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Peter Kater
Born (1958-05-28) May 28, 1958 (age 65)
Germany
GenresNew Age, electronic, ambient
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Piano, Keyboards
Years active1983–present
LabelsPoint of Light, Silver Wave, Real Music, Gaia/Polygram
Websitewww.peterkater.com

Peter Kater (born 1958)[1] is a German-born American pianist, composer and Grammy Award winner.[2]

When he was four, he moved with his family from Germany to New Jersey. He studied classical piano at an early age. In 1977 when he was eighteen, Peter moved to Boulder, Colorado, where he spent thirteen years before moving to Virginia and later Los Angeles, building his own studio, and starting his own record label. His debut album, Spirit (Silver Wave, 1983), and those that followed reached the Top 20 New Age music chart at Billboard magazine. These included several collaborations with R. Carlos Nakai. He has also collaborated with Snatam Kaur, Michael DeMaria, Tina Guo, Nawang Khechog and Dominic Miller. His first Grammy Award nomination was for the album Red Moon (Silver Wave, 2003) for Best New Age Album. 13 more nominations followed with his first win coming in 2018 for the album Dancing on Water (Point of Light, 2017). Kater has sold millions of records, scored the music of over 100 television and film productions including 11 On & Off-Broadway dramatic plays and is a proud recipient of the Environment Leadership Award from the United Nations.[3]

Dancing On Water debuted at #3 on Billboards New Age Chart, 2017. Inner Passion (Hearts of Space, 2016), his collaboration with cellist Tina Guo, debuted at number four on the Billboard New Age Albums chart.[4]

Awards and honors

Discography

Filmography

Year Film Involvement
1989 Beyond the Edge (documentary) Song Performer: Spirit
1991 Scenes from a Mall (feature film) Song Performer: Deck the Halls
1994 Natural Born Killers (feature film) Songwriter and Performer: Earth
2006 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (documentary) Original music score, singing, music recording, piano, synthesizers
2007 Where the Indian Lies (short) Composition
2009 Gray Eagles (video short) Composition, music engineering
2010 The Legend of Secret Pass Music

See also

References

  1. ^ Fantz, Christy (January 31, 2018). "Former Boulder resident Peter Kater wins New Age Grammy Award". Daily Camera.
  2. ^ Garammy Winners List 2020 by Zoe Haylock, Vulture.com, January 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Lane, Joslyn. "Peter Kate". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Peter Kater Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Peter Kater | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

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