SYLVIE COURVOISIER
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, 21st Century Modern, Third Stream • Switzerland

Pianist, Composer, Imrpoviser Born 1968, Lausanne, Switzerland Lives in Brooklyn, NY Sylvie Courvoisier is a pianist, composer, and improviser. She has led multiple groups and has been commissioned to write music for concerts, radio, dance, and theater. Courvoisier has recorded nine albums as a bandleader, 25 as a co-leader, and 25 as a side-person, notably on ECM, Tzadik, and Intakt Records. She has toured widely across the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, and Japan. Courvoisier regularly performs solo, in duo with Mark Feldman, and as the leader of the Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, which includes Kenny Wollesen and Drew Gress. She is a co-leader of the Miller's Tale quartet with Mark Feldman, Ikue Mori, and Evan Parker, and has been a member of Mephista with Ikue Mori and Susie Ibarra since 2000. Courvoisier regularly performs in a number of John Zorn's groups and compositional projects including Cobra and the Bagatelle Marathon. Since 2010, she has read more...