PETER REYNOLDS [b.1958]
Peter Reynolds was born in 1958 and studied in Cardiff where he now lives and works. During the 1980s he received several bursaries to attend the Dartington Summer School where he studied with the late Morton Feldman and was awarded the Michael Tippett Award for Composition in 1986. In 1987 he co-founded the Ixion new music ensemble. More recently, in 1990, he also formed the Cardiff-based PM Music Ensemble. He is currently the Artistic Director of the Lower Machen Festival in Monmounthshire.
His music has been played by performers including Bingham String Quartet, James Clapperton, Icebreaker, the Guildhall Strings, Sterling String Quartet, Sharon McKinley, Charlie Barber + Band, Carlo Rizzi, Lesley Garret and his own PM Music Ensemble. His music has been broadcast on Radio 3, BBC Wales and BBC Television. In 1993 his opera The Sands of Time was recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as a world record for the world's shortest opera at 3 minutes and 34 seconds.
Peter currently teaches composition at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and is a member of Cyfansoddwyr Cymru / Composers of Wales.