Piet Koornhof en Jana Mathee concert

Prof Piet Koornhof (violin) and his colleague Jana Mathee (piano) will give a duo recital for the PEMS with the title Fantasy on Sunday, 12 April 2026 at 15h00 in the NMU south campus auditorium.

Piet Koornhof writes the following about himself: “I play the violin and try my utmost to teach others at North-West University in Potchefstroom. I have been doing it for so long that my left shoulder is higher than the other one and my face carries a permanent grimace”.

He was fortunate to study with wonderful teachers such as Susan Sauerman in Potchefstroom, Alan Solomon in Johannesburg and Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School in New York, USA.

Piet’s great musical love is for chamber music, which he often plays with colleagues locally, and sometimes with friends overseas. His 12 internationally released CD-recordings are available on the Koch Discover and Delos labels. He has a DMus degree in music performance from the NWU.

Jana Mathee studied piano with Truida van der Walt at the North-West University from 2000-2005.  In 2009, she was appointed as part time pianist at the School of Music and Conservatory, North-West University. Jana mainly focuses on chamber music and vocal accompaniment. She has a keen interest in vocal music, especially the art song, and started singing lessons with Werner Nel in 2012. In 2015, she obtains a Performance Diploma in Singing with distinction from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In October 2017, she received an IRECO-award for Creative Outputs from the North-West University for a performance with her husband and duo-partner, Dolf Mathee. In 2018, she obtained a master’s degree with distinction in Piano Performance at the North-West University with Albie van Schalkwyk as mentor. Jana has been appointed as accompanist at the School of Music and Conservatory, North-West University, since 2014. She’s currently enrolled for a doctoral degree in piano performance at the NWU with Albie van Schalkwyk as mentor.

For their concert in Port Elizabeth, they chose quite an unusual selection of works which they titled FANTASY:

Fratres        Arvo Pärt (b.1935)

Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G major     Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

Andante         Milosz Magin (1929–1999)

Fantasy Pieces and Intermezzi           Robert Fuchs (1847–1927)

Miniature nr. 12, 16,18 ,6                Giya Kancheli (1935 - 2019)

Ticket prices at the door for Non-members will be:

ADULTS                R100.00

PENSIONERS    R80.00

STUDENTS         R50.00

SCHOLARS        R40.00