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Hofmeyr, Hendrik (b. November 20, 1957, Cape Town). South African composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.
Dr. Hofmeyr studied piano as a child. He studied musicology at the University of Cape Town from 1976-79, where he earned his BMus, and later studied piano with Laura Searle there in 1980-81 and earned his MMus. He then studied piano with Alessandro Specchi at the Conservatorio Cherubini in Florence from 1981-83 and conducting with Alessandro Pinzauti there from 1986-89, as well as composition with Ivan Vandor at the Conservatorio G.B. Martini in Bologna from 1983-86. He earned his DMus by publication at the University of Cape Town in 1999.
Among his honors are First Prize in the South African Opera competition (1987, for The Fall of the House of Usher) and the Nederburg Prize for Opera (1988, for the production of this same work). He also obtained First Prize in the Cinema – La Colonna Sonora competition in Trento (1988, for Immagini da 'Il cielo sopra Berlino'). More recently, he won First Prize in the Concours Musical International Reine Elisabeth de Belgique (1997, for Raptus) and Second Prize (no First Prize was awarded) in the Dimitris Mitropoulos competition in Athens (1997, for Byzantium).
Dr. Hofmeyr lectured on analysis, music history, music theory, and other subjects at the University of Stellenbosch from 1992-98. He has taught analysis, conducting, harmony, music history, and music theory at the University of Cape Town since 1998, where he has been Associate Professor since 2000.
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