Autumn Concert Series featuring Peter Ko

Description

Join the Library for our Autumn Concert Series on Fridays from September 1 to November 3. Each concert will begin at 1 p.m. in the Winn Room. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to the performance. This week, cellist Peter Ko will be playing Bach's Suite No.1, music from the Renaissance and more. 'Praised as “particularly moving” (San Diego Story) and showing “extraordinary [musicianship]' with “unbroken focus … fierce and committed” (San Diego Union Tribune), Peter Ko is a cellist based in San Diego, California. As a performer, his training and projects have taken him across the USA, Mexico, Canada, and Europe. His collaborations with other renown musical artists include, Mark Fewer, the Dover String Quartet, Steve Schick, Tony Arnold, and Charles Curtis. Peter has performed at the soundSCAPE music festival, SICPP, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, with the Palimpsest and Renga ensembles, with Project [BLANK], and currently serves as principal cellist for the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus. Peter has received his significant musical training from Charles Curtis, Vernon Regehr, Ron Leonard, and Felix Fan. He holds a MMus from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and a BA from University of California, San Diego. He is currently working towards his DMA in Contemporary Music Performance, at UCSD.