Peter F. Nostrand is an American composer who learned to play the piano at a young age but preferred composing to performing. His father, a clergyman, gave Peter the foundations to read and write music when Peter was five, skills which surprisingly returned once he retired as CEO of SunTrust Bank in 2006.

In 2008, he recorded a portion of his orchestral works with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra in Prague. This led to performances by the Cleveland Pops and the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra.

His music spans a broad range of disciplines: from sweeping big screen romantic scores, to action movies to country, to cozy British murder mysteries and to classy romantic symphonic scores and inspiring piano concerti.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College, a master’s degree from the University of Virginia and a Premier Degre from the University of Paris. He also attended the Ecole des Sciences Politiques in Paris and about to take a third term of music studies and tutoring at Oxford University.