Dr. Peter Bucknell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bucknell
Professor of Viola, State University of New York 2002-2005
Visiting Artist, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
Visiting Artist, Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne
Education:
- Doctorate in Viola, State University of New York, Stony Brook
- Aufbaustudium, Hochschule fur Musik - Köln
- Advanced Studies Certificate, University of Southern California
- Licentiate Diploma (L.Mus), Australian Music Examinations Board
- Bachelor of Economics and Commerce, University of Melbourne
Publications and Presentations:
- Recordings on labels: Dorian, Musica Omnia, Hyperion, Titanic
- Raw Fish (Quartet) George Crumb Festival
- The New York Harp Trio, ANAM, Bendigo Festival, Melba Hall
- Stradivari Sextet: Schleswig Holstein Festival
- Radio France: Danel Quartet
Awards:
- First Prize: Auckland International Viola Congress Competition
- Audience Prize: Osaka String Quartet Competition: Bronze Medal,
- Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Memorial Trust Grant
- Lillybelle Foundation Grant, Los Angeles
- Award for Early Music: University of Southern California
- Audience Prize: Melbourne chamber strings competition
Principal Viola:
- Barcelona Symphony
- Detmold Chamber Orchestra
- Melbourne Chamber Orchestra
- Rebel Baroque Orchestra (New York) 11 years
- Nigel Kennedy: Germany Tour
- Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra
- Musica Angelica Orchestra (L.A.)
Guest:
- Brussels Opera (associate principal)
- Sydney/Melb Symphonies
- Barcelona Opera (associate principal)
- Munich Chamber Orchestra (associate principal)
- Concerto Köln (associate principal)
- Musica Antiqua Köln (associate principal)
- Los Angeles Opera
- Philharmonie der Nationen (associate principal)
New York Harp Trio: 2007-2008
- Australia Tour
Quartets:
- Raw Fish: (New York) 1998-2001 Jennifer Frautschi, Nurit Pacht, Peter, Felix Fan
- Taiwan, Japan, USA: George Crumb Festival, La Jolla, Santa Fe
- Murrumbidgee Quartet (Köln) 1995 1996
- Japan, Australia, Germany
- Como String Quartet 1987-1992 (Melbourne)
- UK, Scotland, Australia
- Danel Quartet (Brussels) 1997 (80 concerts)
- France, Belgium, UK, Germany
Teachers:
- Mitchell Stern (2000-2002)
- Rainer Moog (1995-1997)
- Donald McInnes (1993-1994)
- Nathan Gutman (1991-1993)
- Nelli Shkolnikova (1985)
Courses
- Yuri Bashmet - Chigiana
- Alban Berg Quartet - Koln