Christiaan Willemse is a South African composer. After being awarded national and international composition awards while still at school, he started his studies at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg in 2016 with Kurt Estermann and later Johannes Maria Staud. As a recipient of the Francis Burt Overseas Scholarship for 2023, he is currently on an exchange at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris where he benefits from the tutelage of Frédéric Durieux. Christiaan's music has been performed by renowned ensembles inscluding the oenm, Ensemble Zahir and Les Métaboles.