Peter Handsworth
Peter Handsworth is currently Head of the School of Music-Conservatorium at Monash University. He studied clarinet at the University of Adelaide with David Shephard and at the State University of Music, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Peter regularly performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician and has recorded widely both in Australia and Europe on both CD and for radio and television broadcast including a chamber music recording with Sabine Meyer and Eddie Daniels on the EMI Classics label. He has a strong commitment to Romanian new music and has performed in Romania on numerous occasions.
Peter Handsworth is featured on the following titles
Bridges, Vol. 1
Chamber works by Australian, Korean and Romanian composers, recorded by Monash University staff and guests, mapping cultural bridges across Eastern Europe, North Asia and Australasia after decades of relative isolation.
Peter Handsworth also appears on
Conversations
The recording of Conversations is an outcome of a research project at Monash University’s School of Music. Six composers worked with performers to shape this electro-acoustic piece, joining team-based composition, contemporary performance practice, and music technology.