Arthur Petersen
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Arthur performed as a quartet and soloist at the Sheraton El Gezirah hotel in Cairo from 1998 to 2002, for periods of three to six months at a time. He has performed at the Royal Hyatt in Jordan (Jan-Mar 2001) and also at Piano Piano which was part of the Intercontinental Entertainment Complex Jordan (May - August 1999).
 
Other international venues Arthur has done long contract work for include the Intercontinental Hotel Abudahbi (May-July 2001), Mediterranean, Caribbean, Miami and South America (Jan-June 2000), Crown Plaza Dubai (end of Rammadan-March 2002), El Gezirah Sheraton Hotel (August 2002-October 2003) and the Costa Cruise Liners (November 2002-May 2003).
 
While performing abroad and locally Arthur also been asked to perform at corporate functions for :
• King and Queen of Malaysia - 1996 ( Malaysia )
• Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs - ( Egypt )
• Omar Sharif ,Peter O'Toole, Roger Moore and John Malcovich - 1998 ( Egypt )
• Mrs Mubarak Egyptian First Lady - ( Egypt ) 1999
• Backing vocalist and musician for Sonique - ( Egypt ) 2000/2001
• South African and Brazilian Ministers of Defence - 2003(SA)
 
Arthur has also performed in local and productions in Cape Town and in Johannesburg viz. The original District 6 The Musical - directed and produced by Taliep Petersen and David Kramer, Motown Jo, Grease, Poison, Rollercoaster, Roll Over Beethoven. In between these performances, Arthur also worked at various venues in and around Cape Town as a one-man band.
 
Arthur recently made the move to Jozi, and has been performing at hundreds of venues here, being completely welcomed onto the Jo'burg and Pretoria music circuit. His songs cover all genres of music, from light Jazz to Rock & Roll, Soul, R&B, Rock, Pop, Latin, Italian and Spanish etc. He has recently included a couple of African songs, as well as some of the more popular contemporary Afrikaans songs.
 
He has a repertoire of 250 + songs and is able to produce almost any songs if requested. Arthur has always had and achieved success at every venue he has performed at. His seasoned talent, personality and professionalism, as well as his natural ability to entertain an audience has allowed him to achieve this.
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