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A conversation today with my old friend and collaborator, Jörg Widmann, so a great excuse to return to his wonderfful Étude 2…

Something lovely for your morning: here is the first chance to hear the fantastic Anna Wolstenholme playing David Hackbridge Johnson’s exquisite Sarabande from his suite,…

Peter Sheppard Skærved – violin ‘one of the finest living exponents of the violin’ Gramophone Magazine Friday 4th October 6pm St Mary Aldermary Church Watling…

On Friday September 4th, I returned to the far west of Cornwall for the last of this year’s troika of concerts in dialogue with wonderful…

Here is a very lo-fi sneak peek into the recording studio yesterday. This is the fifth movement of David Hackbridge Johnson’s deliriously joyful suite for…

Another of Evis Sammoutis’s exquisite ‘Nicosia Etudes’ in the studio – with the manuscript – mercifully free of my scrawl! Follow along. This etude was…

More music for my ‘A Violin for Dante’ project for Minneapolis Institute of Art this month. Here’s a new performance of ‘s ‘Sankta Catarina’ which…

[in Preparation] My collaboration with the Metropolitan Musem in New York City is one of the most fruitful and inspiring in my work. Over recent…

It is midnight on the 6th August, and I am still glowing from the experience of playing in front of this great work of art.…

It is wonderful to be back in our MidWestern summer home, staying with my brother and sister-inlaw, Philip and AJ, by the Saint Croix river.…

Swedish composer Staffan Storm has just sent me his new suite for violin alone. This is the second piece that he has written for me.…

First listen – a single take of Evis Sammoutis extraordinary 7th Nivosia Etude ‘Cinyras’. 4 levels of simutaneuous pizzicato – RH on both sides of…

Nigel Clarke’s ‘Brueg[h]el’s Brush’ – a personal view Peter Sheppard Skaerved Towards the end of 2023, Nigel Clarke and I started talking about Pieter Bruegel…

First review! ‘The performances are (unsurprisingly) jaw-droppingly fine, while the recorded sound perfectly captures the rich complex tones of both instruments: the outstanding booklet comprises…

This project, my latest collaboration with the wonderful MIA Minneapolis Institute of Art, is a dialogue with the astonishing, 1546 Salviati tapestry of Dante &…

Here’s a first glimpse of what I have been doing in the studio in the past 24 hours. Here is the astonishing 25th movement of…

One of the most wonderful projects that I have been involved in over the last few years is my ‘deep dive’ into the medieval culture…

We filmed this in 2024, but this is the first time it has been released. Part of my ongoing collaboration with the wonderful Tremenheere Sculpture…

Percy Grainger – Room-music Tit-bits Nr.7 Arrival Platform Humlet Composed 1908. 1910, 1912. For Middle-fiddle single (viola solo) or massed middle-fiddles Last week I was…

It was wonderful George Rochberg’s birthday on Sunday. He was/is a blazing inspiration and friend for us. Here’s the live version of the complete violin…

In 2009, the Kreutzers were invited by Luca Francesconi to play Henze’s wonderful 4th Quartet at the Venice Biennale. Here’s the live recording – VERY…

Woods and Gardens Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens Friday July 4th   Peter Sheppard Skærved – Violin & Viola Concert 1: Skyspace, 5pm Giuseppe Tartini     G…

Today, the 1st July 2026, is the 100th anniversary of Hans Werner Henze’s birth. He was, and remains, a huge figure in my life as…

On the 29th June, the Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Morgan Goff, Neil Heyde), spent a joyful day recording quartets by Gregory Fritze.…