Tales From The Violin

4.23 (13)

Tales From The Violin

1 performance between Feb. 26, 2017 and Feb. 26, 2017
Music Performance
Directed By Hezron Chetty • Hezron Chetty on Violin • C.J Duckitt on Bass • Jeanre Leo on Drums • Julienne Fenwick as the Narrator
60mins
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Hezron Chetty presents a show that will take you into the dark and fantastic world of a traveling violinist. The show is a deep biographical account of what happens when a musician takes a plunge into an unknown world of music filled with factual characters and events that will make you question the road less traveled.

In 2007 violinist Hezron Chetty, left to pursue a dream of finding alternative ways to perform the violin. His journey took him to parts of the world where he spent time with people across many different cultures. Tales From The Violin is a personal account of all his travels, intertwined with a live music performance of his 3 piece band.
Hezron Chetty is a violinist and songwriter from Cape Town, South Africa. Hezron performs the violin through a loop station. His style is fresh and his progressive approach to instrumental music has captured the attention of the music scene – local and abroad. 

`The Fallacy of Composition’ is Hezron’s studio album released in November 2015. Groundbreaking techniques on the violin have seen him share events with Viewe Farka Toure, Dan Patlansky, Albert Frost Jocelyn Brown (Incognito) Raekwon (Wu Tang Clan),340 ml, The Blackjacks, Roger Lucey, David Kramer, Finley Quaye, Madala Kunene, Sannie Fox, Medicine Boy, Stelth Ulvang (The Lumineers), Just Jinger and Arno Carstens.
Hezron’s genre can be described as a New Age, thought provoking take on Instrumental music. With influences coming from some of the great instrumentalists of our time, namely Jaco Pastorious, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Hendrix ,Tommy Emmanuel, Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. Hezron loops string arrangements live, and places melodies and solos on top of them. He is backed by drums, bass guitar and also performs solo shows. At times the listener will believe there is a full string quartet on stage.


Audience Responses

Lovely to see original music performed in your beautiful venue!

Albert • Attended Feb. 26, 2017, 7 p.m.
4.0

I was hoping to buy a CD but did not see any. Were any CDs on sale?

Chris • Attended Feb. 26, 2017, 7 p.m.
5.0

Lovely to see original music performed in your beautiful venue!

Albert • Attended Feb. 26, 2017, 7 p.m.
4.0

Our party had mixed response... One loved Herzon Chetty's 'soulful' playing and all agreed that he is talented and took a risk with this 'tale'. The others thought, although speaking about his wide musical influences, that all the music pretty much sounded same on a continuum. The sound level was too high for the room size we all thought. Comment was also made that the performance needed direction ie a Director. Three out of four of us wouldn't attend another Chetty performance of this kind.

Steve • Attended Feb. 26, 2017, 7 p.m.
3.0

I was hoping to buy a CD but did not see any. Were any CDs on sale?

Chris • Attended Feb. 26, 2017, 7 p.m.
5.0

sorry - meant to rate the show

Toby • Attended Feb. 26, 2017, 7 p.m.
2.0

Clearly an extremely talented violinist, who is doing very innovative work as an artist, but very jarring and unmelodious. For me, the acoustics were way too loud for your small venue. Would love to have heard a more detailed narrative, such that we were not left in the dark as to for example, what happened with his relationship with his father, why he didn't like India etc. I was left feeling very empty and frustrated in terms of hearing the start of an intriguing story/journey and not being filled in as regards the end result. Drug trafficking - what happened ? etc...

Toby • Attended Feb. 26, 2017, 7 p.m.

Our party had mixed response... One loved Herzon Chetty's 'soulful' playing and all agreed that he is talented and took a risk with this 'tale'. The others thought, although speaking about his wide musical influences, that all the music pretty much sounded same on a continuum. The sound level was too high for the room size we all thought. Comment was also made that the performance needed direction ie a Director. Three out of four of us wouldn't attend another Chetty performance of this kind.

Steve • Attended Feb. 26, 2017, 7 p.m.
3.0

AMAZING!!!!

Nita • Attended Feb. 26, 2017, 7 p.m.
5.0

I was hoping to buy a CD but did not see any. Were any CDs on sale?