GWILYM
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| Gwilym wins huge commission to perform at this year's PROMS at the Albert Hall in London. Gwilym is composing a Piano Concerto "Progressions" which he will perform with his trio and the BBC Concert Orchestra on August 9th 2008. The performance will be broadcast live on BBC2 TV. |
| Gwilym to perform a special showcase at JazzAhead in Bremen on 19th April 2008 |
| Gwilym is writing a New Horn Sonata to be performed at the Wigmore Hall on 12th May |
| Gwilym is writing a special commission for The Aronowitz Ensemble to be performed at the City of London Festival in June. |
Gwilym featured in Der Spiegel and in a number of other German publications; • http://www.fonoforum.de/site/alias__fofo/cd-kritiken/jazz/459/jazz.aspx |
BBC RADIO 3 LISTENERS' AWARDS Gwilym is on a list of nominees for the Radio 3 Listeners' Awards and we would love it if you could take a couple of minutes to vote for him - the only jazz musician on the list. |
Gwilym will continue to promote his album during the coming months. He will also be appearing with a new group NEON who are launching their first album this Spring. The band fetaures Stan Sulzmann on saxes, Gwilym on grand piano and French horn and Jim Hart of vibes and marimba. www.stansulzmann.co.uk Acoustic Triangle go from strength to strength and this year a major Arts Council Funded tour will take them to many of the major cathedrals throughout the country with the Sacconi strings. www.acoustictriangle.com |
Gwilym's commission for the Britten Sinfonia Jackie's Dance premiered at the 2007 London Jazz Festival . Britten Sinfonia uncovers hidden treasure Peter Bacon The Birmingham Post Nov 29 2007 "The hidden treasure of the evening was to be found at the start of the second half: Jackie's Dance, written specially for Britten leader, violinist Jacqueline Shave, and with Gil Evans' spirit at his shoulder, by the young British jazz musician Gwilym Simcock. This was the only piece that incorporated Evans' legacy while sounding like it was centred in 2007". |
| Gwilym's album Perception voted one of the best albums of the year on Jazz on 3 7th December 2007 |
| GWILYM'S "POINT OF CONTACT" composed for the Scottish Ensemble FEATURED ON RADIO 3 on OCTOBER 12TH |
| GWILYM'S TRIO ON RADIO 3'S JAZZ LINE UP ON SATURDAY 7TH JULY AT 4.00 P.M. - RECORDED LIVE AT LAST YEAR'S LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL |
| April 24th 2007 Gwilym wins Jazz Musician of the Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2007 |
| July 13th GWILYM'S TRIO AT THE NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL IN ROTTERDAM |
| June 28th Gwilym performs solo at the prestigious Klavier Festival Ruhr after being chosen to perform there by Chick Corea. Gwilym is in great company with Alfred Brendel, Andras Schiff, Daniel Barenboim, Chick Corea, Michel Camillo and Keith Jarrett all of who feature in this year's festival. Watch this space for information on a WDR radio broadcast from Frankfurt and a free covermount CD of the concert in the German magazine FONOFORUM. |
June 15th 2007 Gwilym was guest soloist for Mark Antony Turnage at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. The London Sinfonietta perform the world premiere of a new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage and Barb Jungr, commissioned for the relaunch of Southbank Centre. About Water combines newly created material from Turnage and Jungr, interspersed with new arrangements of songs for ensemble and orchestra, which have water as a theme. A quartet of singers, who straddle classical and jazz styles, and an ensemble of jazz and classical instrumental soloists, including John Patitucci, Gwilym Simcock and Gabriella Swallow, joined the London Sinfonietta and Barb Jungr on stage. |
| On 5th May Gwilym's big band appeared at Cheltenham Jazz Festival to perform "The Lichfield Suite" originally commissioned for last year's Lichfield Festival. The band included John Parricelli, Stan Sulzmann, Julian Siegel, Mark Lockheart, Noel Langley, Laurence Cottle, Martin France and many other great players. This was recorded in the studio on 7th May and was broadcast on Radio 3 on 1st June at 11.30 p.m. on "Jazz on 3". It can be heae again at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 |
GWILYM has just completed a week long tour with the Scottish Ensemble as featured soloist and premiered a new commission written specially for the tour. The commission, "Point of Contact", featured Gwilym on piano and young percussion virtuoso Ben Bryant on vibraphone. The piece was very well received by audiences and press alike and you will have the opportunity to hear the concert which was recorded for BBC Radio Scotland and which will be broadcast later in the year on BBC Radio 3. Please watch the website for details READ MORE>>>> |
| In March Gwilym recorded a 45 minute Concerto for Piano and Big Band with Germany's most prestigious radio orchestra the NDR Big band. This work will be broadcast later in the year so please watch the website for details of what promises to be a really special treat. |
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GWILYM'S status as BBC Radio 3 New Generations Artist has been extended for a further year to October 2008. This is to allow him more opportunities to record and compose for the the BBC. Over the past few months Gwilym has appeared on a variety of Radio 3 shows including Jazz Line-Up, In Tune, and 3 special solo broadcasts over Christmas featuring a number of other artists on the New Generations Artist Scheme. |
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20th May performed at the Barbican Hall
with vocal sensation Bobby McFerrin. With Bobby
and Gwilym were the LSO St Luke's Community Choir and Gavino Murgia,
a truly astonishing vocalist and instrumentalist, whose rich and
resonant throat singing evokes the landscape and traditions of his
native Sardinia.