Charl du Plessis

Charl du Plessis to teach in Switzerland

Charl du Plessis — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:45:41 +0000

From 8-13 July 2012 Dr Charl du Plessis will teach in Switzerland as part of the MUSIKDORF ERNEN master class series. The focus of the teaching will be the improvisation on the works of Frederick Chopin. For more information click this link.

Charl du Plessis – Strauss Schatz Waltzer

Charl du Plessis — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:54:02 +0000

Charl du Plessis – Carolina Shout

Charl du Plessis — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:55:41 +0000

BEETHOVEN TANGO CD RELEASE

Charl du Plessis — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 08:16:53 +0000

The first CD by Charl du Plessis and Zanta Hofmeyr is available on iTunes and from Kalahari.com and features music by Sting, Piazzolla and Beethoven.
For more info mail
steinwayartist@me

Shanghai tour 2011

Charl du Plessis — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:37:52 +0000

The Charl du Plessis trio just returned from a tour in Shanghai, China where they had the chance to work with some of the young talent at the Shanghai American School in Pudong. Here are some highlights from these performances.

Charl pays hommage to pianist JAPIE HUMAN

Charl du Plessis — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:07:15 +0000

Steinway Artist Charl du Plessis recently launched the first in a series of projects to honour great musicians who most inspired him. Growing up in Bloemfontein Charl first came into contact with the rare piano style of veteran pianist Japie Human. The elaborate arrangements and virtuoso style of Human’s recordings served as a great source of inspiration for Charl but has never been available to the general public.

After permission was granted to use recordings from the personal archives of Japie Human, a collaboration with Salon Productions saw the launch of a best-of double disc compilation CD set by this wizard of the keys. Piano Kaleidoscope celebrates the most popular recordings of classical compositions and novelty piano pieces as performed by Japie Human. This legend in the history of multi talented masters of music presents some of his best recordings of the past 40 years featuring favourites by Schumann, Gershwin and Liszt as well as musical jewels in the form of Pianola arrangements by Zez Confrey and Billy Mayerl to name but a few.

Pretoria audiences will have the privilege of a single live performance of Japie Human at the Brooklyn Theatre on Sunday 12 December at 15:00. This once-in-a-lifetime concert will feature music from Piano Kaleidoscope and will host the talents of Zanta Hofmeyr and Charl du Plessis who will team up in duet performances with Japie Human .

Piano Kaleidoscope can be purchased from Salon Music, Shop 28 in Brooklyn Mall Pretoria (012 346 3474) or by visiting www.salonmusic.co.za.

Charl du Plessis named Steinway Artist

Charl du Plessis — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:32:37 +0000

Charl du Plessis is the fifth and youngest ever South African in history to be honoured for his musical achievement by being named a Steinway Artist. He joins a celebrated list of renowned pianists on the Steinway Artist Roster, including Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vladimr Horowitz, Ignaz Paderwevski, Arthur Rubinstein, Martha Archerich, Lang Lang, Evgeny Kissin, Daniel Barenboim and Keith Jarrett to name but a few.
www.pianoforte.co.za

Piano Man DVD

Charl du Plessis — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:10:20 +0000