Gwilym Simcock, James Maddren & Conor Chaplin. Presented by Music in the Round.
One of the most gifted pianists and imaginative composers on the European scene, this is a chance to experience the masterful jazz artist Gwilym Simcock up close as he returns to his improvisational jazz roots. He is joined by James Maddren and Conor Chaplin.
Gwilym has been hailed as a pianist of ‘exceptional’, ‘brilliant’ and ‘dazzling’ ability, and his music has been widely acclaimed as ‘engaging, exciting, often unexpected, melodically enthralling, complex yet hugely accessible’, and above all ‘wonderfully optimistic’.
Gwilym’s influences are wide ranging, from jazz legends including Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny, to classical composers including Maurice Ravel, Henri Dutilleux, Béla Bartók and Mark-Anthony Turnage. Although principally a jazz artist, Gwilym has composed numerous works for larger Classical ensemble that combine through-composed elements with improvisation, creating a sound that is distinctive and very much his own.
‘A jaw-droppingly exciting pianist’ — The Guardian
Doors: 3:30pm.
