Peter Gabriel has earned a worldwide reputation for his innovative work as a musician, writer and video maker. In 1975 he started his solo career after leaving the band he co-founded, Genesis. Peter has since released 11 albums, with his 1986 album So winning him his first of four Grammys. The videos from this project confirmed him as a leader in video production and included “Sledgehammer,” which has won the most music video awards ever, including the number one position in Rolling Stones' top 100 videos of all time. Peter's soundtrack works include Birdy (1984), The Last Temptation of Christ (1989), and Rabbit Proof Fence (2002), and in 2000 he composed the music for the central show in the London Millennium Dome.

In 1980 Peter co-founded WOMAD (World of Music Arts and Dance), bringing together traditional and modern music, arts and dance from every corner of the globe. Later, in 1987, he established Real World Studios, designed as an ideal environment for performance, and which also became the base for Real World Records, a label dedicated to recording and promoting a wide range of different artists from around the world.

Peter is deeply committed to human rights. His involvement in benefit concerts for Amnesty International and the anti-apartheid movements greatly assisted human rights efforts worldwide. He brought increased awareness to racism in South Africa when he wrote and performed “Biko,” a tribute to Steven Biko. After conversations with frontline activists around the world while on the road with the Amnesty/Reebok Human Rights Now! Tour in 1989, Peter recognized the need to supply those who seek to defend rights with the technology to be able to do so. This resulted in his co-founding the organization WITNESS, a pioneer in the use of video and technology to fight for human rights.

In 2006 Peter was awarded the BT Digital Music Pioneer Award, Q Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 'Man of Peace'' Award, presented by the Nobel Peace Laureates.

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