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Otago Daily Times
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Well-paced, exciting final drew large audience
DSO and DYO Concerto Competition Rising Stars Finalists Dunedin Town Hall Friday May 16 The 2025 Dunedin Concerto Competition final, in which three young musicians performed with a full orchestra, attracted a large audience to the Dunedin Town Hall on Friday night. The first half of the programme featured the Dunedin Youth Orchestra, a strong 60-member orchestra with big sound and enthusiasm. DYO (conductor David Burchell) began with Offenbach's overture La Belle Helene, featuring contrasting flowing waltz passages and robust sections. They continued with varied movements from three substantial suites — L'arlesienne Suite No.2 by Bizet, Little Suite No.2 by Malcolm Arnold and Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet Suite No.2 by Prokofiev. The well-known Eric Coates' Knightsbridge March completed their contribution. All were well-paced and exciting and the conductor for the second half, James Judd, commented he was "knocked out by the quality of the first half". He conducted the DSO which included a number of DYO instrumentalists gaining experience with a professional orchestra. The Concerto Competition attracted 25 applicants, three aged under 14. I attended preliminary performances and can vouch for the high standard of performance and the difficulty the judges (Monique Lapins, Jian Liu and Samuel Jacobs) faced in naming just three for the final. First place ($7000) went to pianist Ozan Biner-McGrath (year 12 Logan Park High School), who chose the allegro movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor for a strong, confident, stylistic delivery with impressive scalic cadenza. Second place ($5000) went to first-year University of Otago student Portia Bell (cello) for the allegro movement of Dvorak's Cello Concerto Op. 104. Taking third place ($3000) was Otago University first-year student Roy Zhang (piano), who played with two movements of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major. A rather "showy" allegramente displayed the movement's jazz elements, followed by adagio, which developed stunningly with woodwind lyricism and obligato. Review by Elizabeth Bouman
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
German fourth-division coach appears to collapse during training
Offenbach coach Christian Neidhart gestures during the German DFB Cup soccer match between Kickers Offenbach and Karlsruher SC at Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadium. The coach of German fourth-division side Kickers Offenbach has collapsed during training, media reported on Wednesday. Thomas Frey/dpa The coach of German fourth-division side Kickers Offenbach has collapsed during training, media reported on Wednesday. The club would only say a medical emergency had occurred. "Christian Neidhart will not take part in training until further notice," the club added dpa. "We do not wish to make any further statements on the matter." Advertisement The 56-year-old was recently hospitalized due to pancreatitis. Neidhart was back on the training pitch for the first time on Tuesday when the incident occurred, reports said, with the Bild newspaper saying an ambulance was called. The side are second in the south-west regional league but can no longer achieve promotion. It was recently announced that Neidhart would leave the club at the end of the season.
