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Biography
As a soloist and chamber musician, Peter has performed extensively in the UK and Europe including recitals at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and at London's Purcell Rooom as part of the Park Lane Group Series.

He performs regularly as a guest with British orchestras including the BBC Symphony, Scottish Chamber and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as numerous chamber groups. As a member of the Eurpean Wind Octet, he toured throughout Europe, including at a special audience in Salzburg with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and has worked with some of the leading British contemporary ensembles Lontano, Okeanos, Chroma, New Music Players and the Uroboros Ensemble. He has played at many festivals, including the Vale of Glamorgan, Spitalfields, 1st Festival of Contemporary Music in Baku (Azerbaijan), Jerusalem's Classical Winter and recently gave two recitals in New York.

Peter has taken part in many premières, including solo pieces by Richard Dudas (Sonata, Prelude), Michael Kaulkin (American Standard), and Raul Rothblatt (solo clarinet version of Trio for Cello, Sox and Underwear), as well as works by Robin Holloway, Dai Fujikura, Thomas Ades, Mark—Anthony Turnage, Elliott Carter, John Adams, Magnus Lindberg, Peter Eotvos, Peter Maxwell Davies and others. Recently he began a series of solo performances with live electronics, opening at the Forum Neues Musiktheater, Stuttgart and took part in the highly acclaimed premières of Simon Wills' chamber opera The Secret Agent at the Feldkirch Festival, Austria in 2006.

As a member of Impropera - 'the world's only (and arguably the best) improvising opera company' - he has taken part in completely spontaneous operatic performances at festivals in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Sweden and at the World Impro Games in Helsinki. The company recently undertook residencies at Den Anden Opera, Copenhagen, Oslo Opera Festival and the Theatro di Porto San Giorgio in Italy. Impropera's appearances in 2007 include the Lichfield Festival and London's Soho Theatre.

As a committed teacher for over 15 years, Peter is increasingly involved as animateur, composer and conductor in a number of innovative projects, particularly in connection with the DaCapo Foundation. He has conducted and compered performances of his Farmyard Suite with the DaCapo Chamber Orchestra in Belfast, London, Canterbury and (memorably) in Norwich Cathedral with 720 Norfolk school children.

Published by DaCapo in 2007, his In Concert series is a collection of pieces for beginner instrumentalists with piano accompaniments.

Orchestral Work
Orchestras: Adderbury Ensemble, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bath Philharmonia, British Philharmonic Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Camerata Ireland, English National Opera Orchestra, English Touring Opera, Impropera, London Concertante, London Festival Orchestra, London Musici, Lontano, Manning Camerata, New London Sinfonia, New Mozart Orchestra, New Queens Hall Orchestra, Okeanos, Opera a la Carte, Orchestra of the Swan, Pavilion Opera, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Verdi, Sinfonia ViVA. Shows: Les Miserables, Porgy & Bess. Sessions: Hilary Skewes.

Peter's orchestral work also includes the BBC Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, English Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, English National Ballet, Brunel Ensemble, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, International Symphony & Chamber Orchestra, Jerusalem and Kirov Orchestra of the Marjinski Theatre, St Petersburg.

Peter's web links
www.peterfurniss.co.uk
www.impropera.co.uk
www.clarinetclassics.com
www.dacapo.co.uk
www.aboutthecomposer.com
www.stevengerber.com

Peter joined Morgensterns in August 1997

Peter's web profile was last updated 10th May 2008