Peter Toye has been
playing the piano since before he can
remember. He believes that music is a
communal activity, and therefore concentrates
purely on chamber music (including all
forms of duo playing and instrumental
accompaniment) and vocal accompaniment.
He has studied vocal accompaniment with
Paul Hamburger, Roger Vignoles, David
Owen Norris, Robin Bowman, and chamber
music with Alexander Volkov, Laurence
Perkins, members of the Brodsky Quartet
and Schubert Ensembles among others. He
has accompanied masterclasses and workshops
by artists including Ian Partridge, Noelle
Barker, Victor Morris, Margaret Lensky,
Evelyn Tubb, Kathryn Lukas.
As a staff accompanist at Dartington International
Summer School, Peter has worked on everything
from baroque opera to 20th century instrumental
music.
He has performed in London (South Bank
and elsewhere), Stratford-on-Avon, Oxford,
Cambridge, St. Albans, Reading, Bracknell,
San Jose (USA) and many other places,
accompanying artists including Benjamin
Luxon, Sheila Amit Luxon and Peter Sidhom.
He was the founder of the Redlands
Trio, a Reading-based chamber group
of piano, violin & cello.
Peter is available for coaching, accompanying
and chamber work with singers and instrumentalists,
as well as for examinations to the highest grades.
| Pianist, accompanist, duo partner, chamber musician |