SHADOW PHASE out now on ROOM40

MOKUY by Hand to Earth out now on ROOM40

CROSSED & RECROSSED out now on Hospital Hill

“If trumpet is an element then Knight is an alchemist” New York City Jazz Record

Peter Knight - composer/trumpeter/PRODUCER

Perpetually curious, composer/trumpeter Peter Knight’s practice exists in the spaces between categories, between genres & between 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 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 soon to be 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.

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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

Full CV here

Media portfolio

schedule

May 1-10

Creative development in Yogyakarta with Senyawa, Lawrence English and Aviva Endean

May 29th

Kelvin Club Melbourne in conversation with James Hewison, Daniel Wilfred, and David Wilfred 6-8 TICKETS

June 11th

Premiere of KID SNOW Sydney Film Festival DETAILS

June 14th

Jersey City Theatre Centre New York - Hand to Earth TICKETS

June 15th

Lincoln Centre New York - Hand to Earth THE CROW (US premiere) in partnership with Jazztopad Festival DETAILS

June 16th

Public Records Brooklyn - with Hamid Drake and Hand to Earth for Jazztopad Festival

June 19th

Suoni Per Il Popolo Montreal with Hand to Earth THE CROW DETAILS

June 22nd

Ottawa Jazz Festival with Hand to Earth THE CROW DETAILS

June 26th

Vancouver Jazz Festival with Hand to Earth THE CROW DETAILS

June 28th

Vancouver Jazz Festival duo with JP Carter DETAILS

July 19th

Brisbane Powerhouse for OPEN FRAME with Hand to Earth DETAILS

July 20th

Brisbane Powerhouse for OPEN FRAME solo - Shadow Phase DETAILS

Past schedule