Duo FourIVTwo
- (c) Marcus Wyatt
Duo FourIVTwo features Magda de Vries on concert grand marimba and Frank Mallows on vibraphone. Each being master of his own instrument, Frank and Magda formed Duo FourIVTwo in 2003.
Frank holds a MMus degree from UCT and studied with Ed Saindon at Berklee College of Music (USA). Frank plays on a Musser gold bar vibraphone. Magda obtained a Postgraduate Diploma with cum laude from the Tokyo College of Music (Japan) where she studied under Professor Atsushi Sugahara. She won most of the National Music Competitions in South Africa, and also was winner of the Performing Australian International Competition in London (UK). Magda plays on a custom-made concert grand Marimba One marimba.
The duo has performed with great success at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival; the Cape Town Concert Series in the Baxter Concert Hall; the Aardklop Festival (Potchefstroom); Northwards House (Johannesburg); Baroque in the Bush in the Kruger National Park; the Franschoek Festival; ZK Matthews Auditorium at UNISA as well as the Enoch Sontonga Conference Hall at UNISA.
Duo FourIVTwo are featured on the CD Myths, Magic and Marimbas, celebrating Peter Klatzow’s 60th birthday.
In 2011 the duo commissioned and premiered 5 South African compositions. Duo FourIVTwo is very passionate about performing South African compositions and already has several commissions lined-up for performance in 2012.