Peter Sheppard Skærved

Peter Sheppard Skærved Violinist and violist, is the dedicatee of over 150 new works. He has collaborated with Nigel Clarke, David [Matthews (composer)|David Matthews], Michael Finnissy, Hans Werner Henze, George Rochberg, William Bolcom, Dmitri [Smirnov (composer)|Dmitri Smirnov], Jörg Widmann and John [Wall (electronic composer)|John Wall]. He leads the Kreutzer Quartet, and has cultivated duo-partnerships with pianists including Aaron Shorr, Jan Philip Schulze, Daniel-Ben Pienaar and David Owen Norris, and the fortepianist and harpsichordist Julian Perkins.