Peter Berlind Carlson
B i o g r a p h y
1981, in his final year as a master student, Peter was asked to join the staff at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
After some years of teaching Peter received a British Council scholarship and continued his studies in London with - among others - guitarist David Russell, composer Stephen Dodgson and baroque specialist Charles Medlam.
Peter has lectured and given master classes at some of Europes most prestigious conservatoires and guitar festivals, been a jury member at international competitions as well as playing concerts both as a soloist and chamber musician.
His articles and compositions have been published in international guitar magazines and grade systems/guitar syllabus.
A hand injury in 2005 stopped Peter from playing, but in 2009 he returned to the stage to perform Paganini together with internationally acclaimed viola virtuoso Atar Arad.
In 2013 Peter - together with Grammy award winning artist David Russell and studio legend George "Jojje" Wadenius, among others - was invited to perform at the 10:th anniversary concert at the Uppsala International Guitar Festival. This year Peter performed the legendary minimalistic piece "In C" together with an ensemble featuring the composer Terry Riley himself , his son Gyan Riley , The Gothenburg Combo just to name a few.
Apart from teaching, Peters main focus is in composing and playing chamber music in various ensembles.
Peter Berlind Carlson is professor of guitar and head of the guitar department at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.

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