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Gwilym Simcock at Festival International De Jazz De Montreal at Ludger-duvernay Theatre, Monument-national
Courtesy of Michael Grofsorean | Posted on June 15, 2017
Where
Ludger-duvernay Theatre, Monument-national
Festival International De Jazz De Montreal
1182 St. Laurent Blvd.
Montreal
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When
Mon, July 3, 2017
18:00
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Musicians
Gwilym Simcock
pianoAbout
A virtuoso pianist and imaginative composer, Gwilym Simcock is a leading artist on the European music scene. Trained as a classical pianist from his youth, at the age of fourteen he turned his attention to jazz and composition, putting his musical foundation to work in a quest for a new and original sound. That his endeavor has borne fruit is confirmed by a myriad of awards, including the UK's Parliamentary Jazz Awards and the BBC Jazz Awards designation as “Jazz Musician of the Year.” Moving effortlessly between classical and jazz forms, he has been described as reminiscent of Keith Jarrett, complete with “harmonic sophistication and subtle dovetailing of musical traditions.” Chick Corea called him “a creative genius.”...