Pete Sklaroff

Pete Sklaroff first began his musical studies in his hometown of Edinburgh in Scotland. Pete’s first significant work as a professional guitarist, was touring and recording with the legendary Scottish electric blues band ‘Blues’n’Trouble’ with whom he recorded two studio albums.

After studying with several highly respected local guitar players/teachers such as Neil Munro and Ian Aitken, he then made the decision to move to West Yorkshire in England where he furthered his instrumental studies on the Jazz degree at the City of Leeds College of Music. After graduating from CLCM, Pete began touring and recording as a professional guitarist with a number of rock and pop groups and supported artists such as: ‘Tears For Fears’, Labbi Sifre, Jack Bruce and Scottish folk-rockers ‘Runrig’ amongst many others.

Pete later taught for twenty years at Leeds College of Music (now Leeds Conservatoire) and is the former Assistant Head of Music and Head of Jazz Studies from the same institution. He was also the Coordinator of the Guitar/Bass teaching faculty there for several years as well as being a Principal/Senior Lecturer in Jazz Harmony, Performance Studies, Harmonic Techniques, Guitar Studies and Jazz Improvisation.

Pete has performed at numerous festivals and prestigious venues (Hammersmith Odeon, Manchester Apollo etc.) both in the UK and abroad and as a professional guitarist has recorded for many diverse musical artists over the years. 

In more recent years, Pete has completed album sessions for UK singer/songwriter Saffron Byass and also recorded for high-profile music industry clients in Austria, USA, Italy, Sweden and Germany.