Peter Kater是著名的配乐音乐大师，作曲家和钢琴家，在电视、电影、戏剧以及音乐唱片等领域都取得卓越的成绩。 　　他的作品超过70部电视与电影原声带，也包含了11部在百老汇或是其他剧院的演奏，至今已发行了三十多张专辑，多次获得格莱美提名，在2003~2010年获得6次格莱美「最佳新世纪音乐大奖」提名，并且许多专辑都获得白金级销售。 　　Peter Kater出生在德国，在他四岁时从慕尼黑搬迁到新泽西州，并在那里开始学习钢琴，三年后学习古典音乐和摇滚乐。十八岁时迁到Boulder.并在那成立了earthsea音乐工作室，1983年起Peter Kater开始出唱片。 　　Peter Kater is a German-born American pianist and composer. 　　When he was four, he moved with his family from Germany to New Jersey. He studied classical piano at an early age. At eighteen, he moved to Boulder, Colorado, where he spent ten years before moving to Virgina, building his own studio, and starting his own record label. His debut album, Spirit (Silver Wave, 1983), and those that followed reached the Top 20 New Age music chart at Billboard magazine. These included several collobations with R. Carlos Nakai. He has also collaborated with Michael DeMaria, Tina Guo, and Dominic Miller. His first Grammy Award nomination was for the album Red Moon (Silver Wave, 2003) for Best New Age Album. Many more nominations followed. Kater has also composed for movies and television.