Background
Stark, Peter Harry Geoffrey was born on May 22, 1955 in Guildford, England. Son of Geoffrey William Emery and Barbara Dorothy Stark.
Stark, Peter Harry Geoffrey was born on May 22, 1955 in Guildford, England. Son of Geoffrey William Emery and Barbara Dorothy Stark.
Diploma, Royal College of Music, London, England, 1977. Doctor of Music (honorary), University of the West of England, Bristol.
Principal 2nd violin Welsh National Opera, Cardiff, Wales, 1978—1988. Head of strings Purcell School, London, 1988—1990. Senior fellow of conducting and orchestral studies Trinity College Music, 1997—2004.
Artistic director West of England Philharmonic Orchestra, Bristol, since 2000, Parnassus, London, since 2000. Leverhulme professor of conducting National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Pricipal conductor Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra, St. Albans, England, since 1994.
Member of Royal Academy Music (associate).