Peter Hill (pianist)

Peter Hill (* 1948 ) is a British pianist and author.

Hill studied at Oxford University and with Cyril Smith at the Royal College of Music in London and with Nadia Boulanger . In 1974 he was awarded the Kranichstein Music Prize (piano). Until 2009 he was a professor at the University of Sheffield . In 2011 he became a Fellow of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He is considered a Messiaen expert.

Publications

• Peter Hill (ed.): The Messiaen Companion . Faber & Faber, London 1995, ISBN 0-571-17033-1 .
• Peter Hill: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-62221-2 . (Cambridge music handbooks)
• Peter Hill / Nigel Simeone: Messiaen . Schott, Mainz 2007, ISBN 3-7957-0591-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Peter Hill in the catalog of the German National Library
• Peter Hill at the University of Sheffield
• Peter Hill's website