Quickly earning a reputation as New York’s premier “Indie Opera” conductor, Peter Szep is known for his “tremendously affecting” accounts of difficult works. His production of “Il Tabarro” performed on an oil tanker at the Red Hook container port received critical acclaim in The New York Times and was called “exhilarating” by Brian Kellow in Opera News. Peter Szep is Music Director of Vertical Player Repertory in New York, where he will be conducting a site specific production of "A View from a Bridge" performed in the Red Hook neighborhood in which the opera is set.

Mr. Szep has championed new opera works, conducting the premiers of Dembska’s “The Singing Bridge,” Hayes’ “The Bee Opera” and Rodwin’s “The Sound of Waves: A Prayer Cycle,” which was part of the Mabou Mines’ Suite program. He founded the Chroma Symphony, an experimental multimedia orchestra and his collaborative video work has also been shown as part of Urban Lightworks. Peter Szep has been the Music Director of the Raylynmor Opera Company in Keene, New Hampshire since 2003.

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