Berlin based saxophonist Peter Ehwald writes and performs music, along the tangency of Jazz and contemporary music. With his approach to rhythm rooted in the Jazz tradition, he uses unusual instrumentations and modern concepts of harmony.
Peter Ehwald studied Saxophone at the music academies in Weimar and Köln, at the Royal Academy of Music in London and at City College New York. He took lessons with Claudius Valk, Mike Holober, Julian Argüelles, Stan Sulzman and Ian Ballemy. Rewarded with a prestigious DAAD scholarship he studied with John Patitucci, Rich Perry at City College, New York from 2007 to 2009.
He has worked with musicians like Tom Rainey, Gunter Hampel, Clarence Penn, Rhani Krija, Dan Weiss, John Betch, Kim Bo Sung, Rudi Mahall, Claudio Puntin, Gunter Hampel, Nils Wogram, John Schröder, Eivind Aarset, Jon Scott, Matthias Schubert, Stefan Schultze, Jonas Burgwinkel, Robert Landfermann and others.
Peter's music is released on around thirty CDs, he is an intensely touring musician, who performs with many bands in countries like UK, France, Poland, Spain, Finland, USA, Peru, Costa Rica, South Korea and Mexico.