PRESS
Professional Reviews
Jonathan Widran
“Soul Story offers a listening experience that will prompt you to think differently about every human soul around you.”
Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck
New Age Music Reviews Founder
“Kater’s delicacy here manifests a masterful performance . . . sublime fluency . . . simply breathtaking . . . a completely gratifying musical experience.”
Steve Sheppard
One World Music Radio
“Kater’s delicacy here manifests a masterful performance . . . sublime fluency . . . simply breathtaking . . . a completely gratifying musical experience.”
Dyan Garris
New Age Notes Radio
“Refined, graceful, and elegant, this is an album to love in every regard. It’s breathtakingly beautiful music. Peter has perfectly captured and portrayed the “stories,” nuances, and rich textures of life. Outstanding.”
Rocky Mountain News
“Kater is astute. He seems to know the piano as well as Babe Ruth knew baseball or Hemingway the art of fiction.”
Dick Metcalf
Editor, Contemporary Fusion Reviews
“There are only a few things in my life that get me stirred to the point that I will drop whatever I’m doing… one of those events is any new work from Peter Kater… the overtones he pulls out of his piano (on Dancing On Water) are simply amazing … one of the most beautiful piano works I’ve heard over the last five years . . . masterful pacing . . . (this is a) totally engaging exposure to Peter’s soul. I give him a MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED rating of (a perfect) 5.00 for this most eloquent journey in beauty.”
New Frontier Magazine
“Peter deserves high accolades for his musical achievements. He can fully explore the creative potential of his instrument . . . a remarkable gift for improvisation. I honestly felt chills as he began to play his exquisite music.”
Neale Donald Walsch
Author of Conversations With God
“If you want to be utterly transported, you want the magic and the music of Peter Kater. Once you hear what his mind, his heart, his soul and his fingers do with a keyboard, nothing less and nothing else will do.”
Jazziz Magazine
“Kater has earned a distinct place among the most respected and prolific artist of the genre.”
10 Fun Facts about Peter
Peter lives in Hawaii.
Peter spends hours each day in reflection either journaling, communing with nature, self inquiry or simply “being”.
Peter loves to play the piano for people while they're lying under the piano. He enjoys the intimacy of connecting with one person at a time.
Between the ages or 18 - 20 Peter hitchhiked all over the United States putting in over 30,000 miles on his thumb. He had all his worldly possessions stuffed in a backpack and slept in parks, roadsides and on beaches while playing piano at restaurants, bars and lounges along the way to make a little money.
In the late 1970s, Peter improvised "live" with Allen Ginsberg reciting his poetry on several occasions.
Peter's 1st album "Spirit" - came out when he was the age of 25.
Peter's favorite food is Japanese cuisine and he is a self-proclaimed "sushi snob”. One of the best sushi restaurants in the world is on Maui.
Although Peter is comfortable on stage - he is a quiet and often shy introvert. He prefers to be alone or socializing "one on one" instead of larger or group social situations and prefers silence over mundane “talk”.
Peter can improvise on the piano for hours at a time, just letting the music flow and his fingers never get tired.
Peter loves green teas and anything Matcha.
Peter’s Bio
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