Péter Louis van Dijk
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(1953-) Music director, composer.
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Biography
Training
B.Mus.
Career
Since 1984 he was assistant Music Manager at CAPAB.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As composer
He composed the operettas (presented by UCT Opera Company):
- Die Noodsein (1975)
- The Contract (1973),
He composed several works on commission for CAPAB, including
Works for Cape Town Opera:
- Macbeth (directed by Brett Bailey) (2001), van Dijk 'Africanised' the score.
- earthdiving (2003) (a techno-opera composed by Mokale Koapeng with Péter Louis van Dijk and Martin Phipps, with text by Nancy Duigud and Nan Hamilton).
As musical director
- Fiela se Kind, 1986.
Awards, etc
Sources
Fiela se Kind theatre programme, 1986.
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
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