BREINER, PETER  

Peter Breiner is a Canadian-Slovak composer, conductor, pianist and arranger. He is known internationally for a multiplicity of recordings, broadcasts, telecasts and concert appearances. He received traditional European musical training and studied composition at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (former Czechoslovakia) with Alexander Moyzes. He is perhaps best known, however, for his clever arrangements, including award-winning Baroque versions of the Beatles and a similar adaptation of Elvis Presley and of popular Christmas music. He has conducted and appeared as a piano soloist with orchestras throughout the world.