Peter de Jager

Peter de Jager holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition from the University of Melbourne. He undertook both the Young Academy program and the Advanced Performance program at the Australian National Academy of Music and is now on the faculty as an Associate Artist. His piano teachers have included Stephen McIntyre, Rita Reichman and Nehama Patkin, his composition teachers Stuart Greenbaum and Elliott Gyger. He is equally a pianist, harpsichordist and composer.

Peter attended the Lucerne Festival Academy, directed by Pierre Boulez, in 2009, 2010 and 2013. His performances there included Messiaen’s Turangalila-Symphonie under David Robertson. He attended the Bang on a Can Summer Institute (Massachusetts) in 2011. He has recorded a disc of French Oboe Sonatas with
Ben Opie.

As a composer, he has been commissioned by Astra, the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and Speak Percussion. He performs cabaret and co-wrote Reception: The Musical with actor/writer Bethany Simons, which was nominated for a Green Room Award. His Freedman Fellowship will fund a European recital tour highlighting a newly-commissioned piano sonata by Chris Dench, and creating four mini documentaries on the Sonata and three other piano works.