Peter Tuite
{{Short description|Irish pianist (born 1976)}}
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Peter Tuite is a classical concert pianist.
Early studies
Born in Dublin, Tuite was first educated at Belvedere College SJ.{{cite news |last1=Tuite |first1=Peter |title=Peter Tuite qualifies for Irish Music Final |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/localnotes/peter-tuite-qualifies-for-irish-music-final-27782473.html |publisher=Fingal Independent |date=2000}} He studied under Anthony Glavin at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and later at the Peabody Institute in the United States. Tuite earned degrees at Trinity College Dublin, and the Royal Irish Academy of Music{{cite web |last1=Tuite |first1=Peter |title=Biography |url=https://www.riam.ie/about/our-people/peter-tuite |website=Royal Irish Academy of Music |date=13 September 2019 }} before, in 2002, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship{{cite news |title=Irish Fulbright Alumni Newsletter |url=http://www.irishfulbrightalumni.com/img09/IFAA%20newsletter%2036%20for%20web_.pdf |publisher=Irish Fulbright Alumni Association}} and a Bank or Ireland Millennium Scholarship for further study in the United States, whereupon he enrolled at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.{{cite web |title=Professorial Staff |url=https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/study/teaching-staff/peter-tuite |website=www.trinitylaban.ac.uk |publisher=Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance}} After completing his graduate studies at Peabody, he earned a Masters in Literature and Arts from the University of Oxford.{{cite news |title=Trinity Laban announces new head of Keyboard Studies |url=https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/international_piano/archive-2548/ |issue=International Piano Archive-2548 |publisher=Rhinegold Publishing}}{{cite journal |via=University of Oxford |title=VIDES |journal=Volume of Interdisciplinary Essays |date=2013 |volume=1 |url=https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about/mla-vides}} Whilst a student, Tuite won several awards for classical performance, including the Millennium Young Musician of the Future competition,{{cite news |title=Concert Review |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/ailish-tynan-soprano-deborah-kelleher-piano-peter-tuite-piano-1.1108855 |publisher=The Irish Times |date=2000}} and the Chopin Prize at the Dublin International Piano Competition.{{cite journal |title=Peter Tuite appointed head of piano and keyboard instruments at Trinity Laban |journal=Journal of Music |date=30 November 2015 |url=https://journalofmusic.com/news/peter-tuite-appointed-head-piano-and-keyboard-instruments-trinity-laban}}
Career
A number of Tuite's performances have been broadcast on both radio and television. In 2008, he was appointed head of the keyboard faculty at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, whilst between 2015 and 2018, he served as "Head of Piano and Keyboard Instruments" at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. As of May 2020 he was a member of faculty at both the Royal Irish Academy of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. In April 2024, Tuite was appointed as Head of Keyboard at the Royal Irish Academy of Music for a further four years. {{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=RIAM announce new Head of Wind, Brass & Percussion and Head of Keyboard appointments {{!}} RIAM |url=https://www.riam.ie/news/riam-announce-new-head-of-wind-brass-percussion-and-head-of-keyboard-appointments |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=www.riam.ie |language=en}}
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Category:21st-century Irish classical pianists
Category:Irish classical musicians
Category:Alumni of the Royal Irish Academy of Music