Lima Reporter

Ohio State University recently issued the following announcement.

The music department at The Ohio State University at Lima welcomes Dr. Johan Botes, associate professor of music at Marshall University, for a recital featuring works by Chopin, Debussy, Gershwin and others.

The recital is at 4 p.m., Sunday, March 27, 2022, in the Martha W. Farmer Theatre for the Performing Arts and is free and open to the public.

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.

As a soloist, Botes has performed in venues worldwide. He has appeared as soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban, Juneau Symphony (Alaska), Bainbridge Symphony (Washington), Auburn Symphony (Washington) as well as the Texas Chamber Orchestra. He also performed in Prague with the Hadrec Kralove Orchestra and toured to Bulgaria in 2005 where he played with the Varna Philharmonic Orchestra. Dr. 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 in South Africa. He is currently associate professor of piano at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Before Marshall, Botes was lecturing in piano, group and collaborative piano at The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

As a soloist, Botes has performed in venues worldwide. He has appeared as soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban, Juneau Symphony (Alaska), Bainbridge Symphony (Washington), Auburn Symphony (Washington) as well as the Texas Chamber Orchestra. He also performed in Prague with the Hadrec Kralove Orchestra and toured to Bulgaria in 2005 where he played with the Varna Philharmonic Orchestra.

An equally accomplished organist, he passed the Performers Licentiate in Organ of UNISA in 2006 with distinction and was invited for the overseas bursary competition, where he was awarded the Stephanus Zondagh Overseas Music Scholarship.

In 2010, Botes won the Sidney M. Wright Presidential Scholarship Competition in Piano Accompaniment at The University of Texas at Austin 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 the prize for the best chamber music recital at the University of Texas at Austin in 2011. Dr. Botes holds a DMA in piano performance from the University of Texas at Austin and a MM from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He received another MM as well as his BM from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He is currently associate professor of piano at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Before Marshall, Botes was lecturing in piano, group and collaborative piano at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

This concert is supported by the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University.

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