Sylvie Courvoisier

Sylvie Courvoisier

Courvoisier in Le Triton, Les Lilas (2007)
Background information
Birth name (1968-11-30) November 30, 1968
Origin Lausanne, Switzerland
Occupation(s) Composer, musician
Instruments Piano
Labels Enja, Intakt, Tzadik, ECM
Associated acts Mark Feldman, Mephista, John Zorn
Website sylviecourvoisier.com

Sylvie Courvoisier (born November 30, 1968 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is a composer, pianist and improviser.

Courvoisier was born and raised in Switzerland. In 1998, she moved to Brooklyn, New York, where she currently resides. Courvoisier has led several groups over the years and has recorded over 25 records as a leader or co-leader for different labels, notably ECM, Tzadik and Intakt Records and about 35 cds as a side person. She co-leads the Sylvie Courvoisier/Mark Feldman Quartet and leads her own Trio with Kenny Wollesen and Drew Gress. She leads her quintet, Lonelyville, and the Trio Abaton. She is a member of Mephista, an improvising trio with Ikue Mori and Susie Ibarra; Herb Robertson Quintet, with Tim Berne, Tom Rainey and Mark Dresser; Vincent Courtois Trio, along with Ellery Eskelin; and plays in different projects of John Zorn’. Since 1997, she also performs regularly in duo with violinist Mark Feldman (her husband). Since 2010, she has been working as a pianist and composer with the project of the flamenco dancer Israel Galvan "la Curva »

Selected discography

With Mephista

With John Zorn

With Erik Friedlander

With Herb Robertson

Literature

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