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Born in
Gloucester, Peter Jaekel entered the Royal Academy of Music in 1985 where he
studied piano accompaniment with Geoffrey Pratley and David Willison, and organ
with John Scott. For seven years he was chapel organist at Bradfield College,
Berkshire.
Since 1997, he has been a freelance organist and
piano accompanist. He is a deputy accompanist to the London Symphony Chorus,
where he has worked with some of the world's finest conductors, including Sir
Colin Davis, Daniel Harding and Yan Pascal Tortelier. He is repetiteur to North
Herts Guild of Singers, accompanist to Hertford Choral Society, and regularly
plays for other choirs in the South-East including Brighton Festival Chorus. He
has been organist of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge since 2000 and performs as
pianist with the Ben Sanders Scottish Country Dance Band throughout Britain and
abroad.
Peter is in huge demand as a piano accompanist,
most recently accompanying the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber and the saxophonist
John Harle. He is also much sought after as a vocal coach for contemporary
music; recent repertoire includes operas by Sir Michael Tippett, Jonathan Dove,
Stephen McNeff and Tansy Davies. He is principal repetiteur for Eastern Opera
and has also worked for European Chamber Opera.
Recent engagements have included performances of
Handel Organ Concerti and Saint-Saens Organ Symphony, and he has appeared at the
Swaledale, Ryedale, Brighton and Deal Festivals. His work has taken him to
France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Norway,
Hong Kong and New York. Future plans include tours of Spain, Belgium and
Holland.
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