About Peter G Dyson

Peter G Dyson is an outstanding English Conductor, described by The Times as a "Baroque specialist" and by the London Evening Standard as "An Internationally respected conductor".

Founder, Musical Director, and Manager of The Belmont Ensemble of London, it is his enterprise and vision that has seen the Orchestra perform over 400 concerts at St Martin-in-the-Fields, more than any other orchestra in the history of the famous Church.

A graduate of the highly acclaimed Advanced Conducting Course at the Royal Academy of Music, Peter studied and has undertaken masterclasses with Colin Metters, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Sir Roger Norrington, Claus Peter Flor, George Hurst, and the pedagogue Ilya Musin from St Petersburg Conservatory. Peter was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2000, an honour reserved for the Conservatoires most eminent graduates.

He has conducted The New Queens Hall Orchestra in London, including a live broadcast on BBC Radio 3, he has been a regular Guest Conductor with the Latvian Philharmonic Orchestra in Riga, and has also conducted the Guatemala National Symphony Orchestra in Guatemala City, the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra in Skopje, the Filharmonie Ceske Budjedovice, Filharmonie Hradek Kralove, South Bohemian Chamber Orchestra (Czech Republic) and the Midlands Sinfonia. He has also conducted the Michigan University Symphony Orchestra at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

Peter, a former choral scholar, has conducted the BBC Singers in concert in Messiaen's 'Cinq Rechants' for BBC Radio 3, and has worked with the Philharmonia Chorus, the English Chamber Choir, the Tallis Chamber Choir, the Joyful Company of Singers, the New London Singers, St Martin-in-the-Fields Choir and Choral Scholars, the Codina Singers, the Northampton Bach Choir, the Chameleon Arts Chorus, Sevenoaks Philharmonic Choir and Barts Choir.

He has conducted at London's premier venues including St Martin-in-the-Fields, St John's Smith Square, St James's Piccadilly, The Banqueting House, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and has broadcast on BBC Radio and TV, ITV, Channel 4 TV, Channel Five TV and Classic FM. Peter has worked in concert with artists including David Campbell, Jill Gomez, Sir Edward Heath, John Lill, Benjamin Luxon, Anneka Rice, John Craven, Nicola Loud, Alan Brind, Sam Haywood, Ashley Wass, Ruth Rogers, Benjamin Nabarro and Helena Wood.

Peter won the Havant Symphony Orchestra Conducting Competition, was runner-up at the British Reserve Insurance NAYO Conducting Competition, and was a finalist in the BFYC Choral Conducting Competition.