Peter Herresthal

Award winning violinist Peter Herresthal (b. 1970) is known for his interpretations of contemporary concertos with orchestras and ensembles worldwide. Working closely with composers Per Nørgård, Thomas Adès, Kaija Saariaho, Henri Dutilleux, Harrison Birtwistle and Arne Nordheim, he has recorded 15 concertos for BIS, LAWO and Simax, winning three Norwegian Grammys (‘Spellemannprisen’) and a “record of the month” award in the Strad magazine and International Record Review. In 2007, his Nørgård recording was nominated for a Gramophone Award.
Herresthal has performed with leading conductors such as Sakari Oramo, Thomas Adès, Ilan Volkov, Anu Tali and Andrew Manze, and with orchestras including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at the Melbourne festival, and the Vienna Radio Symphony at the Vienna Konzerthaus, as well as the major Scandinavian orchestras including the Oslo and Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestras.
He is professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, and a visiting professor at the Royal College in London and at NYU Steinhardt. Herresthal performs on a GB Guadagnini violin from Milan, 1753.