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A week of enchantment – reflections on Gaia Music Festival Oberhofen 2023

May 30, 2023

A week of enchantment -at GAIA 2023 Musikfestival am Thunersee, in Thun und Bern I’m not someone who is naturally drawn to festival-style music-making. I think that I understand audiences’ excitement, and interest, in seeing accomplished players getting together for performances of the ‘big’ chamber pieces, I nearly always feel that there is something missing: […]

Spring at last 2023

May 28, 2023

NB: Some of the drawings are available to buy. Just contact me if interested.

Peter Sheppard Skærved, violinist. An introduction

May 28, 2023

This is a short introduction to who I am, and what I do. Please use the attached contact form if you want to get in touch, or have further questions (or E-mail: ptrshpprdskrvd@aol.com) Here’s the short introduction to my work: Peter Sheppard Skærved – Violin Peter Sheppard Skærved is acclaimed internationally for performances of a vast […]

Re-opening the composers’ workshops!

May 20, 2023

    I have been friends with the marvellous composer Robert Saxton for many years. This began in my early twenties, when a conversation began, about music, writing, art, politics, well everything really, which has not abated. Curiously, and perhaps this was selfishness on my part, most of the outcomes of our collaboration have been […]

Martin Ellerby – Two Sonatas, some thoughts 16 5 2023

May 16, 2023

As a musician, collaboration, for me, is key to everything. I have been honoured to work with Martin Ellerby for many years; his extraordinary music and visionary outlook, his belief in what music can do, the stories that it can tell, is a source of inspiration for me. Here he offers two important contributions to […]