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In 2002, Pieter Schoeman joined the London Philharmonic
Orchestra as Co-Leader, and was appointed Leader in 2008.
Born in South Africa, he made his solo debut with the Cape
Town Symphony Orchestra at the age of ten. He studied with
Jack de Wet in South Africa, winning numerous competitions,
including the 1984 World Youth Concerto Competition in America.
In 1987 he was offered the Heifetz Chair of Music scholarship
to study with Edouard Schmieder in Los Angeles and in 1991
his talent was spotted by Pinchas Zukerman who recommended
that he move to New York to study with Sylvia Rosenberg.
In 1994 he became her teaching assistant at Indiana University,
Bloomington.
Pieter Schoeman has performed as a soloist and recitalist
throughout the world in such famous halls as the Concertgebouw
in Amsterdam, Moscow's Rachmaninov Hall, Capella Hall in
St Petersburg, Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, Hollywood Bowl
in Los Angeles and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. As a
chamber musician he regularly performs at London's prestigious
Wigmore Hall. As a soloist with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra, he has performed Arvo Pärt's Double Concerto
and Benjamin Britten's Double Concerto, which was recorded
for the Orchestra’s own record label. Most recently
he played concertos with the Wiener Concertverein and Orchestre
Philharmonique de Nice.
In 1995 Pieter Schoeman became Co-Leader of the Orchestre
Philharmonique de Nice in France. During his tenure there
he performed frequently as Guest Leader with the symphony
orchestras of Barcelona, Bordeaux, Lyon, Baltimore and the
London Philharmonic Orchestra.
A frequent guest of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London,
Pieter Schoeman returned in October 2006 to lead that orchestra
on a three week tour of Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore
and Kuala Lumpur.
Pieter Schoeman has recorded numerous violin solos with the
London Philharmonic Orchestra for Chandos, Opera Rara, Naxos,
the BBC and for American film and television. He led the Orchestra
in its soundtrack recordings for The
Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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