Peter grew up in a musical household where there was a focus on early music. At the age of two he got his first viol. At age seven regular lessons on the recorder and the viol began, followed a few years later with study of the harpsichord and organ. As a teenager he performed regularly in different early music groups on the viol, recorder and other Renaissance instruments. Before taking his A-levels he enrolled at the music college in Koeln to study viol and recorder and finally studied 4 years with Wieland Kuijken in Den Hague. During his studies Peter taught privately and on summer schools. He also extended his performance career and made numerous CDs, mostly on viols - from the pardessus de viole to the violone.
