Biography

Peter Sulski , Artistic Director, violin/viola master first traveled to the Middle East in 2001 as Head of Strings of the National Palestinian Conservatory. He has returned many times, most recently in December 2008, as a U.S. State Department cultural envoy, to help Ramallah-based Al Kamandjati Association, a non-governmental music education organization, build a Palestinian youth orchestra for music students across the Palestinian Territories.

Mr. Sulski was a member of the London Symphony Orchestra for seven years. While in England he served on the faculty of the Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music and Drama, as well as being Artistic Director of Chapel Royal Concerts, which he founded in 1993. For seven years he gave the annual Viola Masterclass, along with many solo recitals and chamber music concerts at the Dartington International Summer School. He gave his Carnegie Hall debut in 1999, and his first London South Bank appearance in 2001.

After his brief stay in the Middle East as Head of Strings of the National Palestinian Conservatory, Bicommunal Coordinator for chamber music for the Cyprus Fulbright Commission and Principal Violist of the Cyprus Chamber orchestra, Peter returned in 2002 with his wife Anita to his native Worcester. He is currently on the faculty as teacher of violin/viola/chamber music at Clark University and College of the Holy Cross. He is a member of QX and Mistral. Peter is also Artistic Director of the Thayer Festival in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and records for Centaur Records.