Me and Peter go back a long time, we probably met as early as 1970-71. Knowing Peter, listening to his music, has influenced me a lot. Approaching Indian Music, it won't do just to hurriedly learn some compositions, some da-dirri-da-ra, you have to be there, enter it from within. He taught me to stay with it, hold that note, bend that komal nishaad, touch it, listen to it, be it, to stay there. He puts tremendous importance on the sound quality of every single note that he produces on the veena. This puts high demands on the quality of the instrument as well, and above all the "Javaarii", and Peter has taken this work to the level of an Art.

You will never forget the experience of entering his Music Room, often hidden like a secret garden. He will actually live in it or next to it, but always letting the music take the central space. It has been hidden in penthouses in central Stockholm, in abandoned schools, in warehouses by the railroad, or like now, in the country side. Wherever it is, it is the same magic. There will be a workshop, a studio, and some modest living arrangements, but the Space for Music is the central thing. As you enter you will be surrounded, embraced, by the deep drone of well tuned taanpuras and then, eventually, if you are patient, be adressed by the deep Voice of the Vina. It will speak of Todi, Yaman or Darbari, calling your attention to the actual sound and the minute movements in the unfoldment of every note. It could go on for ever, one never remembers how those sessions end. There is a sense of continous presence. Often, the fine moments are casual, while testing a new javaarii, demonstrating something. We rarely get to hear Peter on stage, and his recorded material is mostly unreleased. His Music Room has over the years staged some fine house concerts with visiting musicians, some of these have been recorded. A fine concert in 1981 with Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar was later released as a LP by Origo (ORIGO1002-B 1984). Other guests have included Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and Ustad Salamat Ali Khan. Peter has thus represented the deeper current of Classical Indian Music in Sweden and he is known to those who are interested in the field.

This space was created by the "Friends of Peter Hennix".
You are invited to participate in this space, enjoy the music,
and enjoy the meditation!

Mats Lindberg