Peter’s growing media profile includes his appointment as series consultant to the popular BBC television series ‘Maestro’ and regular screen appearances as a mentor. For this role Peter was responsible for the training of eight ‘celebrity’ students as orchestral conductors. Peter has since made live ‘Maestro’ webcam commentaries for the BBC Proms and a subsequent TV series.

Whilst having performed with a number of the world’s leading ensembles such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Hallé, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Peter fosters a hunger to work with any orchestra that plays with spirit and enthusiasm.

In addition to his work with the world’s finest students at RCM and EUYO Peter has conducted youth orchestras ranging from the Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra (Principal Conductor since 1994) to the New South Wales Public Schools’ Symphony Orchestra in Australia and the Toyota City Orchestra in Japan. He is Principal Conductor of the Arabian Youth Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra. Between 1985 and 2010 Peter was Conductor in Residence of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and in 2019 begins a three-year appointment as a Special Term Professor at the Zhejiang Conservatory in Hangzhou, China.

Plans for the forthcoming year include two months in Zhejiang Conservatory, a return to conduct the Ung Filharmoni of Norway and two trips to Singapore. Two more EUYO residencies, in Ferrara, Italy and Grafenegg, Austria, complete the increasingly important role that international work plays in Peter’s profile. He also hopes 2019 will see the publication of the first of two books based on his experiences as conductor and educationalist.

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