Paulus was born in South Africa into a musical
family. Already at a very young age he showed an
unusual musical talent and could read music
before words. At the age of 4 he started to play
the piano and at 11, the oboe, which had been his
big passion since before he could walk.
After finishing his studies in music at UNISA and later his postgraduate studies at WITS, he became a member of the SABC Symphony Orchestra and also won numerous competitions and bursaries.
The oboe took him all over the world and he was appointed as principal oboist of the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg as well as Professor at the University of Hamburg. For the past 20 years he has been conducting master classes all over Europe, Japan, China, Americas and South Africa. He plays regularly with the big European orchestras and conductors and is a sought after chamber musician. His students hold some of the top positions in European and Japanese orchestras.
His intense interest in sound inspired him to investigate the music of different cultures of the world and take up studies in Tibetan, after having heard Tibetan chanting. This world of sound caused him to broaden his horizon in the search of the "inner sound". In pre- Himalayan Sikkim and Nepal he found his karmic connection to the path of Mantra to which he has dedicated the last 20 years of study and personal practice.
Through his deep commitment to wholeness and balance, Paulus naturally progressed into a Sound Healing therapist on the Halo Gaia Dolphin Retreats and has been co-facilitating Sound Healing Dolphin retreats with Courtney Ward for the past 2 years.
The facilitation and interaction play/work of Courtney and Paulus as a team manifests in an effortless flow, bringing the energies present in a group of people into a holistic path of love, music and compassion.
After finishing his studies in music at UNISA and later his postgraduate studies at WITS, he became a member of the SABC Symphony Orchestra and also won numerous competitions and bursaries.
The oboe took him all over the world and he was appointed as principal oboist of the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg as well as Professor at the University of Hamburg. For the past 20 years he has been conducting master classes all over Europe, Japan, China, Americas and South Africa. He plays regularly with the big European orchestras and conductors and is a sought after chamber musician. His students hold some of the top positions in European and Japanese orchestras.
His intense interest in sound inspired him to investigate the music of different cultures of the world and take up studies in Tibetan, after having heard Tibetan chanting. This world of sound caused him to broaden his horizon in the search of the "inner sound". In pre- Himalayan Sikkim and Nepal he found his karmic connection to the path of Mantra to which he has dedicated the last 20 years of study and personal practice.
Through his deep commitment to wholeness and balance, Paulus naturally progressed into a Sound Healing therapist on the Halo Gaia Dolphin Retreats and has been co-facilitating Sound Healing Dolphin retreats with Courtney Ward for the past 2 years.
The facilitation and interaction play/work of Courtney and Paulus as a team manifests in an effortless flow, bringing the energies present in a group of people into a holistic path of love, music and compassion.
Paulus van der
Merwe
