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Adri started her career at the early age of seven and moved on to perform in various top youth orchestras such as The National Youth Orchestra, as co-concertmaster. This Youth Orchestra toured Scotland in 1994 and opened the prestigious Aberdeen International Youth Arts Festival as the guest orchestra. Recordings were made by BBC of this highly successful concert which has been broadcasted worldwide.
In 1992 she performed as soloist in The Youth Concerto Festival with the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra.
After receiving her B.Mus degree in Performing Arts at the University of Pta, she has established herself as a permanent member of the National Symphony Orchestra since 1994. During her studies, she was awarded with several bursaries from Adcock Ingram as well as the university as a result of exceptionally high marks achieved.
After about 12 years of playing only classical music in professional orchestras countrywide as well as overseas, such as The Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in Denmark in 1999, and the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra since 2000, she decided to broaden her horizons and became involved in the light music industry as a soloist and also part of different high profile bands, performers and shows, such as Harvest Moon, Roll Over Beethoven, Rock Me Amadeus and Celtic Rock, where she performed as a solo violinist in various Barnyard theatres countrywide.
She also toured the country and internationally with the well-known Afrikaans singer, Steve Hofmeyr, in his "Platinum Treffers" show in 2005. Other well-known artists she shared the stage with were Mathys Roets, Nianell, Sibongile Khumalo, Theuns Jordaan and even Bono from U2 at Mandela’s 80th Birthday celebration.
She has played on numerous DVD’s and albums with above mentioned artists and others.
She is also part of different corporate bands performing countrywide, such as Velocity, a dynamic violin and sax duo and Sterling, a 4-piece electric string band.
In 2008 she was chosen as a finalist in the prestigious Mrs United Nations SA, a charity-orientated establishment.
In 2007 EMI approached her with an offer to record a versatile solo-album which includes different styles from classical to pop and rock. This album has been released end of June this year. Excerpts from her album: Adriana is available on www.adriana-sa.co.za
Adri has made an appearance on a very popular Afrikaans series: 7e Laan, as solo violinist.
Although classically trained, she can incorporate various styles in her repertoire such as jazz, celtic, irish fiddle pop and rock.
Rapport - 12/11/2008
29/11/2008 16:01 - (SA)
luisterTYD: Adriana voltooi die sirkel
deur Willie Strauss
Wanneer die meeste mense die woord “viool” hoor dink hulle aan ure se sit in ’n aandpak op ’n ongemaklike stoel om klassieke musiek te luister.
Maar jy kan ontspan, want Adriana Scholtz se CD, 14 Beautiful Violin Pieces, gaan jou siening van vioolmusiek vir altyd verander. Haar CD val besonder sag op die oor. En ja, jou vriende gaan jou snaaks aankyk as jy sê jy het vioolmusiek geluister, veral as jy nog laas tydens ’n viooluitvoering aan die slaap geraak het.
“My CD is baie veelsydig, met iets vir almal se smaak. Dit het ’n sterk Afrikaanse element, maar dit is nie op ’n spesifieke mark gerig nie. Ek wil eerder soveel moontlik gehore bereik,” sê Adriana.
Die album bevat liedjies soos Die oukraalliedjie, die meer klassieke Czardas en ook die vrolike dansnommer Rock daai lyfie.
Maar is sy nou ons eie Vanessa Mae?
“Nee, hoewel dit met Vanessa Mae se styl oorvleuel het dit tog ’n besliste Suid-Afrikaanse geur wat deur ons wonderlike land se mense geniet gaan word.”
Sy sê die CD was ’n spanpoging.
“Hoewel my platemaatskappy die hele album in dieselfde trant as Czardas wou hê, het ek en my vervaardiger, Dennis East, dit tog reggekry om ’n paar ballades ook op te neem. Een daarvan is my gunstelingliedjie, Fragile.”
Adriana maak al van jongs af musiek en was maar net ’n punt groot toe sy al liedjies op gehoor op die klavier kon speel. Dit het tot ’n bietjie onenigheid in die huis gelei as haar broer sukkel met ’n stuk en sy speel dit dadelik foutloos. Om die vrede te bewaar het haar ma besluit Adriana moet ander instrumente leer speel.
“Toe ek nog klavier gespeel het, het ek daarvan gehou om my eie melodieë te komponeer, maar êrens langs die pad het dit agterweë gebly. Klassieke musiekopleiding en jare se speel in ’n orkes kan ’n mens se kreatiewe kant in ’n mate onderdruk deurdat jy altyd die musiek moet speel wat voor jou is. So kan ’n talent wat jy dalk kan hê om self te komponeer maklik onderdruk word as jy nie spesifiek aandag daaraan gee nie.”
Maar vir haar is haar CD ’n mylpaal.
“Dis iets konkreets wat ek kan wys vir al die jare se harde werk. Dis vir my soos om ’n sirkel te voltooi, want ek het as jong dogtertjie in Nelspruit met vioollesse begin en kon vanjaar tydens die Innibos-kunstefees my album daar bekend stel.”
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Adriana Press Release
Rapport - 11/10/2008