{"product_id":"johan-botes","title":"Johan Botes","description":"\u003cp\u003eDr. Johan Botes is known for his extraordinary versatility as a soloist, collaborative musician, and teacher; a career which has brought him recognition in concerts around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA native of South Africa, Botes showed musical promise from an early age. Among many notable awards in his native country, he was the 2007 First \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/austinpianofestival.com\/johan-botes\"\u003ePrize\u003c\/a\u003e Winner of the Third UNISA\/Vodacom National Piano Competition playing Rachmaninoff’s technically demanding Third Piano Concerto to a standing ovation; a performance for which he also won the Desmond Willson Memorial Prize for best concerto in the final round.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2008, Botes moved to Europe and continued his studies in London with British pianist Martin Roscoe at the Guildhall \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/austinpianofestival.com\/johan-botes\"\u003eSchool of Music\u003c\/a\u003e and Drama. That year also resulted in \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/austinpianofestival.com\/johan-botes\"\u003emaster classes\u003c\/a\u003e with Imogen Cooper, Alexander Rudin, Paul Lewis, Leslie Howard, Leon Fleisher and Richard Goode as well as regular \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/austinpianofestival.com\/johan-botes\"\u003ecoaching classes\u003c\/a\u003e with pianist Graham Johnson and soprano Margaret Humpfrey-Clark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a soloist, Botes has performed in venues worldwide. He has appeared as soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, Pro Musica Orchestra in Johannesburg, the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban, the University of Pretoria Symphony Orchestra as well as the Texas Chamber Orchestra at UT Austin. He has also performed in Prague with the Hadrec Kralove Orchestra in 2003 and in 2005 he toured to Bulgaria where he played with the Varna Philharmonic Orchestra in Varna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, Botes won the Sidney M. Wright Presidential Scholarship Competition in Piano Accompaniment and in the same year began collaborative Piano Trio work with cellist Francesco Mastromatteo. Their first performance in October 2010 resulted in critical acclaim, winning them Prize for the best Chamber Music Recital at The \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/austinpianofestival.com\/johan-botes\"\u003eUniversity of Texas\u003c\/a\u003e at Austin in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Botes holds a D.M.A in Piano Performance from the University of Texas at Austin and a M.M from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He received another M.M. as well as his B.M. from the University of Pretoria \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/austinpianofestival.com\/johan-botes\"\u003ein South Africa\u003c\/a\u003e. He is currently Assistant Professor at Marshall University in Huntington, WV where he leads the Class Piano and Pedagogy programs. Before Marshall, Botes was lecturing in Piano, Group and Collaborative Piano at The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BPA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":819486583,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/5033\/products\/JohanBotesBW017.jpeg?v=1409778713","url":"https:\/\/bpa-dev.myshopify.com\/products\/johan-botes","provider":"Bainbridge Performing Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}