b'Buskaid SoloistsAll of the soloists appearing in the Shostakovich Five Pieces for Two Violins began their musical training at the Buskaid Music School and have been taught by either Rosemary Nalden or Sonja Bass. Please note - although this short work is entitled Five Pieces for Two Violins, it was decided to feature Buskaids two principal cellists, Gilbert Tsoke and Nathi Matroos, as soloists in the third Piece. Prelude Kabelo Monnathebe Tshidiso BoikanyoKABELO MONNATHEBE is a Soweto-born violinist whose uncles were founding members of the Soweto String Quartet. Kabelo joined Buskaid in 1999 as a ten-year-old beginner and was taught by Rosemary Nalden until 2009 when, assisted by the Buskaid Trust, he travelled to London to take up a full fee scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music. In 2013, he graduated BMus (Hons). Kabelo is now working as a freelance violinist and violin teacher in Johannesburg, playing for both the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra. He is also a member of the Resonance String Quartet, Kamva Quartet, and Urban Strings.TSHIDISO BOIKANYO is a member of the Radebe family: Simiso and Thokozani (below) are his uncles. He joined Buskaid in 2009 at the age of seven and became an Ensemble member in 2014. He has just become part of Buskaids Learnership program, and is showing similar talent to that of his violinist uncles. Tshidiso has suffered considerable trauma in his young life, having lost both his parents in tragic circumstances at an early age. princetonsymphony.org/ 10'