Peter Bannister  <pbannist@worldnet.fr>
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Peter Bannister - performer and composer
 
Education:
 
London Royal College of Music piano performer's diploma (with
honours) Bachelor's Degree in Music (First Class), Master's in
Musicology: King's College, Cambridge University Further study
completed in Paris. Teachers: David de Warrenne, Genevieve Ibanez
and Michel Beroff (piano) John Shepherd, David Sanger (organ),
Nigel Allcoat (improvisation), Naji Hakim (composition)
 
National/international awards:
 
1st prize, Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales (piano, 1984) 2nd
prize (first prize not awarded), "Grand Prix de Chartres"
international organ competition (improvisation, 1992) Finalist,
International Society of Organbuilders composition competition
(Montreal 1993) 1st prize (Johann-Pachelbel-Preis), Nuernberg
International Organ Improvisation competition (1996)
 
Scholarships:
 
Cambridge University, French Government, Countess of Munster
Musical Trust, Leverhulme Trust.
 
Solo organ and piano performances/concerto appearances in Britain
(London Purcell Room, BBC TV, Cambridge Festival..), France (Paris,
Bourges Cathedral, Chartres International Organ Festival..),
Germany (Baden-Baden, Bayreuth, Stuttgart, Villingen Internationale
Orgelnacht together with Peter Planyavsky/Michael Kapsner ..),Italy
(Organ Festivals in Ravenna, Arezzo), Austria (Vienna Cathedral
organ festival), Poland, Denmark, Canada (International Congress of
Organists 1993), United Sates.
 
Has worked as accompanist with King's College Chapel Choir, London
Philharmonic Chorus, opera soloists of the Royal Opera House,
Glyndebourne Compositions - music for orchestra, choir, vocal and
chamber ensembles, solo piano and organ. Performances in Europe and
North America (Boston, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York ..)
 
Organ works:
 
Aunque es de noche (Although it is night) (1989) Morskie Oko (The
Eye of the Sea) (1989) Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue (1991)
Qui locutus est per prophetas (Who spake by the prophets - four
symphonic movements, 1992-1995) Triduum (Paschal Fantasia) (1995)
Sinfonietta (1995-1996)
 
Currently resident in Paris and engaged in a book project
concerning organ improvisation in the twentieth century.