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Daniel-Ben Pienaar

Daniel-Ben Pienaar was born in South Africa. He made his debut there at the age of fourteen playing Liszt's First Concerto. After winning his country's National Youth Music Competition and the University of South Africa Overseas Music Scholarship, he studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he won the Queen's Commendation in 1997 and held the Hodgson Fellowship in 1997/8.Performances include appearances at the State Theatre, the Nico Malan Theatre and the National Arts Festival in South Africa, debuts in America (including the Goldberg Variations) and Japan (including the Chopin Ballades), the Schumann Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Stravinsky Concerto at the RNCM. In 2000 he played the complete cycle of Mozart's eighteen Piano Sonatas at the Duke's Hall in London and later the same year Bach's complete set of Six Partitas.

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Narimichi Kawabata 4/5/06: Narimichi Kawabata

Internationally acclaimed violinist Narimichi Kawabata, accompanied by pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar, treats audiences to a moving and varied classical program.

Narimichi Kawabata

Internationally acclaimed violinist Narimichi Kawabata, accompanied by pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar, treats audiences to a moving and varied classical program.

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