Peter Wiegold

Peter has been a regular conductor of the Composers' Ensemble, most recently at The Royal Academy of Art in a concert for artist Tom Phillips (2005) and in Dartington, Brighton, Bath, Oxford, Darmstadt, Salzburg and Holland. In the summer of 2002 he directed the Composers Ensemble in a Proms Portrait of Pierre Boulez in the presence of the composer.

Ensembles and orchestras Peter has worked with as a conductor since 2002 include the London Sinfonietta, Endymion Ensemble, Northern Sinfonia, Southbank Sinfonia. He has also conducted at home and internationally for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Joensuu Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia and Orchestra Camarata Labacensis, .

He is co-Artistic Director (with Colin Riley) of iF, a radical London Festival of new music and is Professor and Head of Music Research at Brunel University.

He led an extended project with bcmgmixing improvisation, realisation and composition.This culminated in the opening concert of their 2004-5 seasonInvisible Cities which received outstanding reviews.

Peter also worked with composer Joby Talbot and Working Title productions, creating the music for Hunky Dory, a Catherine Zeta Jones film, which was produced in Swansea and Cardiff.

Peter's works include Earth and Stars (October 2006) ensemble xx.jahrhundert, which director Peter Burwik, premiered in Vienna, celebrating 250 years since Mozart's birth. The Great Wheel, parts 1,2 and 3 London Sinfonietta and musicians from Uzbekistan, Glasgow/ London (2003), Brief Encounter National Opera Studio/ Southbank Sinfonia London (2004), Farewells take place in silence Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Birmingham (2004) the burden'd air for cello (Matthew Barley) and live electronics, (2006) at St Luke’s, LSO as part of the iF festival which also saw Peter direct cho cho forJapanese ensemble Tozai mixing trad and modern instruments (2006).

Peter prepared and conducted a BBC Proms commission in July 2007. The work was entitled He is Armoured Without and was for the BBC Philharmonic, trumpet soloist Hakan Hardenberger, musicians from Uzbekistan, Coldstream Guards, plus 150 more brass players.

More information about Peter's work can be found at http://www.wiegold.co.uk/

Publications

Journal Papers

(2001) WIEGOLD, P., But Who Will Make Their Tea?, Harmony (12) : - 12