Early Life and Education
Peter Lemer was born in London in 1942. He studied piano and composition at the Royal Academy of Music with Sven Weber and John Gardner, privately with Thomas Rajna, and then at workshops in London run by Jack Goldzweig (who had himself co-coached in NY with Mal Waldron and John Mehegan). Lemer then went to NY to study Double Bass with David Walter, attended workshops run by Bill Dixon, and studied piano with Jaki Byard and Paul Bley.
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