Peter Gregson

Peter GregsonBorn in Edinburgh in 1987, Peter Gregson is a cellist and pioneer of contemporary music. He has performed widely in Europe and the US, at venues ranging from The Royal Albert Hall, London to The Ingleby Gallery in Edinburgh; from the Twitter Offices in San Francisco to Le Poisson Rouge, New York. He works regularly with cutting edge technologists, most recently including Microsoft Labs, UnitedVisualArtists and the MIT Media Lab.

Performance highlights for 2011 include opening the MIT150 FAST Festival in Boston, Cross-Linx Festival in the Netherlands, SXSW, 'Eclectica' at LSO St Lukes and a world tour of his new album with The Sandbox Network.  

Peter Gregson plays a Colin Irving acoustic cello, a custom five string Eric Jensen electric cello. He is an Apogee Electronics Artist and Native Instruments Artist, the 2011/11 Creative in Residence at The Hospital Club and a Made-By Ambassador. His music is published by Mute Song.