The German Embassy in Windhoek is pleased to announce its support for the Namibian National Symphony Orchestra by sponsoring the RMB Concerto Festival with a contribution of 5 000 €, approximately N$ 97,500. This funding is provided from the German Embassy's small cultural fund.

The festival will be held on the 17 and 18 of August 2024, and will showcase the talents of young Namibian musicians at the Auditorium of the Deutsche Höhere Privatschule (DHPS), Church Str., Windhoek.

The Concerto Festival was first held in 2014 with Florian Rohn as guest soloist and Alexander Fokkens as a conductor, accompanied by the Namibian National Symphony Orchestra. Since then, it has been organized almost every year. The Concerto Festival provides an opportunity for young Namibian musicians studying at the College of the Arts or with private music teachers to perform with a full orchestra and in front of a large audience.

For this year's Festival, the Namibian National Symphony Orchestra will welcome again Xavier Cloete to be the conductor. In addition, the RMB Concerto Festival will welcome special guests from Germany, the Karlsruher Concert Duo, who have visited Namibia before on multiple occasions, to great acclaim.

Together with the Namibian concertmaster and violinist Jürgen Kriess, the Karlsruher Concert Duo Dagmar Hartmann and Reinhard Armleder will perform the Triple Concerto from Ludwig van Beethoven.

It is a special opportunity for the Namibian Audience to witness the live performance of this wonderful and very famous piece for three solo instruments (violin, cello and piano), accompanied by a full symphony orchestra.

More information at www.nnso.info

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