Peter Broderick

Peter Broderick B. 20 Jan 1987 In Portland Oregon Is A US Musician And Composer. He Has Been A Member Of Efterklang. He Played And/or Toured With Several Ensembles Including Horse Feathers M. Ward She & Him Norfolk & Western And Laura Gibson. His Solo Work Is Quite Varied But Is Often Grounded By Piano And/or Strings. Broderick He Grew Up In A Small Town Of Carlton Near Portland Oregon. Coming From A Musical Family He Started Violin Lessons At Age 7 And In High School Became Interested In All Different Kinds Of Instruments. He Started To Play Piano Guitar Banjo Mandolin Musical Saw And Anything Else He Could Find. After High School He Moved To Portland OR Where He Studied Music Theory And Filmmaking. During This Time He Began To Play In Multiple Bands Around Town And Was Able To Establish Himself As A Regular Session Musician At Various Recording Studios For Artists Like M. Ward. In Late 2007 He Was Miraculously Invited By Some Of His Musical Heroes The Danish Band Efterklang To Move To Copenhagen And Join The Live Band. So He Did And Since Then He Has Toured With The Band All Around The World Playing Hundreds Of Concerts And Opening Many Of Them As A Solo Act. Since This Move He Has Released Several Solo Recordings As Well. Starting With A Few Primarily Instrumental Piano-Based Releases In 2007 Then Branching Out Into A Completely Different World With The More Folky ‘Home’ In Late 2008 Which Has All But Established Broderick As The Young Composer To Watch – With Critical Acclaim From Music Magazines NME/Mojo/Uncut And Broadsheet Press Alike. ‘A Precociously Talented Classically Trained Multi-Instrumentalist’ – The Independent / ‘A Songwriter Of Beguiling Depth' #19 Album Of 2008 – The Sunday Times 2009 Saw His First Major Release ‘Music For Falling From Trees’ A 30-Minute Piece In Seven Sections Created For A Contemporary Dance By London-Based Choreographer Adrienne Hart Neon Productions . Adrienne Was Looking For A Score Of Piano And Strings So He Left The Guitar And His Voice Aside And Focused Entirely On Those Two Timbres. ‘I Decided To Take This Literally And Make A Rule Not To Use Any Other Instrument. In The Script It Called For The Sound Of A Ticking Clock. I Made This Sound By Tapping On The Body Of The Violin With My Fingernails.’ The Dance Tells The Story Of A Man In A Psychiatric Hospital And His Struggle To Maintain His Identity. The Music Is Sometimes Melancholic Sometimes Playful Sometimes Chaotic But With The Combination Of Piano And Strings Full Of Beauty Reverence And Awe. The Dance Premièred At The Place London On January 21st 2009. His Album "‘These Walls Of Mine" Was Released In 2012. read less