At 23, Jean-Pierre has already worked with some of South Africa's most noted film companies, composed for foreign film, and is regularly commissioned to write for the concert hall. He is currently a postgraduate student at the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town, specializing in composition and orchestration under the renowned Hendrik Hofmeyr and Peter Klatzow. ? ?Though his formal studies are within the western classical discipline, his expertise extends beyond this to include an array of musical genres and styles respectively - see showreel for contemporary works as well. ? Composers who have largely influenced his musical expression are: Bach, Beethoven, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Ravel, Debussy, Shostakovitch, Chopin, Liszt, Faure, Hofmeyr and Klatzow, to name a few.