Peter Holman, Artistic Director

Peter Holman is a distinguished academic who believes in putting his research into practice. He is Director of The Parley of Instruments, Leeds Baroque Orchestra, Psalmody and Essex Baroque Orchestra. A particular champion of English music, he was founder and director of the ground-breaking English Orpheus series on Hyperion Records.

He has also taught at many conservatories, universities and summer schools in Britain and abroad. He is Emeritus Professor of Historical Musicology at the University of Leeds. In addition to writing four acclaimed books, he regularly contributes to a range of newspapers and journals and has published many editions of early music.