Peter Moore

Peter Moore was born in Belfast and brought up in Greater Manchester; his experiences as part of the world-renowned Northern brass band culture were crucial to his rapid development as a very young player. He came to international attention in 2008 when, aged 12, he became the youngest-ever winner of BBC Young Musician of the Year, launching a solo career that continues to go from strength to strength.

He has performed with leading orchestras, including the BBC, London and Lucerne Symphony orchestras, BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra and Ulster Orchestra. He has also given recitals at some of the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals, among them the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Cologne Philharmonie, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, London’s Barbican Centre and Wigmore Hall, Vienna Musikverein and Zurich Tonhalle, as well as at the Spoleto Festival, USA. Tours have taken him as far as Australasia, China, Japan, South America and South Korea, and from 2015 to 2017 he was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist.

His repertoire stretches from the early Baroque via Romantic lieder transcriptions to contemporary works. He has premiered trombone works written for him by Francisco Coll (Chanson et Bagatelle), Roxanna Panufnik (When You Appear) and Dani Howard (Trombone Concerto) and many others. He also gave the UK premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s Trombone Concerto with the LSO and the European premiere of Joe Chindamo’s Ligeia with the National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin.

Concerto highlights haved include performances in Tokyo’s Suntory Hall with Sir Simon Rattle and the BBC Proms with Vasily Petrenko.

His debut album Life Force was released in 2018. Accompanied by James Baillieu, the record features a selection of lieder arranged for trombone and piano as well as works originally written for trombone.

Peter Moore is the former Principal Trombone of the London Symphony Orchestra, joining in 2014 as the youngest-ever player. After 10 years, he resigned in order to focus on his career as a soloist. He is currently a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and has given masterclasses all over the world in institutions including the Juilliard School, Paris Conservatoire and New England Conservatory.

Trombôn

Ganed Peter Moore yn Belfast a chafodd ei fagu ym Manceinion Fwyaf; roedd y profiadau a gafodd fel rhan o ddiwylliant bandiau pres byd-enwog Gogledd Lloegr yn hanfodol i’w ddatblygiad cyflym fel offerynnwr ifanc iawn. Daeth i sylw rhyngwladol yn 2008 pan enillodd wobr Cerddor Ifanc y Flwyddyn y BBC ac yntau ond yn 12 oed – y person ieuengaf erioed i ennill y wobr hon – gan lansio gyrfa fel unawdydd sy’n parhau i fynd o nerth i nerth.

Mae wedi perfformio gyda cherddorfeydd blaenllaw, gan gynnwys Cerddorfa Symffoni’r BBC, cerddorfeydd Symffoni Llundain a Lucerne, Cerddorfa Gyngerdd y BBC, y Gerddorfa Ffilharmonig Frenhinol, Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC, Cerddorfa Ffilharmonig Frenhinol Lerpwl, Cerddorfa Siambr Gwlad Pwyl a Cherddorfa Ulster. Mae hefyd wedi rhoi datganiadau yn rhai o leoliadau a gwyliau mwyaf nodedig y byd, gan gynnwys Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Kölner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Canolfan Barbican a Neuadd Wigmore yn Llundain, Musikverein Fienna a Tonhalle Zurich, yn ogystal â Gŵyl Spoleto. Mae ei deithiau wedi mynd ag ef mor bell ag Awstralasia, Tsieina, Japan, De America a De Korea, a rhwng 2015 a 2017 roedd yn un o Artistiaid Cenhedlaeth Newydd BBC Radio 3.

Mae ei repertoire yn ymestyn o’r cyfnod Baróc cynnar i drawsgrifiadau lieder Rhamantaidd, ac i weithiau cyfoes. Mae wedi perfformio premières o weithiau trombôn a ysgrifennwyd ar ei gyfer gan Francisco Coll (Chanson et Bagatelle), Roxanna Panufnik (When You Appear), Dani Howard (Concerto i’r Trombôn) a llawer mwy. Ef hefyd a roddodd y perfformiad cyntaf yn y DU o Goncerto Syr James MacMillan i’r Trombôn gyda Cherddorfa Symffoni Llundain, a’r perfformiad cyntaf yn Ewrop o Ligeia gan Joe Chindamo gyda’r Gerddorfa Symffoni Genedlaethol yn Nulyn.

Mae ei uchafbwyntiau ym myd y concerti wedi cynnwys perfformiadau yn Neuadd Suntory yn Tokyo gyda Syr Simon Rattle, ac ym Mhroms y BBC gyda Vasily Petrenko.

Rhyddhawyd ei albwm cyntaf, Life Force, yn 2018. Gyda chyfeiliant gan James Baillieu, mae’r record yn cynnwys detholiad o ganeuon lieder wedi’u trefnu ar gyfer trombôn a phiano, yn ogystal â gweithiau a ysgrifennwyd yn wreiddiol ar gyfer y trombôn.

Bu Peter Moore yn Brif Drombonydd gyda Cherddorfa Symffoni Llundain, gan ymuno â’r gerddorfa yn 2014 fel y chwaraewr ieuengaf erioed. Ar ôl 10 mlynedd, ymddiswyddodd er mwyn canolbwyntio ar ei yrfa fel unawdydd. Ar hyn o bryd mae’n athro yn yr Academi Gerdd Frenhinol yn Llundain ac mae wedi rhoi dosbarthiadau meistr ym mhedwar ban byd mewn sefydliadau sy’n cynnwys Ysgol Juilliard, Conservatoire Paris a’r New England Conservatory.