SHADOW PHASE out now on ROOM40
MOKUY by Hand to Earth out now on ROOM40
CROSSED & RECROSSED out now on Hospital Hill
“If trumpet is an element then Knight is an alchemist” New York City Jazz Record
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Peter Knight - composer/trumpeter/PRODUCER
Perpetually curious, composer/trumpeter Peter Knight’s practice exists in the spaces between categories, between genres & between cultures.
From 2013-23 Peter was the Artistic Director and co-CEO of the Australian Art Orchestra, for which he commissioned over 100 compositions and collaborations from a diverse range of international and Australian artists. He also composed for, and performed in the company, presenting his works at international festivals and venues in more than a dozen countries winning awards including four AMC Art Music Awards, the Albert H Maggs Composition Prize, and numerous ARIA nominations.
Peter has maintained an active solo career developing an international reputation as a innovator who is extending the possibilities of his instrument with approaches that interweave acoustic preparations, extended techniques with electroacoustic processing via laptop, vintage delays, tape machines, and pedals. His latest solo release, Shadow Phase, is out on the ROOM40 label, described by Headphone Commute as, "a carefully curated exercise in reflective restraint, dreamy atmospherics, ebbing dynamics.”
Peter’s current touring projects include ARIA nominated, Hand to Earth, featuring Yolngu songkeepers, Daniel & David Wilfred (MOKUY ROOM40), his solo work, Shadow Phase, and a new collaboration with Indonesian duo, Senyawa (The Prey and the Ruler ROOM40).
Peter also composes for film and recently completed the score for soon to be released Australian feature, Kid Snow (in collaboration with Warren Ellis). He works in contemporary theatre, most notably with acclaimed director, Tamara Saulwick (Chamber Made) with whom he has made five works that blur the boundaries between theatre and music performance that have toured to major international festivals and won three Green Room awards.
Peter was a Creative Australia Music Fellow 2013-14. He holds a doctorate in music composition from Griffith University and was named its 2013 Alumnus of the Year.
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“A sonic world of wonder, warmth, and possibility.” The Saturday Paper (review of Shadow Phase)
“Solos here were like songlines, not paving superhighways through a compositional infrastructure but leaving faint footprints in a soundscape that evolved as organically as an ecosystem.” Downbeat
“Hard to categorise… hauntingly memorable” The Wire (UK)
“Hand to Earth is a truly exquisite album” * * * * * Songlines Magazine (UK)
“If trumpet is an element then Knight is an alchemist.” New York City Jazz Record
schedule
June 14th
Jersey City Theatre Centre New York - Hand to Earth TICKETS
June 15th
Lincoln Centre New York - Hand to Earth THE CROW (US premiere) in partnership with Jazztopad Festival DETAILS
June 16th
Public Records Brooklyn - with Hamid Drake and Hand to Earth for Jazztopad Festival
June 19th
Suoni Per Il Popolo Montreal with Hand to Earth THE CROW DETAILS
June 22nd
Ottawa Jazz Festival with Hand to Earth THE CROW DETAILS
June 26th
Vancouver Jazz Festival with Hand to Earth THE CROW DETAILS
June 28th
Vancouver Jazz Festival duo with JP Carter DETAILS
July 19th
Brisbane Powerhouse for OPEN FRAME with Hand to Earth DETAILS
July 20th
Brisbane Powerhouse for OPEN FRAME solo - Shadow Phase DETAILS
July 22nd
Monday Night Confessions, Sydney - Linda May Han Oh, Peter Knight solo DETAILS
July 24th
Sydney Opera House - Sydney Symphony Orchestra, featured soloist in Wata composed by Paul Grabowsky DETAILS
August 14th
Performance at APRA/AMCOS Art Music Awards: Peter Knight, Daniel Wilfred & David Wilfred. Malthouse Theatre Melbourne
August 15th and 20th
Kid Snow screenings and artist talks at Melbourne International Film Festival
September 11-16
Paris for creative development of new work, Reality Hunger, with Nadia Ratsimandresy. Produced by Full Rhizome
October 14th
The Bunker Singapore solo and in collaboration with Tim O’Dwyer and SA Collective
November 15th
Australian Art Orchestra 30th Anniversary at The Malthouse Melbourne performing The Plains
Past schedule
Releases
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The Mini Masterclass Series features musicians from our pool of amazing AAO collaborators and digs deep into specific musical and technical topics, providing...
Edited version of solo concert at Copenhagen Jazzhouse 6th of September, 2014
We had originally planned the Closed Beginnings premiere performance as part of our series at MPavillion in collaboration with Monash University Museum of Ar...
Australian Art Orchestra with Nicole Lizée under the direction of Peter Knight. Metropolis New Music Festival 2016
Repurposing the omnipresent portable device, Alter is an audio-visual installation for 16 iPads and 16 people in a delicate meditation on invisible systems and interconnectedness. Created by Tamara Saulwick & Peter Knight, in collaboration with Martyn Coutts and Steve Berrick, Commissioned by Arts House and premiered at the 2016 Festival of Live Art.
A solo improvisation I recorded in my studio recently using the Revox reel-to-reel with my trumpet, along with some cymbals and found percussion. I'm also us...
Performance of Peter Knight's composition, The Plains, inspired by Gerald Murnane. Performance by the Australian Art Orchestra with Julia Reidy at JazzFest B...
Mini doc about Crossed & Recrossed, out now on Hospital Hill
To mark the Australian Art Orchestra's 25th anniversary, we're presenting the Solo Series: a monthly video release that puts the spotlight on one of the twel...