{"id":2409,"date":"2026-02-02T14:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myza.co.za\/events\/?post_type=event_listing&#038;p=2409"},"modified":"2026-04-13T00:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:11:14","slug":"jms-presents-leo-de-maria","status":"expired","type":"event_listing","link":"https:\/\/myza.co.za\/events\/event\/jms-presents-leo-de-maria\/","title":{"rendered":"JMS Presents Leo De Maria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Johannesburg Musical Society returns to the Linder Auditorium in 2026 for a series featuring prestigious artists from Spain, Bulgaria, Russia, Azerbaijan, the UK and South Africa.  Eight specially curated concerts shine the spotlight squarely on pianists, with a sprinkling of strings. All the artists have won multiple competitions and are highly sought after soloists and chamber musicians. <\/p>\n<p>Our April concert features Spanish Pianist Leo de Maria &#8211; winner of the 2024 Unisa International Piano competition. He will present a programme of works by Schumann, Granados, Liszt and Ravel.  This concert is presented in collaboration with the Cape Town and Freestate Philharmonic Orchestras.<\/p>\n<p>All Concerts take place on Sunday afternoons at 15:00 in the Linder Auditorium, Wits Education Campus, Parktown. There is safe, easy to find parking and on-site refreshments of coffee, tea, wine and snacks. <\/p>\n<p>For more information visit www.jms.org.za. If you would like to subscribe to the full season, or find out more information on our student and block booking discounts, email: info@jms.org.za<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Your Diary: Johannesburg Musical Society International Series 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18 January: Alexander Ullman (piano)<\/p>\n<p>15 March: Ludmil Angelov (piano)<\/p>\n<p>12 April: Leo de Maria (piano)<\/p>\n<p>7 June: Elvin Ganiyev (violin) with Megan-Geoffrey Prins (piano)<\/p>\n<p>16 August: Zlata Chochieva (piano)<\/p>\n<p>13 September: TBC<\/p>\n<p>11 October: Piano Quintet with Jean-Philipp Sylvestre and the Odeon String Quartet<\/p>\n<p>15 November: Piano Finale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2410,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"event_listing_category":[392],"event_listing_type":[367],"class_list":["event_listing","type-event_listing","event_listing_category-performing-visual-arts","event_listing_type-concert-or-performance","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myza.co.za\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing\/2409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myza.co.za\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myza.co.za\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event_listing"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myza.co.za\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myza.co.za\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing_category?post=2409"},{"taxonomy":"event_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myza.co.za\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing_type?post=2409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}