Please join us tonight for concert with Canadian pianist Jean Philippe Sylvestre at Axminster House in Muizenberg

ABOUT

PLEASE NOTE:

WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARK ON AXMINSTER OR ON ADJACENT BOX OR BATH ROADS. PLEASE

PARK AT THE PARKING LOT CORNER ROYAL AND AXMINSTER AND TAKE THE UBER WE WILL PROVIDE OR WALK THE 130 STEPS TO THE VENUE. AN UBER WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO YOUR CAR AFTER THE SHOW TOO

ALSO PLEASE NOTE NO FOOD OR ALCOHOL WILL BE PROVIDED SO PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN. ALSO NO EATING OR DRINKING DURING THE PERFORMANCE. THERE WILL BE A SHORT BREAK. THANK YOU

As someone who has played in Cape Town before and whose music is transformative nay transportive we welcome Jean Philippe Sylvestre with his show on our Boudoir grand in Muizenberg at 8 Axminster Rd.

Qualified as a poet of the piano by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jean-Philippe Sylvestre was awarded the prestigious Virginia Parker Prize in 2008, the highest distinction given by the Canada Council for the Arts. First prize winner of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra competition and recipient of the people's choice award, he is also a laureate of the CBC National Competition for Young Performers, receiving the people's choice award, as well as the Concertino Praga International Competition. He has won first prize in the Canadian Music Competition three times and received the highest score in the competition on one of these occasions.

Mr. Sylvestre has performed on stages such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Musikverein in Vienna, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Salle Oriol Martorell in Barcelona, Sydney

recital hall in Australia, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, auditorium St-Pierre des Cuisines in Toulouse, Teatro Mayor in Bogotá, and Teatro Metropolitano in Medellín, Colombia. Additionally, he has performed at Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro and Teatro B32 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the National Arts Centre, Glenn Gould Studio, and the Maison Symphonique of Montreal in Canada. He has appeared with conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jacques Lacombe, Christian Schulz, Richard Bradshaw, Boris Brott, Simon Streatfeild, Fabien Gabel, and Rolf Bertsch. He has recently released a CD as a soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra under the CHANDOS label, and his recordings have earned JUNO Award nominations and more.

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