Peter manning robinson biography
Peter's foundations in classical structure and jazz improvisation induce a transcendent musical experience....
Peter Manning Robinson was born in Chicago and grew up in Vancouver, Canada and Los Angeles, California.
The Refractor Piano Story
The Refractor Piano™ Story
The genesis of The Refractor Piano™ began 10 years ago while Peter was scoring films and television. As more people incorporated synths, samplers, and other electronics into their music, Peter asked: “What if the only sound was live instruments that only he played?
How could these be modified or morphed into a unique music?”
He then built a large setup with his piano, breath controller, and other instruments into a console and called it “The P-Mod”. While capable of creating beautiful music, it was unwieldy to move and difficult to control in live performance.
One day, Peter showed his invention to his friend, Klaus Hoch.
(Peter and Klaus had collaborated on the music for Klaus’ feature film “Flypaper”.) Klaus suggested condensing all the elements of the P-Mod into a single, responsive instrument that Peter could play and control using only his Steinway piano.
Thus they began a six year odyssey of experi