Selaocoe

About this composer

“Abel Selaocoe (born 5 March 1992) is a cellist, singer, composer and improviser from South Africa. Selaocoe was born in 1992 in Sebokeng, a township in South Africa. He started learning classical cello following his older brother Sammy at a Saturday music programme for children at the African Cultural Organization of South Africa (ACOSA) in Soweto. At 13 Selacoe won a scholarship to St Johns College in Johannesburg. At the college he studied with the teacher Matlhaela Michael Masote, one of South Africa’s most influential classical musicians. In 2010 Selaocoe moved to Manchester and enrolled at the Royal Northern College of Music. He completed his International Artist Diploma in 2018.”

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