tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167106672024-03-13T08:45:34.601-04:00Peter BucknellPeter Bucknell is an author, a film maker and a musician, living in Barcelona.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16710667.post-50437756351874454712020-06-03T09:44:00.017-04:002022-02-10T15:16:55.788-05:00Peter Bucknell<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><span style="font-family: "courier new", "courier", monospace;"><b>I'm a <i>writer</i>, a<i> classical musician</i> and a documentary film maker. I still dive, but performing and teaching viola and violin and writing fiction have taken over.</b></span><p>
<span style="font-family: "courier new", "courier", monospace;">I've lived in London, Los Angeles, New York City, Potsdam, Cologne, Brussels, Melbourne, Sydney and Barcelona, but they were all chosen <i>for</i> me by either <i>music studies</i>, or <i>work</i>. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "courier new", "courier", monospace;">Moving to my final destination at the age of forty-nine was rougher than any previous change of address, and I expect never to move city again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new", "courier", monospace;"><i> </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "courier new", "courier", monospace;"><i>New York City</i> had its claws in me for twenty years during which time I went from <b><i>Doctoral viola student</i></b> to <b><i>Professor</i></b>, from <b><i>SCUBA diving instructor</i></b> to <b><i>cave diver and underwater film maker</i></b>, from <b><i>blogger</i></b> to<i><b> reporter for the New York Post</b>, </i>and from<i> <b>commercial video editor</b> </i>to<i> <b>documentary film producer</b></i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", "courier", monospace;"><b>Moving to Spain</b> meant speaking another language, practicing up on the viola again, having left it for nearly a decade. The Barcelona Symphony welcomed me, inviting me to lead the section from time to time, which I found challenging – I wasn't used to it anymore.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new", "courier", monospace;">I moved myself back into the section as a freelancer for a few years, and still play occasionally in the opera orchestra housed in the beautiful Liceu Opera House.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "courier new", "courier", monospace;">I met my wife back in 2001. Her career as an opera singer has been fun to watch. She has my total respect, surviving in the opera world for nearly thirty years.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "courier new", "courier", monospace;">I spend a great deal of time on the water, paddle surfing, sailing and diving. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", "courier", monospace;">I've published a couple of instructional books in my areas of expertise, and also two in a <span style="color: #444444;"><span><i><b>series of spy fiction novels</b></i></span></span>, written under a pen name. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "courier new", "courier", monospace;"><b>The Vietnam documentary</b> that I shot and edited is available <b><a href="http://Vimeo.com/ny/perfumeriver" target="_blank">here</a></b>.</span><br />
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