Peter Seminovs is the newest violin member of the Toronto Symphony, joining the orchestra in September, 2006. A native of Toronto, Peter also performed with the Utah Symphony, where he had the opportunity to travel throughout Germany, Austria and Slovenia while on tour in 2005. Peter has appeared as a guest artist and faculty member at the Niagara International Chamber Music Festival, the International School for Musical Arts at Niagara-on-the-Lake, and the Governor's Honour's Program at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia . Some of these concerts have been broadcast on CBC Radio Canada .

As a soloist and chamber musician, Peter is particularly interested in the music of his Latvian heritage and has performed at various Latvian Concert Association programmes throughout Canada and the United States. Peter began playing the violin at the age of five, which led him to study violin performance at the University of Toronto (where he also minored in Fine Art History) and professional studies at the Mannes College of Music in New York City. His teachers have included Yaakov Geringas, Atis Bankas and Sally Thomas. From an early age, Peter won competitions and scholarships throughout North America including prizes at the Kiwanis International Music Festival, The Royal Conservatory of Music, the University of Toronto, the Mannes College of Music and First Prize at the National Canadian Music Competition.

Peter enjoys playing chamber music with colleagues from the TSO in the 5 Small Concerts series held by the Toronto Symphony Associates. In the community, he is a member of the Bach Consort, a charity ensemble that exclusively performs works by J.S. Bach to raise money for local not-for-profit organizations, including the TSO for its education programmes. Peter regularly coaches the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra as well as the Royal Conservatory Orchestra, and is in his second season participating in the TSO's Adopt-A-Player programme.