Peter James Leonard Klatzow was born in Springs in 1945. His father was a descendant of Russian Jews who settled in South Africa in the early 1900s. His mother, born in the UK, was a descendant of Cornish miners. Peter, a well-known South African composer, was brought up as Anglican. He has been involved with the University of Cape Town since 1973. His recent 60th birthday was celebrated with the release of a CD of choir music recorded at Douai Abbey in Berkshire, England.
Peter composed Towards the Light, for the opening of the new concert hall in the Peabody Building in the USA in 2003. The accomplished pianist has also composed marimba music - Dances of Earth and Fire (1987), Inyanga (1996) and Song for Stephanie (1999).
