Peter Ivan Edwards was born in New York in 1973. His work has been performed throughout the world by numerous ensembles, including the Mutare Ensemble, Ensemble SurPlus, Ensemble Chronophonie, Ensemble Ascolta, the Noise Ensemble, the mmm… collective, and the La Jolla Symphony.
He has been an invited participant at both the Darmstadt Ferienkurse für neue Musik in 2002 and the June in Buffalo Festival in 2005. His works have been performed at major international festivals including the Darmstadt Ferienkurse für neue Musik (2002), the MATA Festival (2005), Donaueschinger Musiktage (2008), and Wien Modern (2008).
In addition to a DAAD Grant in 2001, Edwards has also been awarded three ASCAP Standard Awards, 3rd Prize in the Deutscher Studienpreis 2002, and was a winner of the Klangraum-Raumklang competition that was part of the 2002 Internationale Ferienkurse für neue Musik in Darmstadt, Germany.
Edwards also performs live electronic music solo and with his trio Ang Mo Faux. To date, he’s performed in Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, and Tel Aviv.
Edwards studied composition at Northwestern University; the University of California, San Diego; and the Folkwang Hochschule Essen. His principal composition instructors are Chaya Czernowin and Nicolaus A. Huber. Currently, Edwards is an Associate Professor at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore, where he teaches music composition and music theory.
His recent debut CD Object Lessons is available on Albany Records. His work Knapp, written for British trumpeter Stephen Altoft, can be heard on the recently released CD The Yasser Collection from Microtonal Projects.
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Updated on 23/09/2012
