Peter Dugan
Artist biography

Peter Dugan

Pianist Peter Dugan is best known to audiences in the United States as the host of NPR’s From the Top. Equally at home in classical, jazz, and pop idioms, he enjoys an eclectic career that includes appearances from concert halls to night clubs, with recent album releases with Joshua Bell and Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony.

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Peter Dugan

Pianist Peter Dugan’s debut performances with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony were described by the Los Angeles Times as “stunning” and by the SF Chronicle as “fearlessly athletic.” He is heard across America as the host of NPR’s beloved program From the Top. He has appeared as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician across North America and abroad, and can be heard as the piano soloist on a new release of Ives’ Fourth Symphony from Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony. In 2020, he joined violinist Joshua Bell for At Home With Music, a national PBS broadcast and live album release on Sony Classical. Prizing stylistic versatility as the hallmark of a 21st century musician, Mr. Dugan is equally at home in classical, jazz, and pop idioms.

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