The Memorable Concert series started in style with Kotaro Fukuma playing a solo recital on Sunday 17 February. An appreciative audience of 180 people enjoyed his brilliant performance.
On Sunday 18 May at 15:00, the Hilton College Music Department was proud to present Bryan Crumpler in the Memorial Hall. Bryan was accompanied by South African pianist, Francois du Toit from UCT. The boys also had the opportunity to hear him perform on Tuesday evening, 20 May.
Helfgott soared to international fame after the release of the Oscar award-winning film Shine, in which Geoffrey Rush gave a compassionate portrayal of the pianist. The movie depicted key events in the early life of Helfgott, whose career was interrupted by ill health in the 1970s before he re-established himself as concert pianist in the mid-1980s.