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The CoLab Network and AEJ Music, in association with Daphne Kuhn present 'Striking a Chord', starring father/daughter duo Adrian and Emma-Jean Galliard, with musical direction by Johan Heystek.
Adrian & Emma-Jean Galliard shot to fame after uploading a video of themselves performing the Andrea Bocelli/Céline Dion hit, The Prayer, to Facebook on Easter Sunday 2020, when the world was in lockdown. The video was an instant hit, attracting hundreds of thousands of views in just a few days.
Their sudden and unexpected fame kicked off a fairytale musical adventure complete with international acclaim. Following a successful tour of 'Striking a Chord' in England in August of 2023 and sold-out performances at The Hilton Arts Festival in August 2024, the duo return to South African stages with their wonderfully entertaining new musical revue show, Striking a Chord.
The show features the duo’s most popular covers, such as 'The Prayer', 'Time to Say Goodbye' and 'Sound of Silence'. They also perform musical theatre standards including 'I Dreamed a Dream' and 'Defying Gravity' and unusual arrangements of classics 'Pie Jesu' and 'Bring Him Home', Barry Manilow's 'One Voice' and 'I Write the Songs', as well as a classical mash-up that includes the classical standard 'O Sole Mio'.