Peter Gregson (cellist)
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Peter Gregson is a cellist, composer and pioneer of contemporary music. He is in demand for unique concert presentations and his embracing of new performance tools and spaces.
He is an endorsed Apogee Electronics Artist.
in Los Angeles to Trinity Church, Boston
.
He was recently commissioned by Bowers & Wilkins
and Peter Gabriel
to record an album of original music for acoustic and electric cellos for their Society of Sound label. His work has been recognised with the 2008 Glenfiddich
Spirit of Scotland Award for music and with membership to the Courvoisier Future 500. Peter is also the 2010/11 Creative in Residence at The Hospital Club, London, where he curates his year long series, alt_classical.
Selected performances for 2010 include performances at the MIT Media Lab, The Roundhouse, The Future Gallery, The 92nd St Y, The Lab Gallery, The Queen's Hall and Kings Place. Peter also plays in the house band for TEDxAlcatraz in San Francisco.
He has worked with and premiered the music of many of the leading composers composers writing today, including John Metcalfe, Max Richter, Milton Mermikides, Tod Machover, Joby Talbot, Martin Suckling, Monica Max West, Artem Vassiliev, Patrick Nunn, Howard Goodall, Richard Sisson, Philip Sheppard, Yann Seznec, Sally Beamish, Thomas Hewitt Jones and Jenny Olivia Johnston. He has also worked extensively with the MIT Media Lab on their Hyperbow
project.
Peter Gregson plays a Colin Irving acoustic cello, a custom five string Eric Jensen electric cello and is an Apogee Electronics Artist. His original music is published by Mute Song.
's Gramophone award winning albums, Enchanted Voices and Enchanted Carols.
On April 2, 2010, 'Terminal', commissioned by Bowers & Wilkins
and Peter Gabriel
's Real World Records
, was released through the Society of Sound label. It features a new recording of Steve Reich
's 'Cello Counterpoint' and six original tracks by Gregson.
He is an endorsed Apogee Electronics Artist.
Biography
Peter Gregson is a cellist, composer and pioneer of contemporary music. He has performed widely in the UK and the US, at venues ranging from The Royal Albert Hall, London to The Ingleby Gallery in Edinburgh; from the Kodak TheatreKodak Theatre
The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland shopping mall and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles...
in Los Angeles to Trinity Church, Boston
Trinity Church, Boston
Trinity Church in the City of Boston, located in the Back Bay of Boston, Massachusetts, is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. The congregation, currently standing at approximately 3,000 households, was founded in 1733. The current rector is The Reverend Anne Bonnyman...
.
He was recently commissioned by Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins is a British loudspeaker company that produces mid-range through reference quality hi-fi and home theater speakers. The company name is often abbreviated to just B&W.Joe Atkins is current owner and chairman...
and Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
to record an album of original music for acoustic and electric cellos for their Society of Sound label. His work has been recognised with the 2008 Glenfiddich
Glenfiddich
The Glenfiddich Distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery owned by William Grant & Sons in Dufftown, Scotland. Glenfiddich means ‘Valley of the deer’ in Gaelic, hence the presence of a deer symbol on Glenfiddich bottles.- History :...
Spirit of Scotland Award for music and with membership to the Courvoisier Future 500. Peter is also the 2010/11 Creative in Residence at The Hospital Club, London, where he curates his year long series, alt_classical.
Selected performances for 2010 include performances at the MIT Media Lab, The Roundhouse, The Future Gallery, The 92nd St Y, The Lab Gallery, The Queen's Hall and Kings Place. Peter also plays in the house band for TEDxAlcatraz in San Francisco.
He has worked with and premiered the music of many of the leading composers composers writing today, including John Metcalfe, Max Richter, Milton Mermikides, Tod Machover, Joby Talbot, Martin Suckling, Monica Max West, Artem Vassiliev, Patrick Nunn, Howard Goodall, Richard Sisson, Philip Sheppard, Yann Seznec, Sally Beamish, Thomas Hewitt Jones and Jenny Olivia Johnston. He has also worked extensively with the MIT Media Lab on their Hyperbow
Hyperbow
The Hyperbow is an electronic violin bow interface that was developed as a result of a in-depth research project by students at MIT. The instrument is intended for use only by accomplished players...
project.
Peter Gregson plays a Colin Irving acoustic cello, a custom five string Eric Jensen electric cello and is an Apogee Electronics Artist. His original music is published by Mute Song.
Recordings
He was the cellist on Howard GoodallHoward Goodall
210px|thumb|Howard Goodall at St. John the Baptist Church in Devon, United Kingdom, May 2009Howard Lindsay Goodall CBE is a British composer of musicals, choral music and music for television...
's Gramophone award winning albums, Enchanted Voices and Enchanted Carols.
On April 2, 2010, 'Terminal', commissioned by Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins
Bowers & Wilkins is a British loudspeaker company that produces mid-range through reference quality hi-fi and home theater speakers. The company name is often abbreviated to just B&W.Joe Atkins is current owner and chairman...
and Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
's Real World Records
Real World Records
Real World Records is a record label started in 1989 by Peter Gabriel to record and produce world music.-Overview:The label grew up alongside the success of the WOMAD festivals and Peter Gabriel's exploration of music from other cultures, and helped push world music into the general public's...
, was released through the Society of Sound label. It features a new recording of Steve Reich
Steve Reich
Stephen Michael "Steve" Reich is an American composer who together with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass is a pioneering composer of minimal music...
's 'Cello Counterpoint' and six original tracks by Gregson.