Biography
Peter ARNESEN
Studio Pianist / Arranger / Composer / Songwriter / Performer
Session Pianist & Keyboards / London 1970 - 1983
Recording and live work with many personalities in Rock -Pop & Jazz Music of the 1960's and 70's
- Guitarist Mick Ronson (David Bowie)
- Graham Nash
- Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople)
- John Grimaldi
- Joe Brown
- Leo Sayer
- Petula Clark
- Helen Henderson
- Sheena Easton
- Amii Stewart
- Dana Gillespie
- Simon Phillips
- Lynsey de Paul
- Cameron Brown
- Mick Cox
- Tony Scott
- Peter Noone
- Jim Leverton
- Dick Morrissey / IF
- Henry Spinetti
- Michael Edwards
- Graham Parsons
- Tony Hatch
- Robin Black
Live work and recording with many well known bands such as:
- If
- The Hollies
- Chaser
- The Mick Cox Band
- Coast Road Drive
- The Rubettes
- Daddy Longlegs
- Taggett
- Leo Sayer Band / Silverbird
- Cheap Flights
- Bacon Fat
- Hunter - Ronson
Co-founder and lecturer at the Department for Jazz, Popularmusic and Improvisation from 1987 - 2012 at the:
- UNIVERSITY MOZARTEUM, SALZBURG /
- CarlORFF INSTITUT, SALZBURG /
- Abt. 11 / MOZARTEUM in INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
COMPOSING / RECORDING / PERFORMING / ARRANGING since 1983
1985 / Munich Dance Festival / Munich Germany / "Gouille Ga Yar" / Live Dance, Electronics and Percussion
1986 / ORFF Symposioum 1968 / Sakzburg, Austria / "Connecntions" / Sound Design for a choreography by Barbara Haselbach
Performance for Mixed Dance and Live Electronics
1990 / ORFF Institute / "MIDanceQ" / Choreography by Margarida Amaral and Lucinda Weaver /
Performance for Dance and Live Electronics
1992 / CD "Alphorngesänge" Mini Moog / Improvisation for Alphorn, Midi Violin and Mini Moog peterarnesen.bandcamp.com
2000 / "Kampfzone" / Live Electronics- Sound Design Performance to selected Texts from the French writer Michel Houellebecq
Performance of Sound Design with Electronic Keyboards / Electric Guitar and Vocals / with dramatised readings by the actress Barbara Gassner
2007 / Ensemble "Kleckhéscht" / "Über d' Schneid" Klavier: Peter Arnesen, Stimme: Christiane Schober peterarnesen.bandcamp.com
2007 / "Jazz Ensemble Úngút" www.ensembleungut.com / Arrangements to traditional Icelandic Folk Music
Chambermusic jazz for Voice, Piano and Doublebass
2008 / "Songs of Iceland" www.ensembleungut.com / Klanglogo
2012 / "Blástjárnan" Songs of Iceland Vol ll www.ensembleungut.com /
2020 / Voted in to join the board of the "Austrian Society of Composers and Songwriters" ACOM
2021 / Im Rahmen der "Austrian Music Week" Schwerpunkt "Improvisation" Improvisationen am Klavier / 10 Juni, Live Stream Concert im trans-
Art Studio, Salzburg. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FAiZWSELSkln3tNpXBU-o_0uO23O0hkm/view