About Lize
Lize Briel is an internationally award-winning composer known for work in /lm,
installation, and contemporary concert music. Based in Stellenbosch, South Africa, she is
drawn to themes of environment and identity, and often integrates African instruments into
her compositions.
Lize won the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra Composers’ Award in 2024. This made her
the /rst woman composer to win a South African composition prize and awarded her as
CPO’s composer-in-residence for 2024-2025. As a result her work Echoes was performed in
Hamburg, Germany in April 2024.
Briel’s compositions has received international recognition: Lize placed Top 5 in Africa in
the European Recording Orchestra Call-for-Scores in 2025 and she received third price at
the international art competition #CreateCOP28 with ArtPartner in 2023 for her impactful
work addressing societal issues. Her composition, Ocean Soundscape, was showcased at the
United Nations Headquarters in New York in December 2023.
BMus (cum laude), MMus (cum laude)
https://www.lizebriel.com
Instrument: Flute