| 1961 |
B
orn in Athens Greece |
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| 1966 |
P
arents immigrated to South Africa |
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| 1967
- 1970 |
A
ttended Yeoville Boys Primary School in Johannesburg |
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| 1971
- 1974 |
A
ttended Selbourne Primary School in Vereeniging |
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| 1974
- 1976 |
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essons in Piano and Violin |
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| 1974
- today |
L
istening to seriously to 20th century, Avant Garde , New Jazz,
Traditional,Sacred,ethnic |
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Environmental
, Electro-acoustic Music from all over the world and has 5000 rare
recordings on cd and vinyl |
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| 1975
- 1979 |
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ttended general Smuts High School in Vereeniging |
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| 1986 |
O
btained a Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree at the University |
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of
the Witwatersrand and has been practicing as a pharmacist
since |
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| 1987
- 1989 |
S
tudied Socio-Cultural Anthropology , Science of
Religion |
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Philosophy
at the University of South Africa [UNISA] |
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| 1991
- 1994 |
O
btained a Diploma in Wine from the Cape Wine Academy |
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| 1994
- 1997 |
S
elf study in contemporary music composition in both acoustic
instrumentation and electronic |
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sound
media. He has developed his composing techniques in the field of
behavioral psychology, |
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environmental
acoustics, mathematics and bio-physics. |
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| 1995 |
E
ntered the field of Clinical Pharmacy |
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| 1998 |
U
noxhaka for solo piano |
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| 2000
- 2001 |
I
mpilo |
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| 2002 |
S
izobonana, Palmos,NPFAI.1 |
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| 2003 |
W
ork on Praxis completed. In the same year was assistant curator of the
Electronic Music Gallery |
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at
the Grahamstown festival that commemorated the 75th Birthday of Karlheinz
Stockhausen. |
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| 2004 |
L
exicophony.1 premier and lecture at Digital Arts Wits University |
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M
aster class on NPFAI.3+WM an electro-acoustic
composition coordinated by South African marimbist |
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M
ax De Vries at the New Music Indaba Grayhamstown . On 3 July in the
Imagining Africa Project excerpts |
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from
Sizobonana and Impilo interspersed the music of Kevin Volans , Stanley
Glasser, Stefan Grove , Michael Blake |
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Bongani
Ndondana,Martin Scherzinger,Peter Klatzow and Percival Kirby. |
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E
lected as board member of NMSA and director of electronic music |
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| 2005 |
P
raxis was chosen NMSA to represent South Africa at the ISCM 2005 Coatia |
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P
ioneered,directed and curated UNYAZI
the first electronic music festival and symposium in Africa |
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that
took place at Wits University 1-4 September. |
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C
ompleted Multimedia Theatre composition L22P08M02 which was premiered 3
September at UNYAZI |
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L
22P08M02 Scenes 1+3 were selected to be performed at ICMC 2005 in
Barcelona Spain |
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I
mpilo was performed at XV BIENNALE SZTUKI DLA DZIECKAKULTUROWE KONTEKSTY
BAŚNI POLAND |
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| 2006 |
N
PFAI.1 was selected for the digital Jukebox at ICMC 2006 Tulane
University New Orleans. |
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A
ppointed lecturer in electronic music composition at the University of the
Witwatersrand and assisted music |
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students
with the site specific project Interpreting Johannesburg a multi media
installation that involved |
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digital
arts,physical theatre,music and architecture students in the building 9
Wolmarans str. |
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S
hort compositions for urban geographer Ismail Farouk's short film
JHB626GP that was chosen to |
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the
city of Johannesburg at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2006 |
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Gesticular
[2,4,8,10,11] five electroacoustic realizations for the contemporary dance
Taxidermie |
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[P
rojet-Insitu] Martin Chaput and Martial Chazallon [France] choreograhers
that involved 3 Mozambican dancers - |
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Panaibra
Gabriel [assistant choreographer and dancer], Janete Mulapha,Domingos Bie,
Cyril Givor-lighting technician |
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[Fr
ance] and Berry Bickle - Plastician [Zimbabwe] world premier at Teatro
Scala - Maputo 19-20 October and |
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23-24
October Wits Theatre Johannesburg |
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P
ogal productions [USA] releases CD with NPFAI.1,Palmos,NPFAI.3,Praxis in
December |
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| 2007 |
R
esigned as board member and director of electronic music from NMSA |
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F
ebruary and M arch Taxidermie
performances in Marseilles and Lyon France |
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A
pril Gesticular [Cena 1-11] for contemporary dance theatre completed |
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M
ay, NPFAI.3+WM live performance in Duseldorf Germany |
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J
une Lexicophony.1 to be performed at ACMC07 |
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or Dimitri Voudouris created/performed by Andy Spicer at Exhibition
galleries Brighton Museum |
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L
22P08M02 Scene1 selected by 34e Concours
Internationaux de Musique et d'Art Sonore Electroacoustiques Bourges 2007 |
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J
une completion of work ISILOKAZANE for piano |
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J
uly completion of composition on 1Θφ4 |
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S
eptember and D ecember completion of
composition and animation for work ANAMNHΣΙΣ
ΜΕΡΟΣ:Α-Γ |
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N
ovember Gesticular Cena 6 was used by Berry Bickle in a work of hers at
CCFM Maputo Mozambique |
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| 2008 |
F
ebruary radio Papesse, webradio and audio archive of the |
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P
alazzo delle Papesse Contemporary Art Centre in Siena plays NPFAI.1 |
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M
arch completion of write-up for Lexicophony.1 in PDF |
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M
ay completion of write-up for
ΑΝΑΜΝΗΣΙΣ in PDF's and
work,completion on work for ΑΛΘ=Φ and UVIVI |
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M
ay GESTICULAR [Cena 8]
selected by ICMC 2008 @ Sonic Arts Research Center , Queens
University, Northern Ireland |
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M
ay completion of composition on UVIVI |
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J
une completion of write-up of GESTICULAR, AΛΘ=Φ,
UVIVI in PDF |
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O
ctober GESTICULAR [Cena 8] selected by CCRMA concert
series Stanford University USA |
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N
ovember interview for Swedish Radio by Tebogo Monnakgotla |
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| 2009 |
J
anuary Completion of opera and write-up in PDF for VOZ DA REVOLUÇÃO |
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A
pril completion of write-up for ONTA in PDF |
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A
ugust Praxis selected by ICMC 2009 @ MCGILL University School of Music |
| Montreal,Quebec,Canada. |
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A
ugust "for Dimitri Voudouris" live performance by Andi Spicer @
Progress festival Austria |
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S
eptember world premier performance of VOZ DA REVOLUÇÃO live |
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O
ctober completion of composition and write-up in PDF for MUSUNUNGURI -1/chikamu-.1 |
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N
ovember world premier performance of ONTA @ HELMCA
Liskouri/Kefalonia |
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N
ovember completion of write-up for 1Θφ4 |
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| 2010 |
F
ebruary completion of [O]-Rd:2 for piano and DAT, PDF for Musununguri |
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A
ugust Completion of [W] - Rd:1e |
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S
eptember performances of [O]-Rd:2 in Johannesburg,Stellenbosch, |
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eMusic
Indaba 2010 in Durban : review of NPFAI.1,Palmos,NPFAI,3,Praxis by Josh
Rosen |
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N
ovember Pogal Productions [USA] releases CD of ΑΛΘ=Φ,
UVIVI ,1:Θφ4, ΟΝΤΑ |
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D
ecember completion of ΞΩΡΑΑΚ - [1:150
μεγ] Παρ.1,2 |
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| 2011 |
F
ebruary world publishing of book Greek electronic musicians by Books LLC |
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A
pril commision by DOMUS for Kodering - [ Kode 1 - Kode 21 ] for Mareli
Stolp and Aryan Kaganof, |
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Completion
of ΞΩΡΑΑΚ Παρ 3 + 4, |
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M
ay Completion of
PDF for ΞΩΡΑΑΚ Παρ 3 +
4, |
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J
une Completion of
ΞΩΡΑΑΚ Παρ 5 [version
1] for Harpsichord |
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S
eptember Completion of work and PDF for Kodering - [ Kode 22 - Kode 32 ],
Review in the Computer |
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Music
Journal Vol 35 Number 3 of
eMusic Indaba 2010 |
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D
ecember Greek Premier of Gesticular Cena 1 + 2 performed at Rethimno /
Crete |
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