FOR A MOMENT THE SKY KNEW MY NAME out November 21st pre-order now from ROOM40
TOO LONG; DIDN’T READ ARIA nominated, out now Earshift Music
NOW WE ARE BRANCHES AND LEAVES with øjeRum out now on 12K
ŊURRU WÄŊA by Hand to Earth out now ROOM40
“If trumpet is an element then Knight is an alchemist” New York City Jazz Record
TL;DR nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album out now on Earshift Music accompanied by a stunning video by Lola Hewison.
Peter Knight - trumpet/electronics
Helen Svoboda - bass/voice
Quinn Knight - drums
Theo Carbo - guitar
Off the Beaten Track (Longe da Estrada), with original music by Peter Knight selected for São Paulo International Film Festival. Directed by Hugo Vieira Da Silva. Off the Beaten Track is about French artist, Paul Gaugin, in Tahiti through the perspective of poet Victor Segalen.
The Barbican Centre with Shabaka 12/9
De Singel Antwerp with Ánnámáret 17/9
Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin with Shabaka 20/9
New album Ŋurru Wäŋa out on ROOM40
Produced by Peter Knight and Lawrence English
Daniel Wilfred - voice/bilma
David Wilfred - yidaki/voice
Sunny Kim - voice/percussion
Aviva Endean - clarinets/winds/electronics
Peter Knight - trumpet/electronics/synthesisers
Now We Are Branches And Leaves, out now on the iconic New York label 12K, is a longform work clocking in at an hour’s length. It is a meditative study of repeating piano motifs that ground the piece, and ethereal trumpet and electronic subtleties providing tangential traces.
øjeRum (Paw Grabowski): Piano, Synthesizer
Peter Knight: Trumpet, Electronics
I have been appointed to Banff Centre for the Arts faculty for ‘Soundweavings’ intercultural music residency program April 27 to May 10 2025.
It’s going to be an incredible two weeks in an absolutely stunning environment. The Banff Centre has provided me with some of the most transformative experiences of my life as both student and resident artist, and I’m so glad to have to opportunity to give back through helping shape this program with incredible musicians from around the world.
The Prey and the Ruler was developed for live performance in 2024 in Yogjakarta and makes its Australian premiere for AsiaTOPA festival 6th March Arts Centre Melbourne. Featuring: Senyawa - Rully Shabara (voice/electronics) and Wukir Suryadi (bespoke string instruments), Aviva Endean (clarinets and winds), Lawrence English (electronics), and Peter Knight (trumpet/electronics)
The Prey and the Ruler ROOM40 (2022).
Perpetually curious, composer/trumpeter Peter Knight's practice thrives in the spaces between genres, categories, and cultures.
From 2013-23 Peter was the Artistic Director and co-CEO of the Australian Art Orchestra, for which he commissioned over 100 compositions and collaborations from a diverse range of international and Australian artists. He also composed for, and performed in the company, presenting his works at international festivals and venues in more than a dozen countries winning awards including four AMC Art Music Awards, the Albert H Maggs Composition Prize, and numerous ARIA nominations. Peter was a Creative Australia Music Fellow 2013-14. He holds a doctorate in music composition from Griffith University and was named its 2013 Alumnus of the Year.
Peter has maintained an active solo career developing an international reputation as a innovator who is extending the possibilities of his instrument with approaches that interweave acoustic preparations, extended techniques with electroacoustic processing via laptop, vintage delays, tape machines, and pedals. His latest solo release, Shadow Phase, is out on the ROOM40 label, described by Headphone Commute as, "a carefully curated exercise in reflective restraint, dreamy atmospherics, ebbing dynamics.”
Peter’s current touring projects include ARIA nominated, Hand to Earth, featuring Yolngu songkeepers, Daniel & David Wilfred (MOKUY ROOM40), his solo work, Shadow Phase, and a new collaboration with Indonesian duo, Senyawa (The Prey and the Ruler ROOM40).
Peter also composes for film and recently completed the score for recently released Australian feature, Kid Snow (in collaboration with Warren Ellis). He works in contemporary theatre, most notably with acclaimed director, Tamara Saulwick (Chamber Made) with whom he has made five works that blur the boundaries between theatre and music performance that have toured to major international festivals and won three Green Room awards.
Peter was a Creative Australia Music Fellow 2013-14. He holds a doctorate in music composition from Griffith University and was named its 2013 Alumnus of the Year. He is a board member of Melbourne’s iconic arts centre, The Substation, and was also recently appointed to faculty for the Soundweavings intercultural music residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Alberta, Canada.
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“A sonic world of wonder, warmth, and possibility.” The Saturday Paper (review of Shadow Phase)
“Solos here were like songlines, not paving superhighways through a compositional infrastructure but leaving faint footprints in a soundscape that evolved as organically as an ecosystem.” Downbeat
“Hard to categorise… hauntingly memorable” The Wire (UK)
“Hand to Earth is a truly exquisite album” * * * * * Songlines Magazine (UK)
“If trumpet is an element then Knight is an alchemist.” New York City Jazz Record
For a Moment the Sky Knew My Name out on ROOM40 on 21 November. Available for pre order now. First single out now with video by Scott Morrison.