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Gwilym Simcock

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Gwilym Simcock (born 24 February 1981) is a British pianist and composer working in both jazz and classical music, and often blurring the boundaries of the two. [1]

51 relations: ABRSM, ACT Music, Arts Council England, Bangor, Gwynedd, BBC Big Band, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, BBC Two, Bill Bruford, Bob Mintzer, Bobby McFerrin, Britten Sinfonia, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Chetham's School of Music, Chick Corea, City of London Festival, Dave Holland, Don Weller (musician), French horn, Geoffrey Keezer, Good Days At Schloss Elmau, Iain Ballamy, Jazz, Jazzwise, John Parricelli, John Taylor (jazz), Julian Argüelles, Kenny Wheeler, Kings Place, Lee Konitz, London Evening Standard, London Sinfonietta, Martin France, National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Nikki Iles, North Sea Jazz Festival, Pat Metheny, Pete King (saxophonist), Phil Donkin, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Academy of Music, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Southbank Centre, Stan Sulzmann, Steve Waterman (musician), The Proms, Tim Garland, Torsten de Winkel, Wigmore Hall, ..., Yuri Goloubev. Expand index (1 more) »

ABRSM

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) is an examinations board and registered charity based in London, UK, which provides examinations in music at centres around the world.

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ACT Music

ACT is a German record label founded in 1992 by Siegfried Loch.

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Arts Council England

Arts Council England is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

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Bangor, Gwynedd

Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, northwest Wales.

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BBC Big Band

The BBC Big Band, originally known as the BBC Radio Big Band is a British big band run under the auspices of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

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BBC Concert Orchestra

The BBC Concert Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London, one of the British Broadcasting Corporation's five radio orchestras.

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BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme

BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme (also known as the NGA scheme) was launched in 1999 by Adam Gatehouse as part of the BBC's commitment to young musical talent.

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BBC Two

BBC Two is the second flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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Bill Bruford

William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English retired drummer, percussionist, songwriter, producer, and record label owner who first gained prominence as the original drummer of the rock band Yes, from 1968 to 1972 and again from 1989 to 1992.

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Bob Mintzer

Bob Mintzer (born 27 January 1953 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader.

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Bobby McFerrin

Robert Keith "Bobby" McFerrin Jr. (born March 14, 1950) is an American jazz vocalist and conductor.

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Britten Sinfonia

Britten Sinfonia is a chamber orchestra ensemble based in Cambridge, UK.

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Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Cheltenham Jazz Festival is one of the UK's leading jazz festivals, and is part of Cheltenham Festivals' annual festival season, also including the Science, Music and Literature Festivals in Cheltenham Spa.

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Chetham's School of Music

Chetham's School of Music (pronounced with a long "e",, although sometimes known familiarly as "Chets", /ˈtʃɛtz/) is an independent co-educational boarding specialist music school in Manchester in North West England.

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Chick Corea

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (born June 12, 1941) is an American jazz pianist/electric keyboardist and composer.

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City of London Festival

The City of London Festival was an annual arts festival that took place in the City of London, England, over two to three weeks in June and July.

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Dave Holland

Dave Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades.

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Don Weller (musician)

Donald "Don" Arthur Albert Weller (born 19 December 1940 in Thornton Heath, Croydon, Surrey) is an English jazz musician, tenor saxophonist and composer.

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French horn

The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the "horn" in some professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell.

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Geoffrey Keezer

Geoffrey Keezer (born November 20, 1970) is an American jazz pianist.

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Good Days At Schloss Elmau

Good Days At Schloss Elmau is a 2011 album by British jazz and classical pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock.

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Iain Ballamy

Iain Ballamy (born 20 February 1964) is a British composer, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone player.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jazzwise

Jazzwise, launched in 1997, is the UK’s biggest selling jazz monthly magazine and aims to be the leading English language jazz magazine in Europe.

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John Parricelli

John Parricelli (born 5 April 1959 in Evesham, Wychavon, Worcestershire, England) is a jazz guitarist who has worked mainly in the United Kingdom.

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John Taylor (jazz)

John Taylor (25 September 1942 – 17 July 2015) was a British jazz pianist born in Manchester, England, who occasionally performed on the organ and the synthesiser.

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Julian Argüelles

Julian Crook Argüelles (born 28 January 1966) is an English jazz saxophonist.

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Kenny Wheeler

Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards.

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Kings Place

Kings Place is a building in London’s Kings Cross area, providing music and visual arts venues combined with seven floors of office space.

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Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz (born October 13, 1927) is an American composer and alto saxophonist.

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London Evening Standard

The London Evening Standard (or simply Evening Standard) is a local, free daily newspaper, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format in London.

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London Sinfonietta

The London Sinfonietta is an English contemporary chamber orchestra founded in 1968 and based in London.

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Martin France

Martin France (born 1964 in Rainham – then in Kent) is an English drummer based in London.

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National Youth Jazz Orchestra

The National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) is a British jazz orchestra founded in 1965 by Bill Ashton.

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Nikki Iles

Nikki Iles (born 16 May 1963) is an English jazz composer and musician, playing piano and accordion.

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North Sea Jazz Festival

The North Sea Jazz Festival is an annual festival held each second weekend of July in the Netherlands at the Ahoy venue.

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Pat Metheny

Patrick Bruce Metheny (born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.

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Pete King (saxophonist)

Peter "Pete" Stephen George King (23 August 1929; Bow, London – 20 December 2009) was a British jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Phil Donkin

Phil Donkin (born November 1980 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear) is a British Jazz bassist.

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Queen Elizabeth Hall

The Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH) is a music venue on the South Bank in London, England, that hosts daily classical, jazz, and avant-garde music and dance performances.

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Royal Academy of Music

The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas Bochsa.

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Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, which has held the Proms concerts annually each summer since 1941.

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Royal Northern Sinfonia

Royal Northern Sinfonia is a British chamber orchestra, founded in Newcastle upon Tyne and currently based in Gateshead.

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Southbank Centre

Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, England, on the South Bank of the River Thames (between Hungerford Bridge and Waterloo Bridge).

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Stan Sulzmann

Stanley Ernest Sulzmann (born 30 November 1948 in London) is an English jazz saxophonist.

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Steve Waterman (musician)

Steve Waterman (born 8 September 1960) is a British jazz trumpeter, composer and educator.

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The Proms

The Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London.

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Tim Garland

Tim Garland (born 19 October 1966) is a British jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.

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Torsten de Winkel

Torsten de Winkel (born January 6, 1965 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German musician, composer, and philosopher primarily active in the jazz, world music, fusion and electronic music genres.

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Wigmore Hall

The Wigmore Hall is a concert hall located at 36 Wigmore Street, London.

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Yuri Goloubev

Yuri Goloubev (born 27 July 1972 in Moscow, Russia) is a jazz musician, composer and double bass player.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwilym_Simcock

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