The South African composer Péter Louis Van Dijk has had a widely varied career in music as a composer, performer, teacher and conductor, active in radio and television. He wrote his first opera in 1973, and a second, in Afrikaans, was first performed two years later. His San Gloria is based on bushman themes, combined with a version of the Latin Gloria .

The South African composer Péter Louis Van Dijk has had a widely varied career in music as a composer, performer, teacher and conductor, active in radio and television. He wrote his first opera in 1973, and a second, in Afrikaans, was first performed two years later. His San Gloria is based on bushman themes, combined with a version of the Latin Gloria.