Peter P Hill (born 14 June 1948) is a British

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and

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Biography

Hill, a native of Lyndhurst (

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), was acquainted with the French composer

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically ...

, and has written a book about him. As well as playing the complete works of Messiaen, he is also known for his performances of other

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piano repertoire. Having read music at Oxford then continued his studies at the Royal College of Music, both with

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, he is now an Emeritus Professor of Music at the

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. He is a Fellow of the

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. In November 2013 he gave the world premiere of Messiaen's piano piece ''La Fauvette passerinette'' (1961), which he discovered and edited for performance.

Publications

* * * * Hill's recordings of Messiaen's piano music, made under the guidance of the composer, for Unicorn-Kanchana, are now available on the Regis label.

References

External links

Peter Hill at the University of SheffieldRead some of Peter Hill's articles on MessiaenPeter Hill's professional website
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