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Gwilym Simcock
Gwilym Simcock
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Born	24 February 1981 (age 43); Bangor, Gwynedd, U.K.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument	Piano
Years active	2000s–present
Website	gwilymsimcock.com

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Gwilym Simcock (born 24 February 1981) is a Welsh pianist and composer working in both jazz and classical music. He was chosen as one of the 1000 Most Influential People in London by the Evening Standard. He was featured on the front cover of the August 2007 issue of the UK's Jazzwise magazine.

Early life

Simcock was born in Bangor, Gwynedd. At the age of eleven he attained the highest marks in the country for his Associated Board on both piano and French horn. He studied classical piano, French horn, and composition at Chetham's School, Manchester, where he was introduced to jazz by pianist and teacher Les Chisnall and bassist and teacher Steve Berry. He studied jazz piano at The Royal Academy of Music, London with John Taylor, Nikki Iles, Nick Weldon, and Geoff Keezer. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and won the "Principal's Prize" for outstanding achievement. At the Royal Academy of Music he studied with Milton Mermikides.

Career

In 2006, he was the first jazz musician to be selected for the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, and this was extended to 2008. It involved broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 as solo performances, and his trio appearance at the Wigmore Hall during the London Jazz Festival 2006 (broadcast 7 July 2007).

In 2008, he was commissioned to perform at The Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He composed a Piano Concerto "Progressions" which he performed with his trio and the BBC Concert Orchestra on 9 August 2008, broadcast live on the television channel BBC Two.

On 5 October 2008, he was featured in an evening at the King's Place Opening Festival in which he performed four concerts leading four different groups including a duo with John Taylor.

His trio, which has performed at festivals and venues worldwide such as the North Sea Jazz Festival 2007, features James Maddren (drums) and Yuri Goloubev (bass), while his debut album featured Stan Sulzmann, John Parricelli, Phil Donkin, Martin France, and Ben Bryant.

He was chosen by Chick Corea for a solo concert performance and live recording at Klavier Festival Ruhr 2007. This concert was broadcast on WDR radio and 20,000 copies were given away as a cover mount CD in Germany's leading music magazine Fonoforum.^[1]

He was a member of Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio, but he left in 2013 and was replaced by John Turville. He was a member of Malcolm Creese's Acoustic Triangle, Stan Sulzmann's Neon, and Bill Bruford's Earthworks. He has also played with Dave Holland, Lee Konitz, Bob Mintzer, Bobby McFerrin, Kenny Wheeler, Iain Ballamy, Julian Argüelles, Pete King, Don Weller, Steve Waterman, and Torsten de Winkel / New York Jazz Guerrilla. He is a founding member of The Impossible Gentlemen.

He also plays French horn^[2] and has played with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO), the BBC Big Band, and with Kenny Wheeler on his 2003/2005 tour.

He has toured with jazz guitarist Pat Metheny in a quartet with Linda Oh and Antonio Sanchez.

In 2011 his album Good Days At Schloss Elmau was one of the twelve nominees for the Mercury Music Prize, losing to PJ Harvey's Let England Shake.^[3]

Commissions/collaborations

A commission to compose and perform a piano concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Proms 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall in London (Progressions)
A commission for a new work for the Aronowitz Ensemble at the City of London Festival, July 2008
A commission and recording for a piano concerto with big band with the NDR Big Band in Germany (Hamburg Suite)
A Big Band project at Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2007, broadcast on BBC Radio on 1 June 2007 (The Lichfield Suite)
A 2007 commission and tour with The Scottish Ensemble (Chamber Orchestra), broadcast on 1 July 2007 on BBC Radio Scotland and again on BBC Radio 3 on 12 October
Guest soloist on Mark Antony Turnage's commission with London Sinfonietta for the re-opening of the Southbank Centre at Queen Elizabeth Hall, June 2007
A commission for the Britten Sinfonia, premiered at the London Jazz Festival 2007 (Jackie's Dance)
New Horn Sonata performed at the Wigmore Hall with French horn player Chris Parkes
Performed the première of Tim Garland's piano concerto with the Northern Sinfonia, May 2005
A commission and major Arts Council-funded tour of cathedrals with Acoustic Triangle and Sacconi Strings, 2008
Performing with his trio at the BBC Young Musician of the Year Jazz Award 2014 and 2016 with the finalists of the competition

Awards and nominations

Winner of Perrier Award 2001: Young Jazz Ensemble
Winner of BBC Jazz Award 2005: Rising Star
Winner of British Jazz Award 2005: Rising Star
Nominated for Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2007: Jazz Musician of the Year
Nominated for BBC Jazz Award 2008: Best Instrumentalist
Nominated for BBC Jazz Award 2008: Best Album
BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist 2006–2008
Nominated for Radio 3 Listeners' Awards 2008
Nominated for Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize 2011

Discography

As leader

Perception (Basho, 2007)
Blues Vignette (Basho, 2009)
Good Days At Schloss Elmau (ACT 2011)
Instrumation (ACT, 2014)
Reverie at Schloss Elmau with Yuri Goloubev (ACT, 2014)
Birdsong with Kizzy Crawford (Basho, 2018)
Near and Now (ACT, 2019)

As sideman

Catalyst, Acoustic Triangle (Audio B, 2003)
Close to You, Kathleen Willison (Basho, 2004)
Resonance, Acoustic Triangle (Audio B, 2005)
If the Sea Replied, Tim Garland (Sirocco Music, 2005)
Take Me Home, Kaz Simmons (33 Jazz, 2005)
Heart Luggage, Klaus Gesing (ATS, 2006)
Sax of Gold, Sax Assault (Astute Music, 2007)
Traces, Dan Stern (Kvetch, 2007)
Due North, Tim Garland (Jazzaction, 2007)
Reverence, Spike Wells (Audio-B, 2007)
Video Anthology Vol. 1: 2000's, Bill Bruford's Earthworks (Summerfold, 2007)
SGS Group Inc. Presents, Simcock/Goloubev/Sirkis (Music Center, 2008)
Give It One, London Horn Sound (Cala, 2008)
Smoke and Mirrors, Tom Richards Orchestra (Candid, 2008)
3 Dimensions, Acoustic Triangle (Audio B, 2008)
Finally Beginning, John Warren (Fuzzy Moon, 2008)
Bimbache Jazz & Raíces, La Condición Humana (nyjg / ESC, 2008)
Howeird, Sam Crockatt Quartet (Loop, 2009)
Metafore Semplici, Yuri Goloubev (Universal, 2009)
Libra, Tim Garland (Global Mix, 2009)
Following On, John Warren (Fuzzy Moon, 2009)
The Impossible Gentlemen (Basho, 2011)
Internationally Recognised Aliens (Basho, 2013)
Let's Get Deluxe (Basho, 2016)
From This Place, Pat Metheny (Nonesuch, 2020)

References

^ Fonoforum Official web site Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "The prodigious pianist reveals the music that gets his fingers twitching" The Independent
^ "PJ Harvey wins 2011 Barclaycard mercury Music Prize". NME. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

Other sources

External links

Official website
Profile on Basho Records website Archived 27 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Gwilym Simcock biography from BBC Wales
Profile at BBC Wales North West

[1] Fonoforum Official web site Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "The prodigious pianist reveals the music that gets his fingers twitching" The Independent

[3] "PJ Harvey wins 2011 Barclaycard mercury Music Prize". NME. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

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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.
+'''Gwilym Simcock''' (born 24 February 1981) is a Welsh pianist and composer working in both [[jazz]] and classical music. He was chosen as one of the 1000 Most Influential People in London by the ''[[Evening Standard]]''. He was featured on the front cover of the August 2007 issue of the UK's ''[[Jazzwise]]'' magazine.
-Simcock was chosen as one of the 1000 Most Influential People in London by the ''[[Evening Standard]]''. He was featured on the front cover of the August 2007 issue of the UK's leading Jazz journal ''[[Jazzwise]]'' Magazine.
 == Early life ==
-Simcock was born in [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], Gwynedd. At the age of eleven he attained the highest marks in the country for his [[Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music|Associated Board]] Grade 8 exams – on both piano and [[French horn]]. He went on to study classical piano, French horn and composition at [[Chetham's School of Music|Chetham's School]], Manchester, where he was introduced to jazz by pianist and teacher Les Chisnall and bassist and teacher Steve Berry. He went on to study jazz piano at The [[Royal Academy of Music]], London with [[John Taylor (jazz)|John Taylor]], [[Nikki Iles]], Nick Weldon and [[Geoff Keezer]].
+Simcock was born in [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], Gwynedd. At the age of eleven he attained the highest marks in the country for his [[Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music|Associated Board]] on both piano and [[French horn]]. He studied classical piano, French horn, and composition at [[Chetham's School of Music|Chetham's School]], Manchester, where he was introduced to jazz by pianist and teacher Les Chisnall and bassist and teacher Steve Berry. He studied jazz piano at The [[Royal Academy of Music]], London with [[John Taylor (jazz)|John Taylor]], [[Nikki Iles]], Nick Weldon, and [[Geoff Keezer]]. He graduated from the [[Royal Academy of Music]] and won the "Principal's Prize" for outstanding achievement. At the Royal Academy of Music he studied with [[Milton Mermikides]].
+== Career ==
-He graduated from the [[Royal Academy of Music]] with a first-class honours degree and the "Principal's Prize' for outstanding achievement.
+In 2006, he was the first jazz musician to be selected for the [[BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme]], and this was extended to 2008. It involved broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 as solo performances, and his trio appearance at the [[Wigmore Hall]] during the London Jazz Festival 2006 (broadcast 7 July 2007).
+In 2008, he was commissioned to perform at [[The Proms]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London. He composed a Piano Concerto "Progressions" which he performed with his trio and the BBC Concert Orchestra on 9 August 2008, broadcast live on the television channel [[BBC Two]].
-== Career ==
-In 2008 he was commissioned to perform at [[The Proms]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London. He composed a Piano Concerto "Progressions" which he performed with his trio and the BBC Concert Orchestra on 9 August 2008, broadcast live on [[BBC2]] TV.
-On 5 October 2008 he was featured in an evening at the [[King's Place]] Opening Festival in which he performed four concerts leading four different groups including a duo with John Taylor.
+On 5 October 2008, he was featured in an evening at the [[King's Place]] Opening Festival in which he performed four concerts leading four different groups including a duo with John Taylor.
+His trio, which has performed at festivals and venues worldwide such as the [[North Sea Jazz Festival]] 2007, features James Maddren (drums) and [[Yuri Goloubev]] (bass), while his debut album featured [[Stan Sulzmann]], [[John Parricelli]], [[Phil Donkin]], [[Martin France]], and Ben Bryant.
-In 2006 he was the first jazz musician to be selected for the [[BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme]], and this was extended to 2008. It involved numerous recordings that were broadcast on BBC Radio 3 as solo performances, and his trio appearance at the [[Wigmore Hall]] during the London Jazz Festival 2006 (broadcast 7 July 2007).
-His trio, which has performed at festivals and venues worldwide such as the [[North Sea Jazz Festival]] 2007, now features James Maddren (drums) and [[Yuri Goloubev]] (bass), while his debut album featured [[Stan Sulzmann]], [[John Parricelli]], [[Phil Donkin]], [[Martin France]] and Ben Bryant.
 He was chosen by [[Chick Corea]] for a solo concert performance and live recording at Klavier Festival Ruhr 2007. This concert was broadcast on WDR radio and 20,000 copies were given away as a cover mount CD in Germany's leading music magazine ''Fonoforum''.<ref>[http://www.fonoforum.de/site/alias__fofo/cd-kritiken/jazz/459/jazz.aspx ''Fonoforum Official web site''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207033521/http://www.fonoforum.de/site/alias__fofo/cd-kritiken/jazz/459/jazz.aspx |date=7 December 2008 }}</ref>
-He was a member of [[Tim Garland]]'s Lighthouse Trio, however left in 2013 being replaced by John Turville. He was a member of Malcolm Creese's Acoustic Triangle, Stan Sulzmann's Neon, and [[Bill Bruford]]'s Earthworks. He has also played with musicians including [[Dave Holland]], [[Lee Konitz]], [[Bob Mintzer]], [[Bobby McFerrin]], [[Kenny Wheeler]], [[Iain Ballamy]], [[Julian Argüelles]], [[Pete King (saxophonist)|Pete King]], [[Don Weller (musician)|Don Weller]], [[Steve Waterman (musician)|Steve Waterman]], and [[Torsten de Winkel]] / New York Jazz Guerrilla. He is a founder member of [[The Impossible Gentlemen]].
+He was a member of [[Tim Garland]]'s Lighthouse Trio, but he left in 2013 and was replaced by John Turville. He was a member of Malcolm Creese's Acoustic Triangle, Stan Sulzmann's Neon, and [[Bill Bruford]]'s Earthworks. He has also played with [[Dave Holland (bassist)|Dave Holland]], [[Lee Konitz]], [[Bob Mintzer]], [[Bobby McFerrin]], [[Kenny Wheeler]], [[Iain Ballamy]], [[Julian Argüelles]], [[Pete King (saxophonist)|Pete King]], [[Don Weller (musician)|Don Weller]], [[Steve Waterman (musician)|Steve Waterman]], and [[Torsten de Winkel]] / New York Jazz Guerrilla. He is a founding member of The Impossible Gentlemen.
-He also plays French horn<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/gwilym-simcock-the-prodigious-pianist-reveals-the-music-that-gets-his-fingers-twitching-850593.html "The prodigious pianist reveals the music that gets his fingers twitching" ''The Independent'']</ref> and has played with the [[National Youth Jazz Orchestra]] (NYJO), the [[BBC Big Band]], and with [[Kenny Wheeler]] on his 2003/2005 tour.
+He also plays French horn<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080622220731/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/gwilym-simcock-the-prodigious-pianist-reveals-the-music-that-gets-his-fingers-twitching-850593.html "The prodigious pianist reveals the music that gets his fingers twitching" ''The Independent'']</ref> and has played with the [[National Youth Jazz Orchestra]] (NYJO), the [[BBC Big Band]], and with [[Kenny Wheeler]] on his 2003/2005 tour.
-In recent times he has been on tour with legendary US guitarist [[Pat Metheny]] in a quartet featuring Linda Oh and Antonio Sanchez.
+He has toured with jazz guitarist [[Pat Metheny]] in a quartet with [[Linda Oh]] and Antonio Sanchez.
+In 2011 his album ''[[Good Days At Schloss Elmau]]'' was one of the twelve nominees for the [[Mercury Music Prize]], losing to [[PJ Harvey]]'s ''[[Let England Shake]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/pj-harvey-46-1283098|title=PJ Harvey wins 2011 Barclaycard mercury Music Prize|date=6 September 2011 |publisher=NME|accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref>
 == Commissions/collaborations ==
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 == Discography ==
-===As sideman===
-* ''Catalyst'' – Acoustic Triangle (Audio B, 2003)
-* ''Close to You'' – Kathleen Willison (Basho, 2004)
-* ''Resonance'' – Acoustic Triangle (Audio B, 2005)
-* ''If the Sea Replied'' – Tim Garland (Sirocco Music, 2005)
-* ''Take me home'' – Kaz Simmons (33 Jazz Records, 2005)
-* ''Heart Luggage'' – Klaus Gesing (ATS Records, 2006)
-* ''Sax of Gold'' – Sax Assault (Astute Music, 2007)
-* ''Traces'' – Dan Stern (Kvetch, 2007)
-* ''Due North'' – Tim Garland (Jazzaction, 2007)
-* ''Reverence'' – Spike Wells (Audio-B, 2007)
-* ''Video Anthology Vol. 1: 2000's'' – Bill Bruford's Earthworks (Summerfold Records, 2007)
-* ''SGS Group, Inc. Presents'' – Simcock – Goloubev – Sirkis (Music Center, 2008)
-* ''Give It One'' – London Horn Sound (Cala, 2008)
-* ''Smoke and Mirrors'' – Tom Richards Orchestra (Candid, 2008)
-* ''3 Dimensions'' – Acoustic Triangle (Audio B, 2008)
-* ''Finally Beginning'' – John Warren (Fuzzy Moon, 2008)
-* ''Bimbache Jazz & Raíces – La Condición Humana'' (nyjg / ESC, 2008)
-* ''Howeird'' – Sam Crockatt Quartet (Loop, 2009)
-* ''Metafore Semplici'' – Yuri Goloubev (Universal, 2009)
-* ''Libra'' – Tim Garland (Global Mix, 2009)
-* ''Following On'' – John Warren (Fuzzy Moon, 2009)
-* ''The Impossible Gentlemen'' - (Basho records, 2011)
-* ''Internationally Recognised Aliens'' - (Basho records, 2013)
-* ''Let's Get Deluxe'' - (Basho records, 2016)
 ===As leader===
 * ''Perception'' (Basho, 2007)
 * ''Blues Vignette'' (Basho, 2009)
-* ''[[Good Days At Schloss Elmau]]'' ([[ACT Music]] 2011)
+* ''[[Good Days At Schloss Elmau]]'' ([[ACT Music|ACT]] 2011)
-* ''Instrumation''&nbsp; ([[ACT Music]] 2014)
+* ''Instrumation'' (ACT, 2014)
-* ''Reverie at Schloss Elmau''&nbsp; Gwilym Simcock  / [[Yuri Goloubev]] ([[ACT Music]] 2014)
+* ''Reverie at Schloss Elmau'' with [[Yuri Goloubev]] (ACT, 2014)
+* ''Birdsong'' with Kizzy Crawford (Basho, 2018)
+* ''Near and Now'' (ACT, 2019)
+===As sideman===
+* ''Catalyst'', Acoustic Triangle (Audio B, 2003)
+* ''Close to You'', Kathleen Willison (Basho, 2004)
+* ''Resonance'', Acoustic Triangle (Audio B, 2005)
+* ''If the Sea Replied'', Tim Garland (Sirocco Music, 2005)
+* ''Take Me Home'', Kaz Simmons (33 Jazz, 2005)
+* ''Heart Luggage'', Klaus Gesing (ATS, 2006)
+* ''Sax of Gold'', Sax Assault (Astute Music, 2007)
+* ''Traces'', Dan Stern (Kvetch, 2007)
+* ''Due North'', Tim Garland (Jazzaction, 2007)
+* ''Reverence'', [[Spike Wells]] (Audio-B, 2007)
+* ''Video Anthology Vol. 1: 2000's'', Bill Bruford's Earthworks (Summerfold, 2007)
+* ''SGS Group Inc. Presents'', Simcock/Goloubev/Sirkis (Music Center, 2008)
+* ''Give It One'', London Horn Sound (Cala, 2008)
+* ''Smoke and Mirrors'', Tom Richards Orchestra (Candid, 2008)
+* ''3 Dimensions'', Acoustic Triangle (Audio B, 2008)
+* ''Finally Beginning'', John Warren (Fuzzy Moon, 2008)
+* ''Bimbache Jazz & Raíces, La Condición Humana'' (nyjg / ESC, 2008)
+* ''Howeird'', Sam Crockatt Quartet (Loop, 2009)
+* ''Metafore Semplici'', Yuri Goloubev (Universal, 2009)
+* ''Libra'', Tim Garland (Global Mix, 2009)
+* ''Following On'', John Warren (Fuzzy Moon, 2009)
+* ''The Impossible Gentlemen'' (Basho, 2011)
+* ''Internationally Recognised Aliens'' (Basho, 2013)
+* ''Let's Get Deluxe'' (Basho, 2016)
+* ''From This Place'', Pat Metheny (Nonesuch, 2020)
 == References ==
+{{reflist}}
-<references/>
 == Other sources ==
 * http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,537613,00.html
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20080222093747/http://www.br-online.de/bayern4/sendungen/jazz/
-* http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2007/11/29/britten-sinfonia-uncovers-hidden-treasure-65233-20180607/
+* http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2007/11/29/britten-sinfonia-uncovers-hidden-treasure-65233-20180607/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202134307/http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2007/11/29/britten-sinfonia-uncovers-hidden-treasure-65233-20180607/ |date=2 December 2008 }}
 == External links ==
 * {{Official website|http://www.gwilymsimcock.com/index.htm}}
-* [http://www.bashomusic.co.uk/gwilym.htm Profile on Basho Records website]
+* [http://www.bashomusic.co.uk/gwilym.htm Profile on Basho Records website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227222550/http://www.bashomusic.co.uk/gwilym.htm |date=27 December 2008 }}
 * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/gwilym-simcock/ Gwilym Simcock biography from BBC Wales]
 * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/halloffame/arts/gwilymsimcock.shtml Profile at BBC Wales North West]
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+[[Category:Musicians from Bangor, Gwynedd]]
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+[[Category:21st-century jazz composers]]
+[[Category:Basho Records artists]]
+[[Category:British male jazz pianists]]

v t e Earthworks
Bill Bruford Iain Ballamy Django Bates Mick Hutton Tim Harries Steve Hamilton Patrick Clahar Geoff Gascoigne Mark Hodgson Gwilym Simcock Tim Garland Laurence Cottle
Studio albums	Earthworks (1987) Dig? (1989) All Heaven Broke Loose (1991) The Sound of Surprise (2001)
Live albums	Stamping Ground (1994)

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