Biography

Place of Birth
Pretoria (ZA)

Place of Residence
Glasgow (UK)

Studies

• Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (UK), Prof. Martyn Brabbins

Prizes

• Mills Williams Junior Conducting Fellowship Royal Northern College of Music 2025 (UK), Fellowship
• South African Conductors' Competition 2022 (ZA), 1st Prize
• Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors' Award 2025 (AT), Semi-finalist

Highlights

• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (UK), 2025
• Royal Scottish National Orchestra (UK), Masterclass with John Wilson and Martyn Brabbins, 2024-2025
• Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (ZA), Guest Conductor, 2022-2023
• Järvi Academy Sinfonietta and Youth Symphony Orchestra (EE), Masterclass with Paavo Järvi, Neeme Järvi, Kristjan Järvi, and Leonid Grin, 2023 

COMPETITION PROGRAMME
 

First Round - Haute École de Musique de Genève Orchestra

• L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
• F. Schubert: Symphony No. 5

Second Round - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

• I. Stravinsky: Danses concertantes
• P.I. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
• R. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Semi-Final 1 - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

• G. Bizet: Symphony in C
• L. Farrenc: Symphony No. 3
• F. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 « Scottish »

Semi-Final 2 - Ensemble Contrechamps

• Ligeti: Kammerkonzert 
• U. Chin: Gougalon

Semi-Final 3 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

• C. Debussy: La Mer
• R. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (1st movement)
• R. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (1st movement)

Final Round 1 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

• 3 finalist works from the Composition Competition

Final Round 2 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

• R. Strauss: Don Juan
• ​G. Mahler: Totenfeier