Peter Schuback was born in Täby on March 31, 1947.
He was educated as a cellist in Stockholm, Köln and Paris. He has worked with several groups on the contemporary music scene mostly in Sweden, France and in Brasil. He taught cello and new music at the Malmö College of Music 1972-1975. Since then he is active as a freelance cellist, and as a composer.
Schuback explores the field between interpreter and composer and has adapted a number of major orchestral works for solo cello: Beethoven’s 9 symphony, Ravel’s La Valse, Tjajkovski’s Romeo and Julia, Smetana’s Moldau etc.
The composer Peter Schuback is largely self-taught through his work with the music of other composers. He writes mainly chamber music, pieces for mixed ensembles, solo works and some open scores.
The list of works includes orchestral music, tape music, a chamber opera as well as a later monodrama about Hölderlin.
In his endeavour to create a free tonal langue, leaving forms and structures behind, he tries to deal with the impossible
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