Peter Sachon

Peter Sachon not only performs with some of the finest freelance orchestras and opera companies in New York City, he also plays in Broadway shows, jazz and rock groups, and he is active in promoting new music. He has a regular blog at Polyphonic.org about reforming American orchestras.

Mr. Sachon began his cello studies at the age of 14, and one year later was accepted into the Governor’s School for the Arts in Norfolk, Virginia. He then went on to study cello with Paul Tobias at The Mannes College of Music in New York, and chamber music with Felix Galimir and Julius Levine. He also was a student in the Orchestral Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music, studying with Alan Stepansky.

Mr. Sachon has participated in both the Schleswig-Holstein Festival and the Pacific Music Festival where he was principal cellist. Mr. Sachon has played with Absolute Ensemble, Riverside Orchestra, Sonos Chamber Orchestra, Spoleto Festival (Italy and U.S.), Virginia Symphony, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

Mr. Sachon toured Europe and the United States as a member of Pink Martini. He has played for the Broadway shows Fiddler on the Roof, The Light in the Piazza, High Fidelity, Legally Blonde, South Pacific, Pippin, and The King and I. Mr. Sachon has performed with Audra McDonald, Victoria Clark, Deborah Voight, Rufus Wainwright, Dee Snider, Peter Buffet, Anthony Rapp, Judy Kuhn, Josh Groban, and Billy Joel.

As a part of his series The Cello Project, Mr. Sachon has premiered more than thirty new works for cello — all written for him by Broadway composers. A brief list includes John Bucchino, Tom Kitt, Michael John LaChuisa, Stephen Schwartz, George Stiles, Andrew Lippa, Ricky Ian Gordon, Steve Flaherty, Zina Goldrich, Jake Heggie, Bobby Lopez, and Maury Yeston.