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New Music on Paganini’s violin in Genova. June 2024
World Premiere of Evis Sammoutis on the great Vuillaume owned by Paganini and left to his pupil Sivori. At the astonishing Palazzo Rosso
Bach summer
This summer (2024), I am returning to the six sonatas and partitas for solo violin by Johann Sebastian Bach, with a particular eye to my…
The Violin in the Chapel – a project for Malmö
Towards a concert – 2nd October 2024 Sankt Petri Kyrka, Malmö. For years, I have been mesmerized by a space inside the great medieval Sankt…
Knowledge Exchange – Violin Summer 2024 Violins in Genova, then the Newark Violin School
This is what is is all about – Paganini played on the Vuillaume made for Paganini, and given to his only student, Camillo Sivori, on…
Back to Sweden!
Some news: starting this autumn, I will be ‘Artist in Residence’ for the composition department Musikhögskolan i Malmö at Lund University. This marks the beginning…
First chance to hear Martin Ellerby’s wonderful viola sonata ‘Maze Mirrors’
This has just gone up – just part of Martin Ellerby’s spectacular Sonata for Piano and Viola – with Roderick Chadwick
Genova – June 9th – Back to Paganini and Sivori
Just in! A new work from Evis Sammoutis!
‘Clepsydra’, the latest in Evis Sammoutis’s cycle of’ ‘Nicosia Etudes’ has just arrived. Go to LINK to hear more of these extraordinary pieces – part…
Trust the composer, trust the music, get inside it, get out of the way!
Today, I am beginning a series of notes, partially to myself, but also as a scrapbook of ideas for other musicians. Things that that find…
First look – Jim Aitchison ‘Aperture’ live Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens Posted
Working with young composers at the Purcell School
End of a great evening! Celebrating the work of 6 brilliant young composers at the Purcell School plus music by Purcell., Mihailo Trandafilovski, Robert Saxton, Michael…
David Matthews – Quartets 8, 16, 17, and a Bach Arrangement A personal note from Peter Sheppard Skærved
David Matthews – Quartets 8, 16, 17, and a Bach Arrangement A personal note from Peter Sheppard Skærved I have played David Matthews’s String Quartets…
Knowledge Exchange Violin – Summer 2024
Back in wonderful Zagreb, and the real work , on this, the latest stage of my ‘Knowledge Exchange Violin’ project. The theme that has emerged…
Discs for Sale – direct from the artist
I have a range of my recordings available for sale. Each month I will feature a disc, but most of the large list below…
Shop! Recordings and More
I have a large number of recordings (both discs and ‘dropcards’) for sale. To see the 100+ available recordings and to order direct, go to…
Delius – Lullaby for a Modern Baby
‘This is the only piece of Delius that I perform. The reason for this is intimately tied up with the very first time that I…
A New Pastoral – and friendship
One of the most amazing things about collaboration, is how friendship is reflected in the music that emerges. I always think of Georg Muffat’s wonderful…
Talking with other artists – a commonplace book
Inspiration To a young composer 26 03 24 Now the reason I wanted to mention dear George to you is his idea about composing –…
Knowledge Exchange Violin – Part 4 SPRING 2024
Zagreb March 5th 2024 So it’s time for the next stage in my Research England supported ‘Knowledge Exchange Violin’ project. I am in Zagreb at…
Exciting new works from composers at the Purcell School
Together with my dear friend Robert Saxton, I am doing a collaborative project with the lovely composers The Purcell School – here’s a first listen…
Kreutzer Quartet at the BVMA 2024 Makers Day. Kings Place
My quartet is the resident ensemble for the British Violin Makers Association annual ‘Makers Day’ at Kings Place in London. This year, we tried out…
On an overgrown path – Janacek transcribed by David Matthews
David Matthews has made delicate transcriptions of movements from ‘On an overgrown path’. Here’s ‘Good Night’ recorded on the phone in yesterday’s rehearsal. And the…
Winter Ceramics – a masterpiece for piano and violin
Today’s ‘live’ share – S?d?ka Özdil – K?? Seramikleri/ Winter Ceramics (1991) One of the first large scale pieces to be written for us, and…
Return to the Paganini Violin!
My ‘Knowledge Exchange Violin’ project is about to rev up again, with films and concerts on two exciting violins in Genova. Here’s one of them!!!…