Peter Sheppard Skærved (born 1966)

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ist and

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, is the dedicatee of over 150 new works. He has collaborated with Nigel Clarke, David Matthews,

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William Bolcom William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He ...

, Dmitri Smirnov,

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and

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. He leads the Kreutzer Quartet, and has cultivated duo-partnerships with pianists including Aaron Shorr, Jan Philip Schulze, Daniel-Ben Pienaar and

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, and the fortepianist and harpsichordist Julian Perkins.

References

External links

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Peter Sheppard Skærved biography and discography at Naxos.com
British violinists British male violinists Living people 1966 births 21st-century violinists 21st-century British male musicians {{violinist-stub