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Bongani Ndodana-Breen Composer.
Contents
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.
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:
- Themba and Seliba (1997)
- Uhambo (1998)
- Lives of African Women: Umuntu, Threnody & Dances (2000)
- Hani (2010)
- Winnie, the Opera (2011)
- Credo (2013)
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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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