British classical violinist, dedicatee of well over 200 works for solo violin, by composers such as George Rochberg, Judith Weir, Michael Finnissy, and Hans Werner Henze.
He plays on a 1698 Stradivari owned by Joseph Joachim from the collections of the Royal Academy of Music, where he is the Fellow of Performance Studies.
Founder and leader of The Kreutzer Quartet.
ALBUMS
Robert Saxton - Kreutzer Quartet*, Peter Sheppard Skærved*
String Quartets 3 & 4 - Sonata For Violin 'Reflectiions In Time'
2025, CD, Album, Metier
Nigel Clarke (3), Peter Sheppard Skærved*, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Neil Thomson
The Prophecies Of Merlin
2023, CDr, Album, Naxos
Gregory Fritze, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Roderick Chadwick
Spanish Meditations & Dances
2023, CD, Divine Art
Mozart*, Daniel-Ben Pienaar, Peter Sheppard Skærved*
The 'Palatine' Sonatas K.301-306
2022, CD, Album, Athene Records
Edward Cowie, Saki Kato (2), Miyabi Duo, Spectrum Quartet, Christopher Redgate, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Mihailo Trandafilovski
Streams And Particles
2022, CD, Metier
Hafliði Hallgrímsson, Peter Sheppard Skærved*
“Offerto”: Works For Solo Violin
2021, CD, Album, Metier, 
,
, Contemporary
Edward Cowie, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Roderick Chadwick
Bird Portraits
2021, CD, Album, Metier
Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Johann Joseph Vilsmaÿr
Great Violins, Volume 4 - Girolamo Amati, 1629
2021, CD, Album, Athene Records
Peter Sheppard-Skærved*
Florish In The Key
2021, CD, Album, Athene Records
Gregory Rose - Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gregory Rose
Orchestral Music
2020, CD, Album, Toccata Classics, ,
, Contemporary
Peter Dickinson - Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Roderick Chadwick, Kreutzer Quartet*
Chamber And Instrumental Music
2020, CD, Album, Toccata Classics
Peter Sheppard Skærved*
Great Violins, Vol. 3 - The Klagenfurt Manuscript
2020, 2xCD, Album, Athene Records
Franz Schubert, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Julian Perkins
3 Sonatas (1816)
2020, CD, Album, Athene Records
Giuseppe Tartini - Peter Sheppard Skærved*
30 Sonate Piccole For Solo Violin, Volume Five: Sonatas Nos. 25-30
2019, CD, Album, Toccata Classics, ,
, Baroque
Thomas Simaku, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Chris Orton, Joseph Houston, Roderick Chadwick
Solos And Duos For Violin And Piano
2019, CD, Album, Naxos
Jeremy Dale Roberts, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Roderick Chadwick, Kreutzer Quartet*, Bridget MacRae
Chamber And Instrumental Music
2018, CD, Album, Toccata Classics
Mihailo Trandafilovski, Peter Sheppard Skærved* / Roderick Chadwick, Longbow / Kreutzer Quartet*
Diptych
2018, CD, Album, Metier, Metier Sound & Vision
Henze*, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Roderick Chadwick
Violin And Viola Works
2018, CD, Album, Naxos
Giuseppe Tartini, Peter Sheppard Skaerved*
30 Sonate Piccole For Solo Violin, Vol. 4 - Sonatas Nos. 19-24
2017, CD, Album, Toccata Classics, ,
, Baroque
Michael Alec Rose, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Diana Mathews
Il Ritorno
2017, CD, Album, Metier, Metier Sound & Vision
David Gorton (2) - Longbow, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Stefan Östersjö
Variations On John Dowland
2017, CD, Album, Toccata Classics
David Matthews (9), Peter Sheppard Skærved*
Music For Solo Violin, Volume Two
2016, CD, Album, Toccata Classics
Henze* - Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Omar Ebrahim, Longbow, Parnassus Ensemble London*
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Il Vitalino Raddoppiato
2015, CD, Album, Naxos, BBC
Beethoven*, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Aaron Shorr, Dov Scheindlin, Neil Heyde
Beethoven Explored - Volume 6
2015, CD, Album, Metier
Nigel Clarke (3) - Sébastien Rousseau, Malene Sheppard Skærved, Longbow, Peter Sheppard Skærved*
Music For Thirteen Solo Strings
2015, CD, Album, Toccata Classics
Giuseppe Tartini - Peter Sheppard Skærved*
30 Sonate Piccole For Solo Violin, Volume Three: Sonatas Nos. 13-18
2015, CD, Album, Toccata Classics, ,
, Baroque
Sadie Harrison - Peter Sheppard-Skærved*, Roderick Chadwick, Diana Mathews, Mihailo Trandafilovski
Solos And Duos For Strings And Piano
2015, CD, Album, Toccata Classics, ,
, Contemporary
Henze* - Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Omar Ebrahim, Longbow, Parnassus Ensemble London*
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Il Vitalino Raddoppiato
2015, 8xFile, AAC, Album, 256, Naxos
Giuseppe Tartini - Peter Sheppard Skærved*
30 Sonate Piccole, Volume Two: Sonatas Nos. 7-12
2013, CD, Album, Toccata Classics, ,
, Baroque
Beethoven*, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Aaron Shorr
Beethoven Explored - Volume 5
2013, CD, Album, Metier, ,
, Classical
David Matthews (9) - Peter Sheppard Skærved*
Music For Solo Violin Volume One
2013, CD, Album, Toccata Classics, ,
, Contemporary
Giuseppe Tartini - Peter Sheppard Skærved*
30 Sonate Piccole, Volume One: Sonatas Nos. 1-6
2012, CD, Album, Toccata Classics, ,
, Baroque
Paul Pellay, Peter Sheppard Skærved*
Thesaurus Of Violinistic Fiendishness
2012, CD, Album, Metier
David Gorton (2) - Neil Heyde, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Roderick Chadwick, Kreutzer Quartet*
Trajectories
2010, CD, Album, Metier, Metier Sound & Vision
Gloria Coates • Kreutzer Quartet* • Peter Sheppard Skærved* • Neil Heyde • Roderick Chadwick
String Quartet No. 9 • Sonata For Violin Solo • Lyric Suite For Piano Trio
2010
Nigel Clarke (3), Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Ivan Hutchinson (3), Band Of HM Royal Marines, Plymouth*, Longbow, Lt Col Chris Davis
Samurai • Black Fire • The Miraculous Violin
2007, CD, Naxos
Beethoven*, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Aaron Shorr
Beethoven Explored - Volume 3
2007, CD, Album, Metier
Beethoven*, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Aaron Shorr
Beethoven Explored - Volume 4
2007, CD, Album, Metier
Paul Moravec - Eighth Blackbird, Peter Sheppard-Skærved*, Aaron Shorr
The Time Gallery / Protean Fantasy / Ariel Fantasy
2006, CD, Album, Naxos, 
,
, Contemporary
Henze* - Peter Sheppard Skærved* · Aaron Shorr · Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra* · Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 3 / Five Night-Pieces
2006
George Rochberg - Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Violin Concerto (Restored Original Version)
2004
Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Friedrich Gauwerky, Ian Pace (2), Peter Sheppard Skaerved*
Chamber Music
2003, CD, Albedo
Beethoven* - Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Aaron Shorr
Beethoven Explored - Volume 2
2003, CD, Album, Metier
Beethoven*, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Aaron Shorr
Beethoven Explored - Volume 1
2003, CD, Album, Metier
Rawsthorne*, McCabe*, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Christine Sohn, Tamami Honma
Star Preludes
2001, CD, Album, Metier
Peter Sheppard Skærved*
Etude Philharmonique
2000, CD, Album, Metier
César Cui, Peter Sheppard, Aaron Shorr
Kaleidoscope Op.50 / Violin Sonata Op.86
1995, CD, Olympia (2)
Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Georg Philipp Telemann
The Great Violins Vol. 1
CD, Album, Athene Records
Edward Cowie, The Kreutzer Quartet
The Kreutzer Effect
2024, CD, Album, Metier
David Matthews (9) - Kreutzer Quartet*
Complete String Quartets, Volume Six
2024, CD, Album, Toccata Classics
David Matthews (9), Rebecca Lea (2), Jess Dandy*, James Robinson (22), Will Dawes, Kreutzer Quartet*
Complete String Quartets, Volume Five
2022, CD, Album, Toccata Classics, ,
, Contemporary
Simon Bainbridge - Linda Merrick, Kreutzer Quartet*
Chamber Music
2021, CD, Album, Toccata Classics, ,
, Contemporary
Edward Cowie - Kreutzer Quartet*
Three Quartets And A Solo − String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 6 / Gad For Solo Violin
2020, CD, Album, Metier
Edward Cowie, Kreutzer Quartet*
In Flight Music: String Quartets Nos. 3-5
2016, CD, Album, NMC (3)
David Matthews (9), Kreutzer Quartet*
Complete String Quartets - Volume Four
2016, CD, Album, Toccata Classics
Anton Reicha, The Kreutzer Quartet
Complete String Quartets Volume Two
2014, CD, Toccata Classics
David Matthews (9), Kreutzer Quartet*
Complete String Quartets - Volume Three
2014, CD, Album, Toccata Classics, ,
, Modern/Contemporary
Edvard Grieg, Michael Finnissy, Roderick Chadwick, Kreutzer Quartet*
Piano Quintet In B Flat Major, Eg118 / Grieg-Quintettsatz
2014, CD, Album, Metier, Metier
Michael Alec Rose
Chamber And Solo Works For Strings And Horn
2013, CD, Album, Toccata Classics, ,
, Contemporary
Anton Reicha, The Kreutzer Quartet
Complete String Quartets Volume One
2013, CD, Toccata Classics,
Elliott Schwartz
Tapestry
2013, CD, Album, Metier
David Matthews (9), Kreutzer Quartet*
Complete String Quartets - Volume Two
2012, CD, Album, Toccata Classics
Gloria Coates, Kreutzer Quartet*
String Quartets 1-9
2012, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Naxos
Michael Finnissy / The Kreutzer Quartet
Second & Third String Quartets
2012, CDr, Album, NMC (3)
APPEARANCES +
David Gorton*
Farnabye's Maske
2023, CD, Album, Neos
Mihailo Trandafilovski
Polychromy
2022, CD, Metier
Roderick Chadwick
La Mer Bleue
2020, CD, Album, Divine Art
Gloria Coates, Kreutzer Quartet* • Roderick Chadwick, CalArts Orchestra • Susan Allen
Piano Quintet • Symphony No. 10
2018, CD, Album, Naxos, 
,
, Contemporary
Michael Finnissy, Kreutzer Quartet*, Linda Merrick
Six Sexy Minuets Three Trios
2018, CD, Album, Metier, Metier Sound & Vision, ,
, Contemporary
Kreutzer Quartet*
Quartet Choreography
2017, CD, Album, Metier
Mihailo Trandafilovski
Five
2015, CD, Album, Innova Recordings
David Gorton (2) - Zubin Kanga, Christopher Redgate, Neil Heyde, Kreutzer Quartet*
Orfordness
2014, CD, Album, Metier, Metier Sound & Vision
Gloria Coates
At Midnight
2013, CD, Album, Tzadik, 
,
, Contemporary/Avantgarde/Modern Classical/Twelve-tone
Горан Начевски = Goran Nachevski*
Од Уметничкиот Опус = From The Artist's Opus
2013, CDr, Comp, Promo, Музички Издавачки Центар, МРТ, СОКОМ
David Matthews (9), Kreutzer Quartet*
Complete String Quartets - Volume One
2010, CD, Album, Toccata Classics
Jeremy Dale Roberts, Kreutzer Quartet*, Aaron Shorr
Tristia - Croquis
2009, CD, Album, NMC (3)
Gavin Bryars, Sergey Taneyev*, Petr Nalich
Season Of Mists
2008, CD, Album, GB Records (2)
Thomas Simaku, Kreutzer Quartet*
String Quartets Nos. 2 And 3 • Soliloquy Cycle • Due Sotto-Voci
2008, CD, Album, Naxos, 
,
, Contemporary
Arvo Pärt
The Silence Of Being: The Music Of Arvo Pärt
2008, 6xCD, Comp, Naxos, ,
, Contemporary/Choral
Various
Sonic Rebellion: Alternative Classical Collection
2007, CD, ,
, Modern/Contemporary
Various
The Story Of American Classical Music
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Naxos, ,
, Contemporary
Sadie Harrison / Ensemble Bakhtar
The Light Garden Trilogy / Traditional Afghan Music
2003, CD, Album, Metier, ,
, Contemporary
George Rochberg
Caprice Variations
2003
Gloria Coates, Kreutzer Quartet*
String Quartets Nos. 2, 3, 4, 7 And 8
2003
Gloria Coates - Kreutzer Quartet*
String Quartets Nos. 1, 5 And 6
2002
Various
Two Days And Two Nights Of New Music
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Association New Music
Karmella Tsepkolenko
Die Tür Sperrangelweit Auf
2000, CD, Album, Association New Music
Sadie Harrison
Taking Flight (Chamber Works By Sadie Harrison)
2000, CD, Album, Metier
Kreutzer Quartet*
Catalan Quartets
2000, CD, Album, Metier
Schwartz*, Rochberg*, Kreutzer Quartet*
Variations
2000, CD, Album, Metier, ,
, Contemporary
Roberto Gerhard, Kreutzer Quartet*
String Quartets 1 & 2
1999, CD, Album, Metier, Metier Sound & Vision
Nigel Clarke
Premonitions
1999, CD, Album, Metier
Various
Resonance Volume 6 Number 2: Cool In The Spool
1998, CD, Comp, London Musicians' Collective, ,
, Modern Classical/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Michael Finnissy - Kreutzer Quartet*
Works For String Quartet
1998, CD, Album, Metier, Metier Sound & Vision
Roger Heaton, Stephen Pruslin, Kreutzer String Quartet*
Hymnos
1998, CD, Album, Clarinet Classics, ,
, Contemporary
Various
Hidden Gems
1997, CD, Comp, Meridian (2), ,
, Medieval/Romantic/Opera/Baroque/Renaissance
Michael Tippett* – Kreutzer Quartet*
String Quartets Volume 1
1997, CD, Album, Chandos, ,
, Contemporary
Michael Tippett* – Kreutzer Quartet*
String Quartets Nos 1•2•4 Volume 2
1997, CD, Album, Chandos
John Wall
Fractuur
1997
Calle Ljungström
Guitar and Strings
1996, CD, Album, Stockholm Records
Hafliði Hallgrímsson, Kreutzer Quartet*
Offerto For Solo Violin - Solitaire For Solo Cello - Four Movements For String Quartet - String Quartet No.1 - Kreutzer Quartet
1996, 2xCD, Album, Eye Of The Storm (3), ,
, Neo-Classical
Hans Werner Henze
The English Cat, Eine Geschichte für Sänger und Instrumentalisten von Edward Bond
1991, 2xCD, Album, WERGO, WERGO
Parnassus Ensemble of London, Schubert*
Overture, Concertos, German Dances
CD, Meridian (2)
The Kreutzer Quartet, Evan Mack
Sursum
2016, CD, Album, Navona Records