07/24/2025
"An Edmonton music teacher has been charged with sexual assault, marking the second time in three months that assault charges have been filed in the city involving music teachers and their students.
A media release from Edmonton Police Service says between 2024 and 2025, a nine-year-old female was sexually assaulted by her male piano teacher on several occasions while she took lessons at his home.
On July 22, 2025, Peter Burandt, 68, was arrested and charged with sexual assault and sexual interference.
He was given conditions not to have any contact or communication with any person under the age of 16 years old.
“Burandt has reportedly been teaching piano and violin lessons to children for 20 years. Investigators believe he may have offended against other victims, and are encouraging them to come forward,” said an EPS release issued Wednesday.
According to social media, Burandt studied piano and violin from a young age in Gdansk, Poland, later studying at the Manhattan School of Music in New York from age 19.
Prior to the pandemic, he taught at Caesar’s School of Music in Riverbend.
School owner Caesar Myslowski told Postmedia he was “very shocked” to hear of the charges levelled against Burandt.
Concern for the music students’ welfare is a top priority for the school, Myslowski said.
He said he didn’t receive any complaints about Burandt in the more than 10 years he taught on-site and online, adding Burandt left to teach at a school on the south side around the time of the pandemic.
Anyone who believes they or their child may have been victimized by the accused is asked to contact the Edmonton Police Service at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.p3tips.com/250."