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Hilary Paterson was born in Grahamstown in 1982 and went to school at the Diocesan
School for Girls. She graduated from the University of Cape Town with a BMus (Orchestral
Studies) in 2003, and with an MMus in 2007, both under Sergei Burdukov.
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In 2003 Hilary was a member of the UCT Wind Quintet, which won the overall prize
at the Huguenot Competition for Instrumentalists in Stellenbosch – this was the
first occasion on which an ensemble won the overall prize.
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In September 2004 she travelled to the United Kingdom as the recipient of the Royal
Overseas League / South Africa Travel Scholarship, which involved master classes
with Sarah Francis at Dartington International Summer School, solo and chamber performances
on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a lunchtime concert at St Martin-in-the-Fields.
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In October 2005 she attended master classes with Hansjörg Schellenberger, former
principal oboe of the Berlin Philharmonic, in Sachrang, Germany. Hilary was selected
in 2001 as oboe cadet in the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the “Sanlam
Maestros of Tomorrow” scheme, and continues to play with the CPO, as well as the
KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic and Eastern Cape Philharmonic Orchestras on an ad-hoc
basis.
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