Peter Hill, University of Sheffield, performs works by Oliver Messiaen
Evening concert, Saturday, 17 November, 7:30 p.m., McKay Auditorium

Peter Hill has had a long association with the music of Messiaen. As a pianist he recorded all Messiaen's solo piano music (originally on Unicorn-Kanchana, now re-released by Regis),receiving the support and encouragement of the composer with whom he studied in Paris.

The recording won numerous awards and distinctions, and has been described as 'one of the most important solo recording projects of recent years' (New York Times).

Among other recordings are CDs of Stravinsky (Naxos) and of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations (Unicorn-Kanchana). His CD of the complete solo piano works of Schoenberg, Berg and Webern (Naxos) was a recording of the year in Classic CD and the The Sunday Times, and Editor's Choice in Gramophone.

Peter Hill's writings include The Messiaen Companion (Faber and Faber)and Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Cambridge University Press). He is co-author with Nigel Simeone of Messiaen (Yale University Press), a life of the composer based on documents, sketches and photographs from
the private Messiaen archive in Paris.

Forthcoming projects include a study of Messiaen's Oiseaux exotiques(again with Nigel Simeone) for Ashgate's series Landmarks in Music since 1950. Peter Hill teaches at the University of Sheffield.