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For 25 years, GREGORIAN have thrilled millions of people worldwide with their choreographed shows and their ability to switch seamlessly from classical chorales to pop and rock songs. Their concerts have set new standards.
With over 2,000 shows in 36 countries and more than 11 million albums sold, GREGORIAN are the most successful choir in the world.
The idea for GREGORIAN was born when Frank Peterson visited the royal monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial in Spain in 1989. Wandering through the medieval monastery and castle complex and listening to contemporary music on his Walkman, he found the inspiration for the sound experiment of mixing ancient Gregorian music with modern music.
Peterson first realized his idea with Michael Cretu and the worldwide sound phenomenon "Enigma". Their first album "MCMXC a.D." was released in 1990 and quickly became a worldwide success. "MCMXC a.D." was number 1 in 41 different countries and went 57 times platinum and 45 times gold. It is considered as the most successful German album of all time worldwide.
This gigantic success paved the way for GREGORIAN to take the musical idea one step further and to establish it as an independent music act. In 1999, with the start of production on the first album "Masters Of Chant", Frank Peterson seamlessly built on the success of "Enigma".
In the following years, GREGORIAN has sold over 11 million CDs and 7 DVDs worldwide and achieved gold and platinum status in 24 different countries.
At the end of 2024 and thus in time for their Anniversary World Tour in 2025, Frank Peterson released a new
GREGORIAN album. The „25 /2025“ album includes new songs as well as re-recordings of some wellknown GREGORIAN classics.
Frank Peterson has been involved in various musical projects and international productions for over 30 years. He has worked as a producer with Sarah Brightman, Enigma, Justin Timberlake, Andrea Bocelli, Paul Stanley (Kiss), Backstreet Boys, Alannah Myles, José Carreras, Tom Jones, Plácido Domingo, Errol Brown, Ofra Haza, Sandra, Josh Groban, Marky Mark, I Muvrini, Florent Pagny and Ricardo Cocciante, among others.
In addition to GREGORIAN, Peterson has also been working as a show producer for Sarah Brightman and other top stars since 2005. Together with the world star, he produced the album and cinema production "Sarah BrightmanHymn", which was acclaimed by critics worldwide.
Amelia was trained from a very early age for performance at the prestigious Elmerst ballet schools and Hurtwood house. As the youngest sister of the famed soprano Sarah Brightman she was put in to contact with her producer, Frank Peterson, and began working for his Nemo studios as a writer at eighteen years old.
At twenty her first co write was released with a chart placement for the Spanish artist Princessa. From there she went on to collaborating on the first written track for Gregorian titled "Moment of Peace." This track went on to receive platinum awards around the world and Amelia began touring with them as the only female.
Between yearly tours with Gregorian and co writing many, many tracks for them, Amelia has toured the world with Sweetbox, Albert Hammond and Sarah Brightman as a vocalist.
She enjoys all aspects of art and has turned that passion into as a career as a tattoo artist. She has also dabbled in stop motion animation and videography.
Dan Hoadley:
From an early age Dan has sung in Choirs, and was the youngest tenor to sing at the Royal Opera House in the chorus (21 years 6 months old).
He has always enjoyed cycling, running, swimming, tennis and golf, as well as playing the violin, cooking and drinking fine wine. He sang in front of the late Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip several times, notably meeting and shaking hands at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, where he performed music to accompany "A Winter's Tale" in the first season there (1997).
He has toured with the Royal Opera in Germany, Finland and Scotland, has sung at the Salzburg Osterfestspiele with the Berlin Philharmonic, and performed in many Prom concerts in the Royal Albert Hall. He has sung solo roles with English National Opera, and recorded solos for EMI, Decca and Phillips.
He loves working for and with Gregorian and hopes to see many new markets in the next few years.
Tristan Stocks:
Tristan Stocks started his musical life as a violinist before becoming a singer. At school, he sang a range of rock, pop and classical music before training at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and at Dennis O’Neill’s
prestigious opera studio, The Wales International Academy of Voice.
After these studies, he made his role debut at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, became a Britten-Pears Young Artist, and received a number of awards including the Susan Chilcott and the Grange Park Opera Scholarships.
In addition to performing in comic and dramatic operas and operettas, Tristan has soloed in a huge range of concerts in Europe and beyond, performing songs from musicals and by pop artists as well as well-loved classical music. When he is not performing himself, Tristan regularly directs and produces theatre productions for touring companies in the UK.
Tristan was thrilled to join Gregorian in 2019 and has loved touring with them ever since - feeling constantly refreshed and boosted by the camaraderie within the group and the incredible audiences around the world.
When he is not travelling, Tristan’s other interests include woodwork, running, hiking, and cycling. He is a self-described coffee geek and has a complete touring coffee kit when on the road!
