Peter Edwards (pianist)

Edwards earned a master's degree in Jazz from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in 2009.^[2] He participated in the Tomorrow's Warriors young artist development programme^[5] and in 2008 an orchestra was established initially to provide a platform for Edwards to recreate Duke Ellington's rarely performed The Queen's Suite.^[6][7][8] The orchestra was subsequently established as a permanent ensemble called the Nu Civilisation Orchestra (NCO), under the musical direction of Edwards.^[9][10] The NCO has performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, and the Royal Northern College of Music.^[5]

In 2014, he released his first album with the Peter Edwards Trio, Safe And Sound, which jazz critic John Fordham as "guileless and soulful",^[11] and which was listed by MOJO Magazine among the top 10 jazz albums of the year.^[12] It was followed in 2016 by A Matter of Instinct.^[3] The group performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival and the recorded performance was later broadcast on BBC Radio's Jazz on 3 and on Jamie Cullum's BBC Radio 2 programme.^[5]

Edwards made his BBC Proms conducting debut in 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall performing the sacred music of Duke Ellington.^[13][14]

• Peter Edwards Music. Official website.