Evans, Peter 1950-

Peter Evans, pianist, conductor and teacher lives in Edinburgh.
He came from Surrey to study music at the University of Edinburgh and played oboe in the University Orchestra.  
His piano teachers included Elizabeth Hazlett and Colin Kingsley in Edinburgh and Hans Graf at the Hochschule fur Musik in Vienna.
He has been principal conductor of the Meadows Chamber Orchestra since its formation in 1972, is co-founder and was for twelve years an artistic director of the Hebrides Ensemble, and was for six years a member of the Scottish Arts Council.
Since 1982 Peter Evans has been closely associated with the concerts, chamber music and masterclasses of Sandor Vegh's International Musicians' Seminar at Prussia Cove in Cornwall.  

Peter is married to violinist Uli Fenner and teaches piano, jazz and conducting at Aberdeen City Music School and in Edinburgh.

Instrument(s)/responsibility:
oboe, pianoforte
Nationality:
British, English

Concerts by Performer

Title Date Venue Professor
Reid Chamber Concert Thursday, May 1, 1969 Reid School of Music, Park Place (see also University Music Classroom) Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971
Reid Chamber Concert Thursday, April 30, 1970 Reid School of Music, Park Place (see also University Music Classroom) Newman, Sidney T. M. 1906-1971
Edinburgh University Musical Society Annual Concert Wednesday, March 3, 1971 Usher Hall Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988
Reid Chamber Concert Thursday, May 4, 1972 Reid Concert Hall Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988
Reid Orchestral Concert Thursday, October 16, 1975 Reid Concert Hall Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988
Edinburgh University Musical Society Friday, December 3, 1976 Reid Concert Hall Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988
Reid Chamber Concert Thursday, October 13, 1977 Reid Concert Hall Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988
Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1978 Saturday, May 20, 1978 St Cecilia's Hall & MIMEd Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988
Reid Chamber Concert Thursday, November 27, 1980 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988
University of Edinburgh Quatercentenary Concert Thursday, October 6, 1983 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, March 6, 1984 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, February 17, 1987 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988
Reid Chamber Concert Sunday, December 6, 1987 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988
Annual Reid Concert 1988 Tuesday, February 9, 1988 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, January 30, 1990 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, October 23, 1990 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, October 20, 1992 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, October 26, 1993 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, October 18, 1994 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, December 2, 1997 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, February 23, 1999 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
Janet Buckley Memorial Concert 1999 Saturday, October 30, 1999 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, October 17, 2000 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, January 27, 2004 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
150th Anniversary of Music Class Room opening in 1859 Monday, November 23, 2009 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
Annual Reid Concert 2011 Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ Osborne, Nigel 1948-
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ
Reid Lunch-hour Concert Tuesday, March 20, 2018 Reid Concert Hall with Ahrend organ No Reid Professor in office