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GWILYM PLAYS DUETS WITH JOHN LAW AT ST GEORGE'S BRISTOL |
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"GOOD DAYS AT SCHLOSS ELMAU" NOMINATED 2011 BARCLAYCARD MERCURY PRIZE - AN ALBUM OF THE YEAR Watch the Guardian video on how Gwilym made "Good Days" and the Mercury Video |
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BLINQ - Natalie Williams Liane Carroll, Brendan Reilly (vocals) Ian Shaw (vocals and piano), Gwilym Simcock ( piano and melodica) (Ronnie Scott's, August 12th 2011, part of Britjazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney)
No ifs, no buts about this one. The debut of vocal supergroup BLINQ, on the glorious 12th goes straight up there as one of my gigs of the year.
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| Listen to Gwilym Simcock on BBC Radio London 2hrs 4mins 31 secs into the show Listen Here |
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| RAVE REVIEWS FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE GENTLEMEN ON THEIR RECENT UK TOUR>> | |||
 GREAT REVIEW OF GWILYM'S 2011 DATE WITH REEDS PLAYER KLAUS GESING AT WIGMORE HALL AS PART OF THE SERIES CURATED BY BRAD MEHLDAU |
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GWILYM ON THE ANDREW MARR SHOW ON BBC TV GREAT REVIEW OF PERTH FESTIVAL CONCERTS listen to Gwilym talk about his trip Down Under RAVE REVIEW FOR SOLD OUT LAUNCH GIG IN LONDON! "the increasing richness and complexity of Simcock's compositional voice is a cause for huge celebration" Peter Quinn, The Arts Desk |
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NEW PROJECT WITH BRILLIANT DANCER NIGEL CHARNOCK IS A HUGE SUCCESS. |
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Festival director Pawel Brodowski said it was "A wonderful, phenomenal performance" Siggi Loch, owner of the prestigious ACT label, showed up to help Gwilym with the signing of his new solo Cd on ACT whcih will be out in January. |
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The music on the album is all new original compositions by Gwilym specially written for the album which was recorded at Schloss Elmau in Bavaria, Germany. The album will be released in January 2011
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PIANO SUMMIT IN COLOGNE WITH IIRO RANTALA AND FLORIAN ROSS HUGE SUCCESS! READ REVIEW |
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GWILYM'S SOLO CONCERT AT KING'S PLACE ON 25TH SEPTEMBER 2010 gets a great review from THE LONDON JAZZ BLOG THE CONCERT FEATURED MUCH OF THE NEW WORK TO BE RELEASED IN JANUARY ON THE GERMAN RECORD LABEL ACT.
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RAVE REVIEWS FOR QUARTET WITH MIKE WALKER, STEVE SWALLOW, ADAM NUSSBAUM GUARDIAN 4 STARS **** "Jazz supergroups are volatile concoctions, bespoke teams of virtuosi often just getting in each other's way. But the Anglo-US quartet built from scratch this week around the untried partnership of pianist Gwilym Simcock and Salford guitarist Mike Walker, with Americans Steve Swallow on bass and Adam Nussbaum on drums, fulfilled all its promise – and then some". read more LEICESTER MERCURY "A packed Embrace Arts Centre enjoyed a world-class performance by an international jazz group on its way to Ronnie Scott's and a European tour". read more JAZZWISE "Gwilym Simcock Dazzles With Ango-American Supergroup At Bergen Nattjazz Festival" read more JAZZ BREAKFAST "Let’s hope it becomes more than a one-tour stand. The band is going on to play around Europe but if you are within driving distance of either Leicester (Embrace Arts Centre tonight) or London (Ronnie Scott’s tomorrow) – so, anywhere on the mainland, in other words – I’d urge you to get along. It’s the real deal". read more LONDON JAZZ BLOG "This should be the start of something big". read more |
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"Pianist Gwilym Simcock’s new quintet, Confluence, bridges the world of the classical string quartet with that of jazz. The convergence happened in the music’s fabric: harmonies seemed to begin where Ravel and Debussy’s jazz dabblings had left off, and there was homage to Debussy and the first two distinctive notes of his string quartet. Understanding with long-term partners the Sacconi Quartet was implicit, and further underlined in the exuberant dancing of Simcock’s Fundero". Dave Reinstein |
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The last of four concerts from the 2009-2010 Britten Sinfonia at Lunch series from the West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge. This innovative series, which tours five different cities, including Krakow in Poland, was the winner of an RPS Chamber Music Award, and features an eclectic mix of familiar and unfamiliar pieces, alongside a new commission from a young composer. In this concert, a new work by British composer Gwilym Simcock is performed alongside music by Messiaen and Ravel. Gwilym Simcock: Simple Tales (World Premiere) Britten Sinfonia performers: Jacqueline Shave (violin) |
Gwilym Simcock (piano) (for Simple Tales)|
Shai Wosner (piano) (for the Ravel) |
Caroline Dearnley (cello). |
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Photo: Ron Beenen Gwilym Simcock piano Yuri Goloubev double bass James Maddren drums GWILYM STARRED AT THE HAGUE THREE DAY FESTIVAL WITH NORMA WINSTONE AS SPECIAL GUEST ON MARCH 5TH AND 6TH |
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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009 PIZZA EXPRESS RESIDENCY A HUGE SUCCESS "Simcock stamps his personality on whatever he plays" FT **** |
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GWILYM AT THE PROMS ON 31ST AUGUST 2009 Gwilym performed his piece "Contours" with the Aronowitz Ensemble at Cadogan Hall as part of a celebration of 10 years of the BBC New Generations Artists Scheme. |
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Gwilym wrote a major choral work for the Norfolk and Norwich Festival featuring The Voice Project with over 100 voices with the Gwilym Simcock Trio and special guest Klaus Gesing on reeds. The world premiere performance took place in Norwich Cathedral on Saturday 9th May 2009 at 8.00 p.m. This work will also be performed at the LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL ON 21ST NOVEMBER. for more details see dates NORFOLK AND NORWICH FESTIVAL COMMISSION "I Prefer the Gorgeous Freedom" described as "pure musical beauty" in the Norwich Evening News |
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| Gwilym commissioned to write an orchestral piece for the 40th anniversary of Chetham's School which will be performed at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on 8th March. | |||
Gwilym's trio debut at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam and at the Koln Philharmonie |
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| Gwilym appeared at Kings Place - London's fabulous new music venue in King's Cross on October 5th with no less than four different groups on the same evening www.kingsplace.co.uk | |||
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| Gwilym wins huge commission to perform at this year's PROMS at the Albert Hall in London. Gwilym composed a Piano Concerto "Progressions" which he performed with his trio and the BBC Concert Orchestra on August 9th 2008. The performance was broadcast live on BBC2 TV. | |||
| New Horn Sonata performed at the Wigmore Hall on 12th May with French Horn player Chris Parkes | |||
| "Contours" - a special commission for The Aronowitz Ensemble was 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 |
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BBC RADIO 3 LISTENERS' AWARDS Gwilym is nominated for the Radio 3 Listeners' Awards |
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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". |
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| 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. |
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| 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>>>> |
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| 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. |
WORLD PREMIERE OF BLINQ A HUGE SUCCESS
FIVE STAR REVIEW
TOUR WITH MIKE WALKER, STEVE SWALLOW, ADAM NUSSBAUM ENDS WITH A SELL-OUT CROWD AT THE OPERA THEATRE AT THE RNCM AT THE MANCHESTER JAZZ FESTIVAL.
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GWILYM SIMCOCK TROP AT THE UTRECHT JAZZ FESTIVAL, NETHERLANDS 10TH MARCH 2010
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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
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