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Known for his virtuoso energy on stage as well as an easy and entertaining way of speaking with the audience, Peter Stoll was a prizewinner in the International Clarinet Society Competition, and also Solo Clarinetist with the World Orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales in Berlin and Vienna, which was broadcast on live television across Europe. Peter won First Prize in Chamber Music at the National Competitive Music Festival, for whose 50th Anniversary edition he was invited back as Woodwind Adjudicator, and as soloist in the Gala Celebration Concert in Winnipeg. A graduate of the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, where he studied with Avrahm Galper and Ronald Chandler, he received his Master's of Music degree in Performance from Indiana University as a student of James Campbell.
Peter has been guest soloist with orchestras in Canada and the United States, and was invited to Saratov, Russia for solo performances with the Saratov Philharmonic's "Volga Wind Ensemble" and to present masterclasses at the State Conservatory.
Featured on several CD releases, Peter has been heard in solo performance on CBC-FM's "Arts National", "Music Around Us", "Music Alive", "DiscDrive" and "The Signal". Summer festival performances have included the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Ottawa Valley Festival, the Niagara International Chamber Music Festival, and as a Mentor at the Boris Brott Music Festival's National Academy Orchestra, as well as the Ottawa and Vancouver Chamber Music Festivals.
Orchestral performances are as Principal Clarinetist of the Toronto Philharmonia, as well as with many other local and regional orchestras. Peter is a member of the Trio d'Argento, which is currently touring and presenting concerts around Ontario.
Peter teaches clarinet, chamber music and performance studies at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. He is also a member of the Royal Conservatory of Music's National College of Examiners, and is much sought after as an adjudicator at music festivals across the country.
Recent highlights have included a duo recital with pre-eminent Canadian percussionist Beverley Johnston, solo and chamber performances for visits by world-renowned composers Kryzstof Penderecki and Chen Yi, concerto appearances with the Toronto Philharmonia and the Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra, as well as serving as Artist-In-Residence for the Silverthorn Symphonic Winds. Peter's website is www.peterstoll.ca
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