Sylvie Courvoisier

Sylvie Courvoisier
Courvoisier in Le Triton, Les Lilas (2007)
Background information
Born	November 30, 1968 (1968-11-30) (age 43)
Origin	Lausanne, Switzerland
Occupations	Composer
Instruments	Piano
Website	www.sylviecourvoisier.com

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

Courvoisier was born and raised in Switzerland. In 1998, she moved to Brooklyn, New York, where she currently resides. She co-leads the Sylvie Courvoisier/Mark Feldman Quartet and leads her own 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 John Zorn’s Cobra. Since 1997, she also performs regularly in duo with violinist Mark Feldman (her husband).

Selected discography

Hotel du Nord (Intakt 2011) with Feldman, Thomas Morgan, Gerry Hemingway
Oblivia (Tzadik 2010) with Mark Feldman
To Fly To Steal (Intakt201 ) with Feldman, Thomas Morgan, Gerry Hemingway
Signs and Epigrams (Tzadik 2007, solo)
Lonelyville (Intakt 2007, with Ikue Mori, Mark Feldman, Vincent Courtois, Gerald Cleaver)
Abaton (ECM Records 2004, with Feldman, Erik Friedlander)
Malphas (Tzadik 2006, duo with Feldman, music of John Zorn)
Entomological Reflections (Tzadik 2004,MEPHISTA: Courvoisier, Mori and Susie Ibarra)
Y2K - Sylvie Courvoisier Ocre (Enja Records, 2000, with Michel Godard and Pierre Charial)

External links

Literature

Rosset, Dominique: Au carrefour des mondes. La compositrice et pianiste lausannoise Sylvie Courvoisier. Zurich 2005.

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Name	Courvoisier, Sylvie
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Date of birth	November 30, 1968
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