Gwilym premiered his new work “Quintet for Percussion” with the LSO Percussion Ensemble on 1st Feb
There will be a second performance on Saturday 2nd Feb at LSO St Luke’s
Photo by David Forman
Article and more photos at London Jazz News
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Gwilym to play with Pablo Held at the Pizza Express Steinway Festival on 19th March
Gwilym has long been an admirer of Pablo Held but they have never played together. Both were very much influenced by the late John Taylor. This year they will be teaming up at the Steinway Festival on Tuesday 19th March at Pizza Express Jazz Club.
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Gwilym’s trio at QEH for BBC Young Jazz Musician final
Gwilym is delighted that again his band will back the finalists in this year’s BBC Young Jazz Musician. This year it will be part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.
This year’s finalists will perform with Gwilym, jazz bassist and composer Paula Gardiner and jazz drummer and composer Asaf Sirkis.
Johannes Berauer’s Hourglass launch plus Gwilym with Joe Locke at Kings Place
Gwilym will play a set with vibraphonist Joe Locke at Kings Place on 5th September before the album launch of a new album out on Basho “Hourglass” featuring new music by Austrian composer Johannes Berauer. Gwilym also features in the Hourglass quintet together with Mike Walker on guitar, Thomas Gould on violin, Martin Berauer on electric bass and Bernard Schimpelsberger on percussion and drums.
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Gwilym played a solo piano concert at the amazing Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris on 3rd May 2018
Gwilym played a solo concert at the incredible Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris on 3rd May 2018. The spectacular building was designed by Frank Gehry and was opened in 2014 as a cultural centre for the citizens of Paris.
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Gwilym’s recent release with Kizzy Crawford and Sinfonia Cymru has been getting some great reviews. 5 stars in BBC Music Magazine who called the album “a simply beautiful concept daringly executed”. Peter Quinn in Jazzwise called the album “one of the year’s most beautiful, surprising and joyous releases”.
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Upcoming concerts
Gwilym Simcock
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09
Dec
2023 |
United Kingdom | Brussels | Bozar | |
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with Brussels Jazz Orchestra
8:30pm
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10
Dec
2023 |
Netherlands | Utrecht | Tivoli Vredenburg | |
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with Brussels Jazz Orchestra
3:00pm
Vredenburgkade
030 – 2314544
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16
Feb
2024 |
United Kingdom | London | Kings Place | |
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with Hermine Deurloo and Vincent Peirani
7:30pm
Admission: £13.75-£27.50.
York Way
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17
Feb
2024 |
United Kingdom | Bradford on Avon | Wiltshire Music Centre | |
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with Hermine Deurloo and Vincent Peirani
7:30pm
Ashley Road
01225 860100
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