PIETER JOUBERT
Pieter Joubert hails from Bloemfontein, where he started studying the violin at age six under Mr Francois Henkins.
In 2020 he won the Human-Naudé Bursary Competition. He was a semi finalist in the 2019 and 2021 National Youth Music Competition, in Parow, and in 2021 he won the second prize in the strings category. In 2022 Pieter was chosen as the overall winner of the inaugural UCT Strings Competition, with additional prizes such as "Best performance of a South African work" and "Top-placed 1st or 2nd year student."
As a soloist he has performed with the Free State Symphony Orchestra, the UCT Symphony Orchestra and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra.
He has received masterclasses from internationally acclaimed violinists such as Gérard Korsten (Austria), Pieter Schoeman (UK), Daniel Auer (Austria) and Andrej Bielow (Ukraine).
Since 2021, he continues his studies full time under Professor Farida Bacharova at the University of Cape Town.
In 2020 he won the Human-Naudé Bursary Competition. He was a semi finalist in the 2019 and 2021 National Youth Music Competition, in Parow, and in 2021 he won the second prize in the strings category. In 2022 Pieter was chosen as the overall winner of the inaugural UCT Strings Competition, with additional prizes such as "Best performance of a South African work" and "Top-placed 1st or 2nd year student."
As a soloist he has performed with the Free State Symphony Orchestra, the UCT Symphony Orchestra and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra.
He has received masterclasses from internationally acclaimed violinists such as Gérard Korsten (Austria), Pieter Schoeman (UK), Daniel Auer (Austria) and Andrej Bielow (Ukraine).
Since 2021, he continues his studies full time under Professor Farida Bacharova at the University of Cape Town.