Stockholm native Per QX continues to be at the cutting edge of an ever evolving global underground house music scene. Currently based in Bali, and also regularly in his previously adopted London hometown, Per has played his signature bouncing DJ sets in over 30 cities across the globe from San Francisco to Singapore. These include slots at Berlin’s Tresor, Barcelona’s Razzmatazz, and festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival and Lovebox. 

His productions have attracted fierce attention, including a global premiere on Pete Tong’s radio 1 show for his tracks ‘Ready 4 This’ (with Paramour) and his solo single “Let it Go” on Glasgow Underground. 
It’s not the first time Per has graced those hallowed decks either, with a play in the BBC Essential Mix, and Steve Angello playing the exclusive of ‘Save Us’ (with Zoo Brazil) when standing in for Tong on a previous show. Save Us was released on Size records and has been played 290 000 times on soundcloud. 

Kevin Saunderson remixed his and Zoo Brazil’s follow up track “Give it up” on Noir music last year, and Per collaborated with Dantiez Saunderson on a Great Stuff recordings EP in 2015 which featured highly in the traxsource chart.

In March last year the book “DJ-Liv/DJ Life” was released in which he is featured as playing an important part in Swedish night life history.

Per is the co-founder of the outrageous international dance party GutterSlut. From its beginnings in an East End strip joint, to its cult status in locations across London, Berlin and Stockholm, the club night became a favourite for city locals, hosting guest slots from the likes of Felix Da Housecat, DJ Hell and Tiga. 

Per has released on celebrated labels like Strictly Rhythm, Size, Noir Music, Glasgow underground, Great Stuff, and Southern Fried Records to name a few. He has seen his compositions used for a variety of projects in film and TV, including adverts for Adidas, BBC Radio 1, Pioneer and BBC TV.

His productions regularly receive DJ support from some of the biggest names in the business, including Hot Since 82, Skream, Mark Knight, Danny Tenaglia, DJ T, Mat.Joe, Camelphat, Tough Love, Roger Sanchez and Prok & Fitch.

Welcome to Deutsche Grammophon!

Recording great performances of classical music in the best audio quality has been Deutsche Grammophon's mission since it was founded in 1898. The list of artists who have collaborated with the label reads like a roll call of the greatest musicians of the past 100 years: Abbado, Argerich, Barenboim, Bernstein, Boulez, Domingo, Dudamel, Gilels, Horowitz, Karajan, Kleiber, Mutter, Netrebko, Salonen, Zimerman, and so on.

No one could have imagined at that time what to expect - like Xavier de Maistre himself, when he decided to change the face of the harp 16 years ago. Today he plays pieces like "Moldau" by Smetana in breathtaking precision and presents masterful pieces of music that are usually played by an entire orchestra.

Meanwhile, a worldwide audience listens to his virtuosity and enjoys the unprecedented sounds. Pieces, that no harpist played before, or even thought about - like the Haydn piano concertos. Not only that makes him one of the most extraordinary musicians, even masters of this time.

Xavier de Maistre began to study harp with 9 years. Like many other famous musicians, all started with love - but in this case not as expected the love to his harp. It was rather the love for his former teacher, who offered extra harp lessons. Early, it turned out that Xavier has a great talent and no wonder he started with 25 years to play for the Vienna Philharmonic. Before that he played 3 years for the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and in 1998 Xavier won the first prize of the "USA International Harp Competition“, the major harp competitions in the world. But since Xavier´s family is not from a traditional harp-playing dynasty they put great importance to a solid education. So Xavier started his study of politics at the „Institut des Sciences Politiques“ in Paris and spent 1 year in London at the „London School of Economics ", when he finally decided to prefer music to the political studies. For a musician, he achieved very early what all harpists dream of – a position in one of the best orchestras in the world, the Vienna Philharmonic.

However Xavier de Maistre was about to go on. To see this point as the highlight of the career, which would definitely be a great honor for most of the harpists, and aslo for Xavier, but it was also a kind of sad moment. He achieved the ultimate goal of a harpist at age 25. Through his countless appearances and his keen ambition he has always wants to refute the long-existing bias of the harp - played in the background by angel-like women. Thanks to his his quick anticipation, intelligence and tremendous skill, he has played many pieces as a soloist with the harp and delighted thousands of listeners. Finally, he succeeds to establish the harp as an independent instrument. During his career, many great conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Andre Previn, and Daniele Gatti became curious on him and his passion and asked him to play with them. A long series of concerts follows, convincing the audience that Xavier de Maistre is undoubtedly the master of his instrument. Not for nothing, beside famous conductors, also the most successful singers like Barbara Bonney, Kathleen Battle and Diana Damrau played with him. Likewise, of course, the long list of world-renowned opera houses which he had already visited: Theatre des Champs Elysees Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musikverein Vienna, Tokyo Opera City, Lincoln Center New York, Salzburg Festival, La Scala Milan and many others.

No wonder, Xavier´s enthusiasm and his gift to play will not put an end to this success story. Awarded with the Echo Klassik Award 2009 for his album "Nuit d'Etoiles" as "Instrumentalist of the Year" (Sony Music) he reaps the fruits of his labor.

For more than 9 years Xavier de Maistre is working as a professor at the Musikhochschule Hamburg and now also teaches at the Julliard School in New York, at the Toho University in Tokyo and in London at Trinity College. After 11 years with the Vienna Philharmonic Xavier leaves his position in order to devote himself to his international solo career - a step that no harpist has done before.

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