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Taking Lusaka By Storm
The first week of March will see a special family in Lusaka - the
Storms Family. Why special, because three talented musicians are all
members of one family; a father who plays fantastic music with his
two daughters: father Ger Storms - piano, daughter Annelies, 18 yrs
old – flute and daughter Emmy, 16 yrs old – violin.
Ger Storms
was born in 1943 in the south of the Netherlands. He studied at the
School of Music in Maastricht and became a teacher in music at
various schools. In that period he wrote several books for teaching
music. Apart from his daily work he accompanies his two daughters
Emmy and Annelies on piano.
Annelies Storms
plays the flute and piano. After high school she was admitted to the
Royal School of Music in the Hague, in 2003, to study for the
profession of teacher in music. She is a member of the Viotta Youth
Orchestra and performed with this orchestra in Italy, Austria and
the Czech Republic.
Emmy Storms
started to play the violin when she was only 5 years old. After only
three years she was admitted to the preliminary training of the
Royal School of Music in the Hague. In 2001, being 12 years old, she
was admitted to the School of Music where Mrs Koosje van Haeringen
is her principal teacher.
Emmy
was successful and obtained the highest awards at several contests.
She plays in the AKO orchestra of the School of Music and the Viotta
Youth Orchestra. Her latest success was the Davina van Wely Concours
2005 in The Hague for young violin players. She obtained the highest
award.
The music they play is a variety of classical music for flute and
piano by Fauré and Ibert, classical Spanish music by Monti and De
Sarasate for violin and piano, some gypsy music from the film 'Chocolat'
and arrangements of popular jazz songs by Gershwin and other
American composers.
The Netherlands Embassy is very pleased that they accepted the
invitation to come to Zambia and treat music lovers to an
extraordinary programme of music.
The concert will be held on 4 March at 7.30 pm.
Tickets are available at the Netherlands Embassy, call 253819 or at the
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March 2005