Brett Pyper
University of the WitwatersrandBrett Pyper is an interdisciplinary South African arts practitioner, cultural scholar and former festival director. Since the early 1990s, he has combined critical arts practice with academic study at local, national and international levels. He grew up between Johannesburg and Pretoria/Tshwane, where his background as a classical musician informed his efforts to open up programming at the former performing arts councils as a young arts organiser. He holds an MA in Interdisciplinary Study from Emory University in Atlanta and a PhD in Ethnomusicology and Popular Music Studies from New York University. He served as CEO of the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) from 2008 to 2023, and Head of the Wits School of Arts from 2014 to 2021, where he is currently an Associate Professor in Curatorial, Public and Visual Cultures.
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