Die uitsonderlike lewe van Anna Maria della Pietà

’N KO-PRODUKSIE VAN Suidoosterfees, Hessequa Harmonie, Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees & Vrystaat Kunstefees, moontlik gemaak deur Het Jan Marais Nationale Fonds & NATi

A CO-PRODUCTION OF Suidoosterfees, Hessequa Harmonie, Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees & Vrystaat Arts Festival, made possible by Het Jan Marais Nationale Fonds & NATi

Anna Maria della Pietà was Venisië se wonderkind. Reeds op agt was sy violis, komponis, en op twaalf die jongste eerste violis van die Ospedale della Pietà se beroemde orkes. As vondeling was sy, kind van ’n prostituut, klein genoeg om deur die kinderpoort van die klooster gedruk te word – en dit te oorleef. Haar musiekmeester was die briljante, eksentrieke maestro Antonio Vivaldi. Hy het 28 van sy vioolkonserte aan haar opgedra. Moontlik omdat sy dele daarvan self gekomponeer het? In hierdie klein meesterwerk van musiek en verhaal word die lewe van Antonio Vivaldi se mees suksesvolle leerling uitgebeeld, Anna Maria se fenomenale ontwikkeling van weerlose vondeling tot gesogte maestra di violino én maestra di coro.

Anna Maria della Pietà was Venician prodigy. By the age of eight she was already a violinist and composer, and at twelve she became the youngest concertmaster of the renowned orchestra of the Ospedale della Pietà. A foundling – the child of a prostitute – she was small enough to be passed through the convent’s infant gate, and strong enough to survive. Her music teacher was the brilliant, eccentric maestro Antonio Vivaldi, who dedicated 28 of his violin concertos to her – possibly because she herself composed parts of them? This intimate masterpiece of music and storytelling traces the life of Vivaldi’s most successful pupil, charting Anna Maria’s extraordinary journey from vulnerable foundling to celebrated maestra di violino and maestra di coro.

Duration: 60min
Age Restriction: None
Language: Afrikaans