Taliep Petersen

Born 15-04-1950 in Cape Town

Deceased

Taliep Petersen was a South African singer, composer and director of a number of popular musicals. He and David Kramer collaborated on the first of a number of musicals together such as Kat And The Kings. It was the first musical from Cape Town to be staged on the West End and Broadway. In 1997 Kat And The Kings was invited to the Tricycle Theatre in London and then transferred to the West End. He was a judge for the Afrikaans Idols on DSTV channel KykNET in 2005. He was killed in December 2006.