About Danielle
Danielle Rossouw grew up in Cape Town and started with clarinet at the age of nine at the
Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre. She left South Africa in 2015 to study in Belgium with well
know clarinettist and pedagogue, Eddy Vanoosthuyse. She obtained her BMus-and Master's
degree in clarinet performance from KASK & Conservatory School of Arts in Ghent, Belgium
with distinction. From there, Danielle moved to the Netherlands, where she obtained a
second Master's degree in clarinet performance also with distinction from Fontys
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Tilburg. During her studies, Danielle participated in the
AMAJ Young Simfonisch Orkes and the symphony and harmony orchestras of KASK
Conservatorium School of Arts in Ghent. She was also an enthusiastic chamber musician
and was a finalist at the Willem II Chamber music competition in the Netherlands in 2021.
Danielle returned to South Africa at the end of 2022 to take up the full-time position as sub-
principal and bass clarinettist of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. Danielle continues
to be an active chamber musician and is one half of the newly formed Clarinet duo, Luna,
together with Annelize de Villiers. She is also a PhD candidate in Music at the University of
the Free State and lives out her passion for development in music and clarinet among the
youth.