“Knowledge Exchange Violin“

Peter Sheppard Skærved, violin, in collaboration with Michael Alec Rose

Solo violin and viola works composed for the great violinist on site at the following institutions, with a particular focus on composing music for specific artworks, landscapes, and historic instruments.  

Here are selected films and audio recordings of the Knowledge Exchange Violin Collaboration:

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.:

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City:

Library of Congress, Washington D.C.:

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Farnham Heath, England:

Works composed for Il Cannone Guarnerius and the “Sivori”, Niccolò Paganini’s violins on exhibit at Palazzo Doria Tursi, Genova, Italy: