German - American Guitarist Peter Knoll - Bio 
Winner of GuitarPlayerZen Magazine’s Award (November 2007)... „Peter is a world class player, and even better, he has his own unique style and voice. Something that rarely one finds.“ His improvisational playing is truly inspiring!" Working with greats like Bassist Mark E. Peterson (Cassandra Wilson, Lyle Lovett, Joan Baez) as well as Percussionists Hahlil (Roberta Flack), Gerardo Velez (Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Spyro Gyro) and Mike D. (Beastie Boys). On a rare occasion, he has been performing for German Countess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis. Peter is also a sought after guitar teacher and the founder/owner of www.guitarclasses.nyc. Amongst his students were the sons of Diana Krall/Elvis Costello, former Super Model Helena Christensen and "Walking Dead" actor Norman Reedus and both children of The Edge, guitarist of “U2”. Quote: "I recommended Peter as a teacher to other friends and I would do it again. He really does have a lovely manner, a fun spirit, and a gift for teaching". 
Growing up in a small Bavarian farm village in Germany, Peter started out taking guitar lessons at the age of 8 at the local music school and played with bands from his teenage years onwards. He enrolled at the Guitar Institute of Munich, graduated in 1993 and continued his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston/USA. After graduating in 1995, he studied privately with composer/saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi. 
From 1996 - 2004 he lived, performed and taught in Berlin/Germany. He continued his education and received a Yamaha teaching certificate. Winning the Green Card lottery, Peter was finally able to pursue his dream and moved to New York in 2004. After arriving in the city, he passed his first audition as a show band/solo guitarist for Princess Cruises and was hired for six contracts (2 1/2 years). Besides working with different artists like Indie Pop-Rock Band „Emme and the Swedes“, NYC Jazz Guitar Duo with Kent Thompson, composing music for Multimedia Literary Webzine „Mad Hatter’s Review, he has been playing with his own experimental solo and power duo/trio projects and improvising live along Fritz Lang silent movies. 
From September 2011 to May 2012, Peter collaborated with New York based composer of sound installations Michael J Schumacher. From 2008 to 2015, Peter co-lead the Austrian improvisational quartet „Conundrum“ with Viennese sax player Clemens Salesny, performing in Germany and Austria. In January 2014, he went on tour in China with the hit broadway show "Chicago" under the original conductor Rob Bowman. He played banjo, ukulele and mandolin in the orchestra. In September 2016, he completed an Artist-In-Residency in Poschiavo/Switzerland (hosted by Cornelia Mueller uncool.ch) including a European solo tour in Switzerland/Italy and Germany. 
He was faculty member from 2007 - 2017 as guitar teacher and band coach at Churchstreet School for Music and Art, as well as different other schools in NYC. He also works as a German language coach since 2007. 
Peter Knoll’s debut album „Certainty Is“ (feat. Bill Mead on drums) has been released in May 2011. The follow up albums “Love Is My Soul” and “Peculiar” (feat. Mark Peterson on bass and Andy O’Neill on drums) will be released in September 2020. 
In September 2019, he released “In Your Maze” with “Breathe-Live” (feat. Christopher Braig on flute/sax and Christian Finger on drums). 
In February 2020, he recorded guitar tracks for the Italian/French full feature black horror comedy “Bad Habits Die Hard” by Riccardo Papa. The music was composed by Susan DiBona & Salvatore Sangiovanni (The Villa Studios)

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