Gwilym Simcock

GWILYM SIMCOCK

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Trio- James, Gwilym and Yuri NEW DOUBLE ALBUM "BLUES VIGNETTE"GETS RAVE REVIEWS

This is a double album featuring new trio and solo work. Recorded at Curtis Schwartz's studio in Ardingly. Curtis is a master engineer who gets a fabulous sound and has the patience of an angel.

GWILYM TO TOUR WITH MIKE WALKER (guitar), STEVE SWALLOW (bass) and ADAM NUSSBAUM (drums) in the summer of 2010 check dates for more info..........
Press info: Quartet with Mike Walker, Steve Swallow and Adam Nussbaum (.pdf)

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

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 to appear in Spain at Vila Real, Madrid and Alicante

Gwilym's trio debut at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam

and at the Koln Philharmonie

Gwilym appeared at Kings Plce - 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

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 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 features 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 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
• http://www.br-online.de/bayern4/sendungen/jazz/
• http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,537613,00.html
• http://www.jazzcity-net-edition.de/cds-simcock.html

BBC RADIO 3 LISTENERS' AWARDS

Gwilym is on anominated for the Radio 3 Listeners' Awards

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>>>>

Scottish Ensemble Website

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.

On 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.

www.bobbymcferrin.com

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.