Peter Croton

Award-winning lutenist and romantic-guitarist Peter Croton is an active performer & recording artist as soloist & accompanist. In the press he has been called a "lyric poet of the lute" and has been praised for his "breathtaking virtuosity" and "astonishing range of tone colors and dynamics". His compositions for voice & lute have been described as "challenging and refined... highly suited for inclusion in today's concert repertoire". He won first prize at the Erwin Bodky Competition for Early Music in Cambridge MA (1984) and has also won prizes at other international competitions. He has recorded numerous CDs and appeared on television and radio. 2024 saw him performing solo recitals in China, Australia, England, Austria and Switzerland. For many years he has taught lute, romantic guitar, continuo, and historical performance practice at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and the Conservatory of Music in Bern.  

Peter's newest books, "A Method for the Baroque Lute based on historical sources" and "A Method for the Renaissance Lute, with a supplement for the archlute", were published be Le Luth Doré. His books "Performing Baroque Music on the Lute & Theorbo" and "Performing Baroque Music on the Classical Guitar" are available on Amazon.