With Nigel Clarke in the Gobi Desert
Nigel Clarke-Loulan (Voices from the Sand) Unreleased session outtake. Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin (Stradivaria 1699 ‘Crespi’) Recorded 2003
Opening the composer’s workshop
Workshop at the Carl Nielsen Conservatory, Odense. Seated at right, composers Lars Bagger and Rasmus Zwicki. 2005 Photos: Richard Bram Go to:
Judith Bingham
The Premiere of Judith Bingham’s ‘Lost Works of Paganini’ in Genova. 2007 Peter has collaborated extensively on Judith Bingham since 2006. In that year, the composer was profoundly inspired by the arrival of Paganini’s violin in London, and became a…
Beethoven Explored
Peter and Aaron have taken ‘Beethoven Explored’ worldwide. What began as a research project supported by the Royal Academy of Music and the London College of Music, has blossomed into an acclaimed series of recordings, a major concert series at…
Gloria Coates in Billerbeck 2002
Gloria and I flew to Munster together on the concert morning, meeting the rest of the quartet who had taken an unconscionably early flight from Stansted that morning. The Lufthansa plane was too small for me, and 20 minutes before…
Jörg Widmann ‘Etude 1- The breathing of Statues’ and ‘Etude 2’
Meeting Jörg Widmann 1990 Widmann-Etude Live Recording. London January 2009 Engineer-Colin Still (Optic Nerve) March 2003 In March 2003 Peter Sheppard Skaerved recorded works written for him by Widmann,in a recording session that was never released. At the time, these…
Dimensions of the Clouds
Dimensions of the Clouds In March 1991, I visited Istanbul for the first time. There were two concerts on the agenda; one a performance of ‘Dimensions’ with the Istanbul State Orhestra, the other a recital with Aaron Shorr, which…
Thomas Simaku wins BCA
Last night Thomas Simaku won the BCA award for an an instrumental solo or duo, with his Soliloquy 5, Flauto Acerbo. Congratulations!Thomas has been working with the Kreutzers and Peter for many years. The quartet released a portrait disc of…
Michael Alec Rose
Peter was introduced to Michael Alec Rose in 2004 by the late George Rochberg. Their meeting resulted in an immediate and intense collaboration. In the few years since Michael has written Peter a number of solo violin pieces, a set…
Richard Bram
American photographer Richard Bram has been an essential collaborator for many years. He has a unique eye for the process of making music, and has travelled with me on many projects. This has resulted in projects in Turkey, Mexico, Denmark,…