- Frank Peterson
:"For the
U.S. Marine Corps general, seeFrank E. Petersen ."Frank Peterson is a German music producer known for his work with Enigma and artists such asSarah Brightman , Gregorian andPrincessa .Peterson was born on
December 20 ,1963 , inGeesthacht , a suburb ofHamburg . As a child he taught himself to play the piano and keyboard, going on to work in a music store. It was here that he metMichael Cretu and became lead keyboardist for Sandra, appearing prominently on her hit single Maria Magdalena.He was a member of Sandra's band for a few more years, then moved with the Cretus to
Ibiza . While there he became involved with Cretu's new project, Enigma, under the pseudonym of "F. Gregorian". Peterson contributed to their first album, "MCMXC a.D. ", writing several tracks.Peterson left the group in 1991 and pursued work on Gregorian, a musical project co-founded by Thomas Schwarz and Matthias Meissner. The female vocals for this album were provided by The Sisters of Oz - a duo composed of Birgit Freud and Susana Espelleta, who was married to Peterson at the time. Soon after, he met English
soprano Sarah Brightman and collaborated with her on all her solo albums since "Dive".Gregorian was re-invented later on in his career as a group performing chant arrangements of popular songs. Peterson's inspiration, as he stated in an interview, was the approaching new millennium and its spiritual aspect. [Best, Sophie. [http://web.archive.org/web/20010828182429/http://theage.com.au/entertainment/2001/08/26/FFXR2DDASQC.html Q&A: Frank Peterson."]
The Age . August 26, 2001. Retrieved August 6, 2006.]In
1997 , Peterson collaborated with Israeli singerOfra Haza , producing her last album "Ofra Haza". This album was very successful inEurope and theUnited States .Other artists whom Peterson has worked with include
Princessa , Violet, andSinsual (the last two of which have CDs in the works).Notes
External links
* [http://www.nemo-studio.de Nemo Studios]
* [http://www.gregorian-music.com/gregorian/en/a-peterson.php Gregorian Music - bio of Frank Peterson]
* [http://home.global.co.za/~jvd/index.html FPWeb - The Frank Peterson Website]
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