Jane Peters

Jane Peters

Jane Peters, violinist, was born in Adelaide, Australia. She began studying the violin at age 7 and made her stage debut at age 10. Two years later she won the Showcase Com-petition on Australian television, and in 1986, won the 3rd Prize and the Public Prize at the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow. Now based in Paris, she has appeared in numerous international festivals, such as Marlboro (USA), Prussia Cove (Cornwall), Barosso (Australia) and Festival des Saintes (France). In 1992, she played several concerts dedicated to works of Xenakis at La Scala, Sydney Opera and Paris’ Autumn Festival. Peters won the International Prize of Pro Musica (1994) and has been Arts Ambassador for Australia since 1996.