Piano Readings

Peter composes original music, for you, based on time he spends getting to know you.

A Piano Reading is a deeply personal, one-of-a-kind musical experience. Peter composes an original, improvised piece of music for one person at a time, inspired entirely by time spent listening, sensing, and connecting.

After decades of performing for large audiences — from churches and jazz festivals to Carnegie Hall and stadiums of tens of thousands — Peter has discovered that the work he finds most meaningful now happens in the most intimate setting possible: playing for a single human being.

Each Piano Reading begins with a 20–30 minute conversation, either in person at Peter’s home or via Skype or FaceTime. Together, they explore what is present in the listener’s life — what’s alive, what’s challenging, what’s unfolding in the heart and mind. At a certain point, a clear musical doorway appears: a specific chord, harmonic landscape, melody, and emotional tone that becomes the beginning of the piece.

Once that starting point reveals itself, the music begins.

If the session is in person, the listener may lie beneath the piano, immersed in sound and vibration. For remote sessions, the camera is placed directly on the keyboard, creating an intimate visual and sonic connection. Peter improvises for approximately 8–12 minutes, allowing the music to unfold organically — responsive, intuitive, and entirely unique to the person receiving it.

Each Piano Reading is professionally recorded, just as Peter records his albums, and delivered afterward as a high-quality MP3 or Hi-Res WAV file — a personal piece of music that can be returned to again and again.

This is a profoundly intimate and empathic process. Peter is highly sensitive to the presence and energy of each individual, and the music changes completely depending on who he is playing for. In fact, his Grammy-winning album Dancing on Water is drawn from a collection of these personal readings, later shaped into shorter compositions.

Piano Readings are equally powerful in person or via Skype and FaceTime.

Peter considers this work an honor — a shared moment of presence, listening, and creation.

The fee is $600 per session, whether in person or remote. Sliding scale options — and, in some cases, complimentary sessions — are available for those facing serious health or emotional challenges.

If you feel called to experience a Piano Reading, you’re invited to reach out by email to begin the conversation.

With love and aloha,
Peter

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What people are saying…

  • Becky Austill-Clausen

    “Peter, you are INCREDIBLE!!! Thank you from the center of my heart and soul for your magnificent spiritual energy. You tapped into my soul and opened my heart. Your playing is transformational. Your concept of talking with each person first, feeling the energy, and then creating a musical piece for the individual is exquisite, profound, and magical.You have the ability to capture our soul and transform the energy into a musical masterpiece. Jeff and I were profoundly affected by our time with you yesterday!Thank you so very much for sharing your musical genius with us.”

  • Joy Gorman

    “Absolutely the best experience I’ve ever had! My heart burst open!”

  • Christiana Donovan

    “Peter, I attended your beautiful concert and was blessed to experience hearing your music while lying underneath the piano. I have to share with you that being present to your music live and listening to it every day since has created a profound opening experience in my heart, something I find almost hard to describe with words. It is like it has touched every sadness, every hurt, every deep joy and let me know and feel that I can let that all be, that I can let go of attachment to thinking things need to be a certain way in my life and has left me with a profound sense of peace that continues to be present in everything I do. I am deeply grateful to you for sharing your gift as I continue to be moved by this experience which feels like an awakening in me. With Deep Appreciation”

  • Mimi Gabriel

    “The sound coming from the belly of the majestic instrument resonated inside of me. I was surrounded by it, comforted by the beautiful improvisation Peter created just for me. A unique and unforgettable event. I was moved to tears!”

  • Deb Valentina

    I seized the opportunity to be with the vibration of the music under the piano and it was a miraculously healing. A chronic pain in my lower body released and has not come back!

  • Sophia Agranovich - Concert Pianist

    Peter, you are such an exceptional pianist and a modest one! Your music is Romantic and Impressionistic at the same time. It has freshness and warmth as if Nature itself is singing.

  • Tanya Gabriel

    My soul was dancing with delight as a musical masterpiece was created right at the moment. It was awe-inspiring to witness the birth of a song that was in tune with my energy. It felt as if the melody captured the very essence of my being. It was a sound bath for my soul, incredibly magical and profound.

  • Jose M. Bortolotto

    Hello Peter! I love your music, it is very beautiful and relaxing, and at the moment, I went through a hard medical treatment, peace is something I need and your songs give me.

  • Shawn Vij

    I want to THANK YOU so much as your music has had so much impact on me and my life. Your music has given me the inspiration to find myself once again. It gave me the ability to dig deep into myself and find my inner strength. To see what I did not see. It gave me the inspiration to BELIEVE. Thank you, Peter!

  • Dan Heleen

    Dear Peter, my journey back to wellness is not "back" at all, it is the start of my journey to love and new discovery. You, my dear brother, are part of this thing I have no words for. Listening to your heart is opening a passage to a world that makes the world of fear fall away. The sound you give to the world is a call to awake. The gift you give silences the chatter that blocks the song of the heavens. The miracle happens my dear brother is when you share your gift with anyone who has ears to listen. Witnessing a room full of grown children each one in their uniqueness, drifting inward creating a world of sublime peace from the story you tell. You will never know how you have touched the world and changes you have brought about.

  • Roger Yoakum

    I have never heard anyone play like Peter. It is as if the music flows through him endlessly. I am nearing 23 years of continuous sobriety and am blessed to be the director of a substance abuse treatment program for the homeless.

    Peter’s music has led many clients onto a spiritual path, where spiritual beliefs are transformed into spiritual experiences. It is a profound transformation to bear witness to. I have used Peter’s music in a clinical setting in a progressive, "out of the box", cutting-edge manner, and now other treatment programs are beginning to follow suit.

    I am so grateful for Peter’s gift, for who he is, and for all that he represents. His music is an inspiration for so many who are on a spiritual path. His incredible gift has greatly assisted me and countless other recovering addicts and alcoholics to stay sober. There is a Higher Power flowing through him every time he sits behind a piano. For this, I am eternally grateful. A lot of other people are too!

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  • Lisa Curtis

    Peter’s music is a stream of healing energy. While in treatment for breast cancer, and later radiation-provoked cardiac issues, I used his music day and night to calm my emotions. His soul-balancing compositions helped me change my story from fear and anxiety to a spiritual awakening. I now gratefully and joyously embrace that all is unfolding perfectly in the Divine Order of my life.