British clarinettist Peter Cigleris is equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician. With a passion for unearthing forgotten repertoire Peter has been able to premier and record various works unjustly consigned to the past. Peter is an artist for Backun Musical Services and Marca Reeds.
“All my professors gave me a little of something and I have always tried to use what works to enable my musical voice.
My teaching philosophy is to work hard in the preparation and then to play as free as a bird in the performance.
One of my most recent achievements of my career is to have been able to record four British Clarinet Concertos with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
I have many favourite performers and it wouldn’t be fair to single out any one in particular.
If I had to choose a humanitarian project it would be regarding climate change, for sure. We only have this planet and we need to come together as a species and figure out a way to stop abusing it. If we don’t we will be our own downfall.
I would bring Glen Gould’s first recording of the Goldberg Variations, Mozart’s Gran Partita played by the wind soloists of the OAE and the Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphonies in a deserted island.”