Active as a composer, conductor and bassist, Peter Askim is Artistic Director of the Next Festival of Emerging Artists and conductor of the Raleigh Civic Symphony and Chamber Orchestra. He is on the faculty of North Carolina State University and was previously Music Director and Composer-in-Residence at Idyllwild Arts.
 
As a composer, he has been called a “Modern Master” by The Strad and has had commissions and performances by the Tokyo and Honolulu Symphonies, ETHEL, Ransom Wilson and Timothy Fain. He has conducted World Premieres by Nico Muhly, Aaron Jay Kernis, Christopher Theofanidis, Pierre Jalbert and Richard Danielpour and has collaborated with the Miró String Quartet, Matt Haimovitz, Vijay Iyer, Sō Percussion, Paul Neubauer, Tony Arnold and guitarist/songwriter Richard Thompson.
 
Peter Askim official site
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