Arthur Feder holds an MMus in Composition (with a focus on orchestration) cum laude from Stellenbosch University. He is particularly passionate about composition, pedagogy, and the promotion of new music, and as part of the managerial team for the student initiative KOMPOS, he assisted in premiéring more than 80 orchestral and chamber works. Currently, Arthur lectures in Music Theory and Composition at Stellenbosch University.

As a composer, Arthur’s multifaceted output includes work in  jazz, film, mixed media and art music idioms, and he regularly receives commissions from leading ensembles and organisations in South Africa and abroad.  Arthur’s film scores range from feature length to short films, animations and documentary series. Together with his colleague, Arthur manages an annual collaboration with The Animation School in Cape Town that involves students from the Music Technology and Composition programs to produce scores for animated short films. Since 2014, this collaboration has produced over 20 national and international awards.

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Internationally multi award-winning composer. Head of Composition at Stellenbosch University. 

Ponta Aberta is a Rotterdam-based Brazilian jazz trio formed by Codarts students Lydia Stavraki (vocals, percussion) and Renzo Navone Rodriguez (guitar) and Codarts alumni Rafael Durão (vibraphone, percussion). The project started in Rotterdam during a hot summer day, while contemplating the sounds of the Brazilian masters. Ponta Aberta (“open bridge/ point”) fuses nostalgic melodies and powerful rhythms into new crossover music arrangements. The trio aims to explore the common threads between Brazilian and Jazz music, yet embracing Afro- Brazilian music & culture.

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