{"id":198090,"date":"2019-03-04T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/198090\/wian-sets-the-piano-keys-alight\/"},"modified":"2019-03-04T09:28:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T07:28:17","slug":"wian-sets-the-piano-keys-alight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/03\/04\/wian-sets-the-piano-keys-alight\/","title":{"rendered":"Wian sets the piano keys alight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Young pianist Wian Visser from Primrose got the chance to fulfil his dream of sharing the stage with his musical idol recently.<\/p>\n<p>Wian, the winner of the Afrikaans.com #droomgroot18 talent competition (GCN, December 14, 2018), was thrilled to join well-known pianist Rocco de Villers on stage at the Atterbury Theatre in Pretoria.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The competition required high school children to send in videos of their talents, along with a motivational letter.<\/p>\n<p>In his letter the self-taught pianist expressed the wish for a keyboard, saying that it would help him greatly in his music career.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">RELATED ARTICLE:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/193462\/scaling-up-to-a-better-future\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wian is tickling the ivories to a better future<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the special performance with Rocco, Wian was presented with a keyboard sponsored by Musica Instruments and Kawai Pianos.<\/p>\n<p>Pieter van der Berg from Musica Instruments handed over his prize with some motivational words for the young man.<\/p>\n<p>Wian was dressed by Klerekas.com for the event.<\/p>\n<p>The concert went so well that Wian has been invited to play with Rocco in Rocco\u2019s show Wat om te dra agter op \u2019n bakkie at KKNK on March 21.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media 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