Per Bristow's teaching methods have evolved out of several pivotal moments in his lifelong musicianship and athletic training.

Per grew up in Sweden, the country that - despite its 9 million citizens - is the third largest exporter of music.* He began his early musical career with the violin and, at the age of 12, was the youngest ever invited to join the city's symphony orchestra. By the age of 15, when he had played many major violin concertos as a soloist, his other passion took over - sports.

From age 11, Per trained with the local track and field club and although he never reached the prize podium, he loved running, jumping and throwing. But it all came to an abrupt halt when, at 13, a back injury made running and jumping seem nothing but an elusive dream.

2 years later, Per Bristow was one of the top youth athletes in the nation in six track and field events (110m hurdles, 300m hurdles, pole vault, triple jump, javelin, and decathlon.) What had happened? Sudden physical growth-spurt? On the contrary. He still had very average sprint ability. He was still not a great jumper. He was the thinnest javelin thrower on the field and was always the youngest in his age group.
But it was the day he broke his own personal best in the javelin throw by 8 meters that he knew he had discovered what every peak performance expert knows:

The neuromuscular system does not know the difference
between a vividly imagined event and a real event.

Per was able to learn advanced physical skills at rapid speed through:

• Extraordinary kinesthetic (muscular) awareness. Perhaps it was having been in pain that had strengthened this ability in him.
• Mental imagery/visualization techniques.
• Understanding and applying the physical law of least effort – the same ability that had previously made him known as "the boy who could play lightening fast violin passes with fingers that barely seemed to move."
• The application of flow and rhythm – which explains why he was average on a 100 meter dash and yet fast, in comparison, over the hurdles.
• A developed ability to put himself in a state of "peak performance" in order to perform at his best.

Per had awakened a passion and skill for learning that would come to serve him in all his endeavors. He had also awakened his belief that anything is possible and rebelled against conformist thinking. In high school, he was an A student majoring in math and physics, but he chose not to follow the conventional practice of scientific thesis projects, and instead wrote a much talked about musical revue, which included a musical composition for the tone generators from physics class.

At 17, Per started a rock band, featuring himself on bass and lead vocals, although he had barely sung a note since early childhood. Becoming hoarse after most rehearsals motivated him to learn with the same fervor as he had when he'd been challenged before. Because he was known as a musician, Per was offered a full time music teacher position directly after high school, which he accepted.

He continued his voice training under the tutelage of Bo Sydow, one of the foremost teachers in the classic "Bel Canto" style who is also renowned for teaching numerous rock/pop stars. Per studied dance and trained acting, primarily in the Meisner Technique. This brought him to the US on several occasions for intensive studies.

He sang in a myriad of constellations such as one of the country's top youth choruses, rock band, jazz group and more. And soon, he came to be one of the top performers in the nation.

Per sang the role of "Jesus" in concert versions of Jesus Christ Superstar. He was the original rock'n roll cat "Rum Tum Tugger" in Cats, a production that broke the Swedish all-time box office record and was widely recognized as one of the top Cats productions in the world. That box office record was broken by the revival of West Side Story, in which Per starred as "Riff" for close to 350 performances.

Once again, Per went against conventional wisdom and declined musical impresario Cameron Macintosh's offer to star in Les Miserables. Having done 7 musicals in a row, he instead accepted an offer to co-star in a feature film and then set his sails once again to Los Angeles.

With a burning passion for teaching, Per took it upon himself to see if his kinesthetic and mental ability to learn skills fast, his knowledge of the human voice combined with his acting and performance skills could be taught to others.

Fifteen years later, the unique and proven
Bristow Voice Method
has empowered people from all walks of
life to repair, build and free their voices.

In addition to his busy coaching schedule, Per works in film, television, and on other creative endeavors, be it screenwriting, songwriting, book writing, performing, lecturing, directing, etc. A life-long learner, Per finds his two children to be the best teachers in the fine art of learning and living.