Peter Wiley

Orlando Cole Chair in Cello Studies
Cello

Peter Wiley, a 1974 graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, performs as a soloist and recitalist; is a founding member of Opus One, with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott and Curtis faculty members Ida Kavafian and Steven Tenenbom; and succeeded his teacher, David Soyer, as cellist of the Guarneri String Quartet.

With the Beaux Arts Trio from 1987 to 1998, Mr. Wiley has played at leading festivals, including the Marlboro Music Festival, for which he also tours and records. In 1986 he made his concerto debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York String Orchestra conducted by Alexander Schneider. As a recitalist he has appeared at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.

Mr. Wiley entered the Curtis Institute of Music at age thirteen. At twenty he was named principal cello of the Cincinnati Symphony, after one year with the Pittsburgh Symphony.

Mr. Wiley teaches at the University of Maryland and Bard College Conservatory of Music and joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 1996.

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Empathy for Uncertainty-Guarneri String Quartet members reflect on decades of learning, teaching, and performing
Overtones, Spring 2008