Dierk Peters

Dierk Peters is a Brooklyn-based Vibraphonist. Originally from Germany, he moved to the U.S. in 2016 and is a now sought-after improviser and composer on both sides of the Atlantic. He creates a distinctive voice on his instrument - a unique sound that emphasizes the warmth and depth of the vibraphone. With harmonic agility, he surpasses the instrument’s percussive nature.

He was awarded the Praetorius Music Prize, the highest music prize of his home state of Lower Saxony. He received soloist and band prizes at the B-Jazz, Convento, Jazz d’avignon, and Jugend Jazzt competitions and has earned many grants and scholarships including from the States of Northrhine Westphalia and Lower Saxony, the German Academic Exchange Service, and the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the conservatory in Cologne, Germany and earned his master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music in New York.

With his co-lead bands Offshore & Botter, he released four albums containing his compositions, all of which were critically acclaimed and featured in European jazz magazine and on German and European radio stations and beyond. His debut album as a solo leader, Ambrosia, was produced in cooperation with DLF-radio, the Cafe Royal foundation and the German Ministry of Culture and was released in 2019.

As a sideman, Dierk can be heard on dozens of records with artists including Niels Klein, Chris Speed, Pablo Held, Lenny White, Janning Trumann, Jacob Sacks, Jens Boeckamp, Drew Gress, and Jochen Rueckert. Both as a leader and a sideman, he has played at festivals such as the WDR Jazzfest, the International Jazzweek in Burghausen, Tremplin Jazz d’Avignon, and SWR Jazz, and has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and numerous other venues all around the world.

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