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Comaro Chronicle 15 December 2014
Carols by candlelight at Thaba Eco Hotel
Thaba Eco Hotel held a Carol's by Candlelight on Sunday evening December 14, in support of St Mary's Children's Home and Door of Hope.
KLIPRIVIERSBERG NATURE RESERVE A group of children from St Mary's treated the community members to a Nativity play, which was very well received by all.
Guest appearances were made by Lisa Katzke and Hardus Hartzenberg, who sang beautifully, solo and together. CEO of Thaba Eco Hotel, Reuben Louw also joined in the carols and Christmas songs.
Hardus Hartzenberg entertained the audience during a concert organised by Poppie Marx in aid of Oranjezicht village for the aged
NELSPRUIT: Phenomenal singer Hardus Hartzenberg entertained the audience at the Mbombela Civic Theatre, during a concert organised by Poppie Marx in aid of Oranjezicht village for the aged.
He performed his first song without a microphone as there had been a delay in the arrival of his equipment, yet his
powerful voice did not disappoint and he displayed his raw talent to the maximum. His rendition of Nessum Dorma brought goose bumps all over. Get it interviewed Hardus last year about his musical career. The magazine reported that when he was at an agricultural boarding school in the farming community of Jacobsdal, singing wasn't really an option as an extramural activity. His family loved to sing and he had many fond memories of family gatherings and the songs that went with them. Before moving to Jacobsdal he had fallen in love with the
Lowveld when he lived here as a young child. His father was a carpentry teacher at Hoërskool Nelspruit for many years and when he got the chance, he moved back. After school he went on to study electrical engineering and veterinary sciences before discovering his true passion in life. Just after I had started singing, a friend invited me to meet his aunt whom he said would be able to open doors for me, Hardus remembers.
When he eventually showed up at her house, he was surprised to find that she was Christa Steyn, famous South African pianist and singer, best known for her collaboration with Jannie Moolman.
As he entered, Christa asked him whether he had a demo and at the time he knew so little about the music industry that he thought she was referring to his car. To this he simply replied, No, it's an old second-hand. Right there and then she put him in front of a microphone and helped him to record his very first track a gesture that really did turn out to be a great advance in his prospects as a singer. From November 2011 he started singing full-time after struggling for about three years to make it in the tough economic climate. But he wasn't going to back down, and used every opportunity he could find to get on stage and deliver the goods. Hardus describes his style as classical crossover.
Laevelder 28 Februarie 2014
Hardus Hartzenberg het pas 'n nuwe CD uitgereik.
NELSPRUIT: Dis byna drie jaar sedert Hardus Hartzenberg sy eerste CD opgeneem het. Hierdie Nelspruiter het sedertdien sy stempel in die musiekbedryf afgedruk en met 'n voorliefde vir ligte klassieke werke, skop Hardus nou nes in 'n omgewing waar min ander kunstenaars hulle begewe. Met 'n nuwe album wat eersdaags vrygestel word, is hy baie opge-wonde oor wat in die toekoms voorlê.
Aan talent het dit nog nooit ontbreek nie en toe hy net meer as 'n jaar gelede voltyds musiek begin maak het, het baie deure vir hom oopgegaan. Hy toer nou regdeur die land vir optredes en keer gereeld na die Laeveld terug, waar hy nog baie ondersteuners het.
Laevelder het Woensdagoggend saam met Hardus onder die groen bome by The Jock 'n koppie koffie gaan drink. By die nabygeleë swaai het sy 18 maand oue dogtertjie, Laurize haarself tuisgemaak, terwyl die pasgebore Moya onder mamma Odette se wakende oë in haar stoeltjie gelê en slaap het.
Blessings in oorvloed, is hoe hy die blomtydperk in sy lewe beskryf. Ons is amper permanent op pad iewers heen, dit voel amper al of ons in ons kar bly, sê hy spottenderwys. Jy sou dink dat hierdie leefstyl iemand met 'n pasgebore baba sal rem, maar Odette beaam dat sy mal is daaroor om so rond te rits. "Ek weet al presies wat om te pak," sê sy.
Hardus is baie positief oor sy derde CD wat hy pas saam met Son Recordings voltooi het. Dit behoort binnekort op die rakke te wees en ek glo dit gaan baie gewild wees.
Hoewel hy homself as "The Classic Voice" bemark, sing Hardus ook ligte kontemporêre musiek. Ek is mal daaroor om op te tree en as die gehoor dit geniet, kan ek my beste gee. Dit was die legendariese Christa Steyn wat hom behoorlik "aan die gang" gekry het. Sy het twee verwerkings vir hom gedoen en het nog 'n week voor haar afsterwe, hom laat weet dat sy reg was om sy CD te doen. Ek was baie hartseer met haar dood, maar sy het my die hupstoot gegee om my loopbaan ernstig op te neem.
Omdat hy so aanpasbaar is, het Hardus die afgelope paar jaar saam met verskeie kunstenaars soos Steve Hofmeyr, die Laeveld se Natasha C asook Corlea Botha opgetree. Ek leef my passie uit en dis my werk, so dit voel asof ek elke dag op vakansie is, skerts hy.
Sy mooi groen oë vonkel as hy vertel dat hy 'n baie sagte plekkie vir bejaardes het, en dat hy baie moeite doen om vir hulle vertonings aan te bied. Ek wens oumas en oupas wil almal besef watse groot impak hulle op kleinkinders en ander het, en dat hulle so baie waarde aan ons lewens toevoeg. Met elke konsert bring ek dank aan die voorlopers in ons lewe vir hul lesse en liefde.
Hardus is beskikbaar vir vertonings en danksy sy aanpasbaarheid, is hy 'n ideale keuse omdat hy van rock en pop tot klassiek kan sing.
Skakel 071-351-8214 vir besprekings of gaan soek hom op Facebook of by sy webwerf www.theclassicvoice.com
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