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==Training==
 
==Training==
  
Ndodana-Breen graduated from Rhodes University with a PhD in Music Composition.   
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Ndodana-Breen graduated from [[Rhodes University]] with a PhD in Music Composition.   
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
  
He was Director of the Canadian new music organization Ensemble Noir from 1999 – 2007 touring to Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa.
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He was Director of the Canadian new music organization Ensemble Noir from 1999 – 2007 touring to Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. He returned to South Africa in 2007 after working in Canada for a decade.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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==Awards==
 
==Awards==
  
He was awarded the Standard Bank [[Young Artist Award]] for Music in 1998 and selected as one of the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans of 2011.
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He was awarded the [[Standard Bank Young Artist Award]] for Music in 1998 and selected as one of the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans of 2011.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 23:59, 23 February 2024

Bongani Ndodana-Breen Composer.

Biography

Training

Ndodana-Breen graduated from Rhodes University with a PhD in Music Composition.

Career

He was Director of the Canadian new music organization Ensemble Noir from 1999 – 2007 touring to Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. He returned to South Africa in 2007 after working in Canada for a decade.

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

Bongani Ndodana-Breen has written a wide range of music encompassing symphonic work, opera, chamber music and vocal music, including:

Awards

He was awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music in 1998 and selected as one of the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans of 2011.

Sources

Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.

Official website. https://www.ndodanabreen.com/bio/

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