Peter Myers

International Young Artists Festival Guest

Praised for the warmth and color of his sound, American cellist, composer, and arranger Peter Myers (b. 1985, St. Louis) has served as Assistant Principal Cellist of the San Francisco Opera since 2017, and is internationally known as a chamber musician. He is a founding member of SAKURA, a unique and innovative quintet of cellos, as well as the Saguaro Piano Trio, which placed first in the 2009 International Chamber Music Competition Hamburg, and he has concertized in the US,
Germany, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Laos, Pakistan, and Mongolia. He has appeared at the Marlboro Music Festival (including on tour with Musicians from Marlboro), and also as guest principal cellist of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

Mr. Myers studied at the Colburn Conservatory with Ronald Leonard and completed his graduate studies with Ralph Kirshbaum at the University of Southern California. He has composed and arranged for ensembles and institutions including the American Contemporary Ballet, SAKURA, and the Verona Quartet. He lives in San Francisco.