returns to his hometown of Pretoria to give a recital at the Brooklyn Theatre. The Theatre has a beautiful Steinway piano and Schoeman will perform an exciting programme with music of Mozart, Schumann, Grieg, Chopin and Liszt.
Ben Schoeman plays Robert Schumann at KKNK 2016
Sunday 27 March 2016 and Monday 28 March 2016 | Start time: 18:00 | 200 Buitekant Street, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees 2016 hosts pianist Ben Schoeman in a recital programme that includes masterpieces of the great Romantic composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856). This programme will be different from the Woordfees concert earlier in March in Stellenbosch. Schoeman will perform Schumann’s Carnaval (Op. 9) and Symphonic Studies (Op. 13) and also play three Preludes (Book 2) by Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Brouillards, Ondine and Feux d’Artifice. Schoeman is no stranger to the KKNK and has been awarded the Kanna and KykNet Fiesta Awards for his Liszt recitals there in 2011. Mr. Schoeman will give two performances at the NGK Park, Oudtshoorn: 27 March at 6pm and 28 March at 11am.
Ben Schoeman plays Debussy at the Clothworkers’ Hall, London
Thursday 21 April 2016 | Start time: 18:00 | The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, Clothworkers’ Hall, London
The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers (under the auspices of their Master, John Rubinstein), in collaboration with the Royal London Society for Blind People, present a special concert at Clothworkers’ Hall in the City of London. Ben Schoeman will perform selected Preludes (Book 2) by Claude Debussy, including Brouillards and Feux d’Artifice. This will be for invited guests only.
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman (Piano 4 Hands) perform Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 at St. Barnabas
Friday 13 May 2016 | Start time: 13:00 | St. Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane, London
Tessa Uys was born in Cape Town and gave her first public performance at the age of seven. She first studied with her mother Helga Bassel and, at 16 won an Associated Board Scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she won several prestigious prizes including the Macfarren Medal. Shortly after this she was the 1st prize winner and gold medallist of the Royal Over-Seas League Competition. She has also enjoyed the unusual distinction of working with the film director John Schlesinger on his film Madame Sousatzka starring Shirley MacLaine. In 1994 she was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. Tessa Uys has performed in many different countries and has broadcast frequently for the BBC. In recent years she has regularly given recitals in the City of London and at the Wigmore Hall. Tessa Uys discovered the complete transcriptions of Beethoven’s Symphonies by Xaver Scharwenka amongst her mother’s scores, and in collaboration with Ben Schoeman presented the 9th Symphony at the St. Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival in 2015. The duo of Uys and Schoeman will perform this magnificent work on 13 May at the beautiful Church of St. Barnabas in Ealing, London at 1pm.
Dawid Venter (Flute) and Ben Schoeman (Piano) at St. Martin in the Fields, London
Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Start time: 13:00 | St. Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
The South African duo of Dawid Venter and Ben Schoeman will perform an exciting programme in the beautiful St. Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square London. The will play the Suite for Flute and Piano by CM Widor, the ‘Cantabile et Presto’ by George Enescu and finally also the Sonata in D major for Flute and Piano by Sergei Prokofiev. Flautist Dawid Venter studied in Stellenbosch, Paris and London and he has given concerto and recital performances in several countries. He was hailed by the South African press as a ‘world-class performer’ after his acclaimed rendition of the Flute Concerto by Jaqcues Ibert in Johannesburg. He recently gave a nationwide concert tour throughout South Africa with pianist Ben Schoeman.
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman play Beethoven Symphony no. 9 at St. Lawrence Jewry, London
Monday 27 June 2016 | Start time: 13:00 | St. Lawrence Jewry, Guildhall Yard, London
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman received a standing ovation from a capacity audience at the St. Lawrence Jewry Summer Festival 2015 for their rendition of the monumental Symphony no. 9 by Beethoven (transcribed for Piano Four-Hands by Franz Xaver Scharwenka). They were invited back to St. Lawrence Jewry to perform the work again in June 2016.
Celebrating Performance and Research: Doctor of Musical Arts at City University London and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Monday 6 June 2016 | Start time: 19:00 | Performance Space, College Building, City University London
Ben Schoeman joins fellow doctoral researcher-pianists Annie Yim, Alexander Karpeyev and Jennifer Lee in a celebration of the DMA programme at City University/Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Read more here
Anzél Gerber and Ben Schoeman in Cremona, Italy
Wednesday 3 August 2016 | Start time: 21:00 | Piazza Antonio Stradivari 5, Cremona CR, Italia
The Cello/Piano Duo of Gerber and Schoeman perform at the International Summer Music Academy in Cremona, Camera di Commercio – near the Piazza Stradivari. On the programme will be the Sonata in A major (1886) by César Franck.
Ben Schoeman plays Chopin, Schumann and Liszt in Edinburgh
Monday 8 August 2016 | Wednesday 10 August 2016 | Friday 12 August 2016 | 100 Princes St, Edinburgh, UK
Ben Schoeman returns to Edinburgh to play four concerts for the Royal Over-Seas League Arts Music Series. Schoeman won the Gold Medal at the ROSL Music Competition in London and has since given several concerts under the auspices of this organisation. He would particularly like to dedicate all his concerts at this year’s festival to the late Director of ROSL Arts, Mr. Roderick Lakin MBE.
Ben Schoeman plays Beethoven’s rarely-performed Piano Quartet in C major
Thursday 11 August 2016 | Start time: 9:30 | 100 Princes St, Edinburgh, UK
Ben Schoeman plays L van Beethoven – Quartet for Piano and Strings in C major WoO 36 no. 3, with Martyn Jackson (violin), Ann Beilby (viola), Edward King (Cello).
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman play Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 at the Long Melford Music Society
Wednesday 7 September 2016 | Start time: 13:00 | Holy Trinity Church, Church Walk, Long Melford, Suffolk, UK
South African pianists Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman will perform a 4-hands arrangement of Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (Choral) by the 19th-century virtuoso Franz Xaver Scharwenka.
Ben Schoeman performs at the Drake Calleja Trust Concert
Saturday 17 September 2016 | Start time: 19:30 | Corinthia Hotel, Whitehall Pl, London, UK
Ben Schoeman is a proud Scholar of the Drake Calleja Trust. He will perform in the annual Prize Winners’ Concert of this Trust. The great tenor Joseph Calleja will also perform at this event.
Ben Schoeman plays at the Perivale Piano Series, London
Tuesday 20 September 2016 | Start time: 14:00 | The Ancient Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Perivale Lane, Perivale, Middlesex
Dr. Hugh Mather presents a Piano Series at St Mary’s Church Perivale. Ben Schoeman will be performing a recital with works of Robert Schumann and Fryderyk Chopin. Read more here
Ben Schoeman receives the Huberte Rupert Prize: South African Academy of Arts and Sciences
Friday 7 October 2016 | Start time: 19:00 | Endler Hall, Victoria St & Neethling Street, Stellenbosch
Ben Schoeman is awarded the Huberte Rupert Memorial Prize from the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns. This is one of the most prestigious awards for Classical Music in South Africa, and Schoeman received this for his work as concert pianist. The Awards’ Ceremony will take place in the Endler Hall in Stellenbosch. Mr. Schoeman will also perform works of Mendelssohn and Chopin. Read more here
Gerber and Schoeman Duo at Brooklyn Theatre, Pretoria
Friday 14 October 2016 | Start time: 19:00 | Brooklyn Theatre, Greenlyn, Thomas Edison St, Pretoria
Anzel Gerber and Ben Schoeman return to Pretoria to give a Cello/Piano Duo Recital. They will be playing music of Schubert, Schumann, Rubinstein and Franck at the Brooklyn Theatre.
Ben Schoeman and Anzel Gerber in Recital: Johannesburg
Sunday 16 October 2016 | Start time: 16:00 | 21 Rockridge Road, Northwards, Johannesburg
A Cello and Piano Duo Recital at the beautiful Northwards House in Johannesburg. Gerber and Schoeman will perform Sonatas by Franck and Shostakovich amongst other works.
Ben Schoeman and Anzel Gerber in Recital: Endler Hall Stellenbosch
Wednesday 19 October 2016 | Start time: 19:30 | Endler Hall, Victoria St & Neethling Street, Stellenbosch
Cellist Anzel Gerber is head of the Cello Department at Stellenbosch Conservatoire. She joins forces with her duo-partner Ben Schoeman to give a recital in the beautiful Endler Hall.
Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman perform Haydn and Schubert Four Hand Works in London
Wednesday 2 November 2016 | Start time: 19:30 | The Ancient Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Perivale Lane, Perivale, Middlesex
Two South Africans living in London, pianists Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman, join forces again to play 4-hand music of Haydn (Symphony no. 104) and Schubert (Lebensstürme, D. 947). Read more here
Amalia Hall (Violin) and Ben Schoeman (Piano): St Martin in the Fields London
Friday 11 November 2016 | Start time: 13:00 | St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
The brilliant New Zealand violinist Amalia Hall gives a recital with pianist Ben Schoeman at London’s St Martin in the Fields. They will perform works by Beethoven, Ravel and Kreisler.
Highlights 2015
January 2015
- Recital at City Music Society (Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit
- Fauré Nocturnes
- Bartók Suite Op. 14
- Debussy Pour le Piano
- Masterclasses at Abingdon School, Oxford
March 2015
Recital at Steinway Hall, London
April 2015
Recital with baritone Njabulo Madlala in Bucharest under the auspices of South African Ambassador Thenjiwe Mtintso
May 2015
- Rachmaninoff Concerto no. 2 with conductor Gérard Korsten and Free State Symphony Orchestra in Bloemfontein
- Solo recital in Pretoria with music of Bach
- Fauré, Kodály and Schumann
June 2015
- South African concert tour with cellist Anzél Gerber – Recitals in Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Knysna, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria
- World Premiere of Stefans Grové’s Concerto for Cello, Piano and Orchestra ‘Bushman Prayers’ (2013) with conductors Yasuo Shinozaki and Carlos Izcaray and the Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestras
July 2015
Final Doctoral Recital at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama/City University of London Programme
- Stefans Grové (1922-2014) – Songs and Dances from Africa (1988-1990)
- Béla Bartók (1881-1945) – Suite, Op. 14 (1916)
- S Grové – My Seasons (2012)
- Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) – Dances of Marosszék (1927)
- S Grové – Nonyana, the Ceremonial Dancer (1994) and Dance Song for the Nyau Dance (2003)
July 2015
Chopin/Schumann Recital at the Barbara Hesse-Bukowska Chopin Festival at Busko Zrdój in Poland
August 2015
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (arr. 4 hands by Scharwenka) with Tessa Uys at the St. Lawrence Jewry Summer Music Festival, City of London
September 2015
Recital with Music of Beethoven, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Liszt at St. James’s Piccadilly, London
December 2015
Recital with Beethoven Moonlight Sonata and Schumann Carnaval (among other works) at St. Martin in the Fields, London
Highlights 2014
April 2014
Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto no. 5 with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra in Cape Town City Hall
May 2014
- Recital in Marlborough
- Debut at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall with cellist Anzél Gerber in New York
- Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto no. 5 with City Symphony Orchestra at LSO St. Lukes, London
August 2014
Recitals with Anzél Gerber at the Klein Karoo Klassique in Oudtshoorn and the Endler Hall in Stellenbosch
November 2014
Recitals at Cadogan Hall, London and Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge
Highlights 2013
February 2013
Recital at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London
March 2013
Villa Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras no. 3 for Piano and Orchestra with the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor En Shao in Durban, South Africa
June 2013
Recital with Anzél Gerber at the ZK Matthews Great Hall in Pretoria and Grahamstown Festival
July 2013
Recital at Grahamstown Festival and Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue with the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra
August 2013
Awarded the Contemporary Music Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition in the USA; Five concerts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the Royal Over-Seas League
September 2013
Liszt Piano Concerto no. 1 with Camerata Regala and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and conductor Vlad Vizireanu at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest
Highlights 2012
January 2012
Liszt Piano Concertos no. 1 and no. 2 with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Yasuo Shinozaki at the Oude Libertas Theatre in Stellenbosch and the Cape Town City Hall; Solo recital with music of Bach, Debussy and Schumann at the ArtsCape Opera House in Cape Town
February 2012
Classic FM Recital in Johannesburg and Beethoven Marathon in Ealing, London; Awarded the prestigious KykNet Fiesta in Cape Town
March 2012
Brahms Recital at the Barbican Hall in London
May 2012
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra and conductor James Judd at the Barbican Hall in London
July 2012
First Prize with cellist Anzél Gerber in the Ibla Grand Prize Competition in Sicily, Italy
August 2012
Stefans Grové Conference at the Odeion School of Music in Bloemfontein, University of the Free State (lectures, public interview with composer, recitals and world premieres); Recital at St. Martin in the Fields, London
September 2012
Recital at the Cultural Centre in Eppan near Bolzano, Italy
October 2012
- Recital in Rome for South African Heritage Day
- Commences studies with Prof. Eliso Virsaladze at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole in Italy
- Stefans Grové Recital at City University of London
- Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra
November 2012
Recitals at St. James’s Piccadilly and St. Barnabas in Ealing, London
December 2012
Recitals at St. James’s Piccadilly, Perivale and St. Martin in the Fields in London
Highlights 2011
April 2011
Liszt CD Album Launch Tour – recitals in Stellenbosch, Cape Town, at the KKNK in Oudtshoorn, at the Enoch Sontonga Hall at UNISA in Pretoria, in Sandton and Bloemfontein
May 2011
Receives the Kanna Award for Liszt Recitals at the KKNK, South Africa
June 2011
Mozart Concerto K. 414 with the Brodowski Quartet in Woodbridge, Suffolk; Recital with the Rose Wind Trio at the Wigmore Hall in London (music of Mozart and Poulenc)
June/July 2011
Recitals at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival as winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music in 2011 – recitals and Liszt Concerto no. 1 with the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra
August 2011
Liszt Concerto no. 1 with conductor Gérard Korsten and Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra; South African recital tour with flautist Dawid Venter – concerts in Pretoria, Hermanus, Stellenbosch, Knysna, Humansdorp, Cape Town
October 2011
Prokofiev Piano Concerto no. 1 with Orion Orchestra at the Cadogan Hall, London
November 2011
Ravel Concerto for the Left Hand with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra and conductor Diego Masson at the Barbican Hall in London
Highlights 2010
January 2010
Two-Piano Recital with Tessa Uys at the Royal Over-Seas League in London
February/March 2010
Chopin Recital at City Music Society, Chopin Recitals at Fondazione Cariplo Milano, Beethoven Recital at Teatro Vittoria in Torino
April 2010
Wigmore Hall Recital – Messiaen Preludes and Liszt Sonata in B minor, César Franck Quintet with Solstice String Quartet
May 2010
Beethoven Recital at Teatro del Giglio in Lucca; Recital at Sala Mariele Ventre, Imola
July 2010
Recitals at Chester and King’s Lynn Festivals in the UK
August 2010
Brahms Concerto no. 2 with Cape Philharmonic Orchestra and Conrad van Alphen
September 2010
Winning the Soroptimist Prize at the Scottish International Piano Competition in Glasgow; A Tribute to Sergei Diaghilev (Centenary of Ballets Russes) at Hampstead/Highgate Festival
October 2010
South African Contemporary Music Recital in Torino and Savona (EstOvest Festival)
November 2010
Two-Piano Recital with Matei Varga at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest
December 2010
Recording of Liszt-Album for TwoPianists Records in Stellenbosch, South Africa
Highlights 2009
- Winning of Piano Prize, Lorna Viol Prize, Liszt Society Prize and overall Gold Medal at the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition, London
- Recitals in Edinburgh, London (including Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre), Crema, Baselga di Pinè, Lisbon
- Tour with cellist Anzél Gerber: Concerts in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Durban and Pretoria
- Vodacom Tour as 1st Prize winner of UNISA International Piano Competition
- Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4 with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra
- Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini with the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Recitals in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Stellenbosch, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, George, Knysna, Hermanus, Franschhoek, Montagu, Parow
- Obtaining Master’s Degree in Music from the University of Pretoria with a thesis on the piano music of Luigi Dallapiccola
Highlights 2008
- 1st Grand Prize at 11th UNISA Vodacom International Piano Competition, Pretoria
- Solo Recitals in Monticelli, Bologna, Rome, London, Edinburgh, Manchester
- Tour with Moritzburg Festival Trio (with cellist Peter Bruns and violinist Kai Vogler): Recitals in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Knysna as well as Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Johannesburg and KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestras
- Tchaikovsky Concerto no. 1 with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra in Cape Town City Hall and Stellenbosch Endler Hall