Johannesburg Musical Society - Since 1902

01/06/2026

This Sunday! Virtuoso violinist Elvin Ganiyev will be playing three great French sonatas by Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and César Franck, together with François du Toit, one of South Africa’s most polished pianists.🥰🎻🎵🎶

31/05/2026

Elvin Ganiyev, our next performer on Sunday 7 June, will be playing with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra on Thursday 4 June.😍🎻🎵🎶

Dvořák: Violin Concerto, Op. 53 in a minor
Conductor: Daniel Boico

17/05/2026

Your next concert is in 3 weeks! Virtuoso violinist plays 3 French masterworks. Sunday 7 June, 15h00. Please diarise.🎻🎵🎶❤️💛💚💙💜

21/04/2026

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20/04/2026

Next JMS concert: Sunday 7 June, 15:00. Linder Auditorium.

Elvin Ganiyev (violin) and Megan Geoffrey Prins (piano) playing:

Debussy: Sonata for Violin & Piano in G Minor
Ravel: Sonata for Violin & Piano (1923 – 1927)
César Franck: Sonata for Violin & Piano in A Major

Born into a family of esteemed musicians, 𝗘𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘆𝗲𝘃 gave his first concert at age 8. In that same year, he was admitted to the Zurich Conservatory Young Students programme. At age 10, he debuted with the Moscow Virtuosi under the baton of Vladimir Spivakov. Since then, he has performed with 𝗭𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗵𝘁𝗮, Yuri Bashmet, 𝗩𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘇𝘆 and many other famous performers. He is heard in prominent halls world-wide, including New York’s 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, to name a few. He will be partnered by 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘀, fast becoming recognised as one of South Africa’s most versatile and distinguished pianists.

Sounds soooo exciting!😍🎻🎹🎵🎶

18/04/2026

Thank you, Leo, for the dazzling performance last Sunday! What a treat! (photos & video with the artist's permission)
El amor y la Muerte (Granados), Après une lecture du Dante (Liszt); Humoreske (Schumann); La Valse (Ravel)

Don’t forget to diarise our next concert on Sunday 7 June, 15:00, with Elvin Ganiyev (violin) and Megan Geoffrey-Prins (piano), playing Debussy, Ravel and Franck. 🎻🎹🎵🎶🥰

10/04/2026

Don’t miss Leo de María’s solo concert at the Linder Auditorium, Johannesburg, this Sunday.

Leo performed with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra on 02 April 2026.

“The pianist Leo de María met the technical and artistic demands of the work head-on, proving why he won the First Prize of the UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria in 2024, playing this exact piece in the final round. He has, of course, won many other prizes such as the Santa Cecilia, Antón García Abril, Ciutat de Xàtiva, Ciudade de Ferrol. The list goes on.” - Albert Combrink, Weekend Special review (https://weekendspecial.co.za/cpo-review-mussorgsky-tchaikovsky-haydn/)

03/04/2026

Dear Music Lovers

Our April concert welcomes Madrid-born pianist Leo de María, an artist whose commanding musicianship has earned him first prizes at the UNISA International Piano Competition, the Ciudad de Ferrol International Competition in Spain, the MozARTé Competition in Germany and the Grand Prix de Lyon in France.

Founder-director of the Morales Herrero Elite Piano Academy and a sought-after masterclass professor in Connecticut and Salzburg, de María brings a combination of virtuosity, depth and imaginative insight to the stage.

For the Johannesburg recital, he presents a programme of works by Schumann, Granados, Liszt and Ravel – a journey through Romantic intensity, Spanish colour and pianistic brilliance.

Tickets: R375 per person
Quicket: https://www.quicket.co.za/.../348561-jms-presents-leo.../...
Subscriptions & Enquiries: [email protected]

01/03/2026

Dear Music Lovers

The Johannesburg Musical Society is proud to present the masterful Bulgarian pianist Ludmil Angelov.

Mr Angelov enjoys a highly regarded international career. He has served on the juries of major piano competitions around the world, performed widely across Europe and America, appeared on television and radio, and collaborated with leading orchestras in many countries.

He is the holder of a Grand Prix du Disque for his acclaimed Chopin recordings, and his programme features Chopin’s Sonata in B-flat minor.

Tickets: R375 per person
Quicket: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/348544-jms-presents-ludmil-angelov/ #/

Subscriptions & Enquiries: [email protected]

“Anatomists today would be hard put to identify the brain of a visual artist, a writer, or a mathematician – but they could recognise the brain of a professional musician without a moment’s hesitation.”
-Oliver Sacks (British Neurologist), Musicophilia
Quoted in the Financial Times, August 2025

20/08/2025