SOLO PIANO

As well as his own solo piano performances Gwilym works as a soloist and composer on orchestral and ensemble projects. Gwilym has worked with The Northern Sinfonia, Mark Antony Turnage, The Britten Sinfonia, The BBC Concert Orchestra, the Scottish Ensemble, the HR Radio Big Band and the NDR Big Band in Hamburg and the Aronowitz Ensemble for whom Gwilym wrote a special piece for the City of London Festival. In August 2008 he appeared with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Proms where he premiered his new work "Progressions".

COMMISSIONS

2005 "Lichfield Suite" for Big Band Lichfield Festival UK(45 mins)
2006 "Point of Contact" for Scottish Ensemble (10 mins)
2007 "The Hamburg Suite" Concerto for Piano and Big Band for NDR Big Band, Germany (45 mins)
2007 "Jackie’s Dance" Orchestral Work for Britten Sinfonia UK(12 mins)
2008 Series of New Work for Acoustic Triangle (UK Tour)
2008 "Contours" for Aronovitz Ensemble (17mins) (City of London Festival/BBC Radio 3)
2008 "Progressions" for BBC Concert Orchestra and jazz trio (24 mins)(BBC Proms commission)
2009 "Symphonic Construction on Chetham’s" for Chetham's School Manchester (15 mins)
2009 "I Prefer the Gorgeous Freedom" choral work for Norfolk and Norwich Festival (45 mins)
Forthcoming Commissions
2010 Orchestral work for The Hague Festival, The Hague, Netherlands
2010 "Simple Tales" for Britten Sinfonia soloists, UK and Poland
2010 New Big Band Work for NDR Big Band, Germany
2010 Cheltenham Music Festival - work for piano and string Quartet

2011 Commission for classical/jazz ensemble for Leasowes Bank Festival, UK

GWILYM SIMCOCK TRIO

Gwilym Simcock - piano
James Maddren- drums
Yuri Goloubev- bass

GWILYM SIMCOCK QUARTET

Gwilym Simcock - piano
Mike Walker - guitar
Steve Swallow - electric bass
Adam Nussbaum - drums

NEON

Stan Sulzmann - saxes
Gwilym Simcock - piano
Jim Hart - vibes and marimba

GWILYM SIMCOCK QUINTET/SEXTET

Gwilym Simcock - piano
Stan Sulzmann - saxes
John Parricelli- guitar
Phil Donkin - bass
Martin France - drums
(Ben Bryant - percussion)

"As a pianist alone, Gwilym Simcock would have deserved all the hype, but this performance confirms that he doesn't see his composer's identity as his second string". John Fordham 4 stars ****Guardian on 1st March 2006

"Saturday night's performers drew a rapturous response. Opening was pianist Gwilym Simcock's superb quintet with Stan Sulzmann (tenor/soprano), John Parricelli (guitar), Phil Donkin (bass) and Martin France (drums), for whom Simcock provided a harmonically rich, rhythmically flexible environment full of surprise and diversity.

Solos which became joint improvisations, free playing, tempo and metre changes managed with magisterial aplomb and some inspired rubato playing were typical of their approach. There were no weak links; Simcock showed why he is regarded as the wunderkind of the piano in Britain, Sulzmann and Parricelli are simply outstanding soloists, and France and Donkin offered a superbly pliant rhythm section". Irish Times 2nd May 2006

GWILYM SIMCOCK BIG BAND

Saxophones
Iain Ballamy, Mark Lockheart, Julian Siegel, Stan Sulzmann

Trumpets
Noel Langley, Robbie Robson, Neil Yates

French Horns
Chris Parkes, Paul Robinson

Trombones
Trevor Mires, Louis Edney

Guitar
John Parricelli

Piano
Gwilym Simcock

Bass
Laurence Cottle

Drums
Martin France

Conductor
Jules Buckley