Cory Smythe

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Cory Smythe (* 1977 ) is an American pianist who works in both classical and improvisational music.

Live and act

Smythe studied at Indiana University , especially with Luba Edlina-Dubinsky , and at the University of Southern California with Stewart Gordon. Smythe plays classical and new music as well as improvisations ; he also crosses the line to jazz . He appears both as a soloist and as a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) and has premiered works by Philippe Hurel , Magnus Lindberg and David Lang . He has the violinist Hilary Hahn on several concert toursaccompanied on the piano. Her recording of 27 encores commissioned by Hilary Hahn ( In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores ) was released by Deutsche Grammophon in 2013 and was awarded a Grammy in 2015.

After Tom Lord , he was also involved in recording sessions with Anthony Braxton , Vijay Iyer , Tyshawn Sorey , Pete Robbins , Biagio Coppa , Tyshawn Sorey ( The Inner Spectrum of Variables , 2016), Devin Gray and Timuçin Şahin . In 2017 he was a guest at the Jazzfest Berlin as a member of the Tyshawn Sorey Trio .

Discography

  • Tyshawn Sorey That / Not (Firehouse; 2007)
  • Anthony Braxton: Composition 30 (New Braxton House) piano solo (2013)
  • Iannis Xenakis : Palimpsest with ICE (Mode Records; 2013)
  • Hilary Hahn / Cory Smythe In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores (2013)
  • Vijay Iyer / Prashant Bhargava Radhe Radhe (Rites of Holi) with ICE (ECM, 2014)
  • Stephan Crump / Ingrid Laubrock / Cory Smythe: Planktonic Finales (Intakt, 2015)
  • Circulate Susanna (Pyroclastic, 2018)
  • Cory Smythe, Peter Evans: Weatherbird (More Is More Records, 2018)
  • Stephan Crump , Ingrid Laubrock , Cory Smythe: Channels ( Intakt Records , 2019)

Awards

2015 he was with Hilary Hahn for In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores the Grammy in the category of chamber / small ensemble performance (Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance) Best awarded.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait (ICE) ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / iceorg.org
  2. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 22, 2019)
  3. ↑ Huflaikhan: Heimatabend without Spirit at the Jazzfest Berlin 2017 (Thursday). Jazz newspaper, November 3, 2017, accessed November 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Smythe, Cory
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1977