Owen Dalton wins third SA composer competition

Shirley Gueller

The winner of the 3rd SA Composers’ Competition run by the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra is Owen Dalton, 26, an MMus student at the University of Stellenbosch, for his piece, Ramblings of the Mind. The final round of the competition was held at the Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre on Saturday, March 15, under the direction of Jeremy Silver. Dalton wins a cash prize of R20 000 and the title of Composer in Residence with CPO. Runners up are Chesney Palmer, 29 of Sandton, who won second place and R10 000 for his new work Spectrums of Hues and Obscure Shapes while third place was won by Anthonie Jansen van Rensburg of Somerset West for People, Space, Time. He was a runner-up in the inaugural competition and won R5000.…

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Star South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2025-03-17

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