A concert by Rupert Marshall-Luck and Peter Cartwright

Join the 2023 Wits Concert Series in the newly built Wits Chris Seabrooke Music Hall, a state-of-the-art recital hall with world-class acoustics.

Leading British violinist Rupert Marshall-Luck and South African pianist Peter Cartwright will perform on 4 April at 19:00. This concert, which follows two successful South African tours in 2019 and 2020, features a programme of music from the classical repertoire and the English and South African musical canons. Two major sonatas by Mozart and Brahms are contrasted with works by English composer Frederick Delius and piano works by South African composer Alexander Johnson. 

British violinist Rupert Marshall-Luck has appeared at major festivals and venues throughout the UK as well as in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA. His extensive discography includes many World Première recordings as well as conspectuses of the complete music for violin and piano of Herbert Howells and C. Hubert H. Parry; and his solo performances have been frequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3, ABC Classic FM (Australia), RTÉ (Ireland), SABC (South Africa), Radio Suisse Romande (Switzerland), and in Canada, France, New Zealand and the USA. His recordings have attracted glowing critical acclaim from the international musical press, including BBC Music Magazine, Classica, Fanfare, Gramophone, MusicWeb International and The Strad.

Pianist Peter Cartwright has performed at numerous festivals and concert venues in South Africa, as well as in Zimbabwe, Botswana and the USA. He holds a strong commitment to performing South African music, and has recorded works by Andile Khumalo, Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph, Carlo Mombelli, Conrad Asman, Hendrik Hofmeyr, Musa Nkuna, Alexander Johnson, and Merryl Neille. Recent projects include the African Bird album with Flautist Khanyisile Mthetwa which won two 2022 South African Music Awards (SAMAS) for best classical/instrumental album and best newcomer, and an album titled The Dusk of Day – a collection of African art songs from around the continent. In 2021 Peter was the pianist for the world premiere video recording of Carl Czerny’s Nonette.

Peter currently serves on the practical staff of the music department at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He holds a PhD from the same university where he studied with Prof Malcolm Nay and Pauline Nossel.

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