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[[Hans Huyssen]] (?-) is a composer.

==Biography==

==Training==

Huyssen studied cello and composition at [[Stellenbosch University]], and then went to Salzburg in 1986 to study cello and to Munich in 1992 to complete a Masters degree in composition.

==Career==

==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

He wrote the opera ''[[Masque]]'' (2005)

== Sources ==

[[Ivan Meredith]]. 2006. 'Opera in South Africa during the first democratic decade'. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Cape Town]].

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 He is founder of [[mucavi records]], the only South African CD-label locally producing recordings of early music on period instruments.
-Performances as artistic director of the Munich-based ensemble for Early and Contemporary Music ''così facciamo'', as well as the ''Cape Consort'' in Cape Town, require him to commute between Germany and South Africa frequently.
+Performances as artistic director of the Munich-based ensemble for Early and Contemporary Music ''così facciamo'', as well as the [[Cape Consort]] in Cape Town, require him to commute between Germany and South Africa frequently.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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-[[Hans Huyssen]] (1964-) is a composer.
+[[Hans Huyssen]] (1964-) is a composer, conductor and cellist.
 ==Biography==
 Born in Pretoria in 1964. Huyssen grew up in a German-speaking environment in Pretoria, exposed mainly to European culture.
 ==Training==
-Huyssen studied cello and composition at [[Stellenbosch University]], and then went to Salzburg from 1986 to 2000 where he furthered his skills as baroque cellist and composer, and to Munich in 1992 to complete a Masters degree in composition.
+Huyssen studied cello and composition at [[Stellenbosch University]] (1982-1985), and then went to Salzburg from 1986 to 2000 where he furthered his skills as baroque cellist and composer at the Hochschule für Musik, Mozarteum, and to Munich in 1992 to complete a Masters degree in composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. He was awarded a PhD in composition from [[Stellenbosch University]] in 2015 (''Composing (in) Contemporary South Africa: Theoretical and musical responses to cultural difference'').
 ==Career==
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He wrote the opera ''[[Masque]]'' (2005). Huyssen collaborated on the project ''[[Fynbos Calling]]''.
+He wrote the opera ''[[Masque]]'' (2005). Huyssen collaborated on the project ''[[Fynbos Calling]]''. He has composed cantatas, orchestral works, and works for ensemble, choirs and children.
 == Sources ==
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 [[Hilde Roos]]. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. [[Stellenbosch University]].
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]