Peter Jablonsk is artistic director for the festival. He was born in Lyckeby, Sweden and started playing the drums at the age of five and piano at six. At the age of nine he performed on the drums at the `Village Vanguard` in New York and with musicians such as Buddy Rich and Thad Jones. Peter even received praise from the legendary Miles Davis.

 

Meanwhile, Peter’s interest developed in the classical piano repertoire which led to his first solo performance aged twelve and later on he became a student at the Royal College of Music in London.

Over the years Peter has worked with many of the worlds finest orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, Washington Philharmoni, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia, BBC Symphony, DSO Berlin, Tonhalle Zurich, Orchestre Nationale de France, La Scala Philharmonic and NHK Tokyo.

 

This season will include performances with the Seoul Philharmonic, Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Tokyo Symphony and Osaka Philharmonic (as part of Peter’s 18th tour of Japan). Peter will also be appearing with the Mostly Mozart Orchestra at Lincoln Center, New York. Recently Peter has taken up conducting and has worked with a number of European orchestras. Next season will see him conducting the Krakow Philharmonic.

 

Peter has received several awards and in 2005 he was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal by the King of Sweden. Peter lives with his family (and cat) in London.