Matt Turner
Cello
Matt Turner is regarded as one of the world's leading improvising cellists.
STRINGS MAGAZINE says that "Turner dazzles with his own improvisational
excursions and displays his expansive cello vocabulary..." JAZZIZ MAGAZINE
describes his cello playing as "rich-toned and inventive". Equally adept as
a pianist, Turner performs everything from jazz standards and twentieth
century new music to alternative rock and improvised avant-garde. Turner
completed his undergraduate studies at Lawrence University and his Master of
Music degree in Third Stream Studies at the New England Conservatory of
Music, where he studied with Dave Holland, Geri Allen and Joe Maneri, and
where he was the recipient of a Distinction in Performance Award. Turner has
performed at several music festivals including the International Cello
Festival in Montreal, the New Directions Cello Festival, the Chicago Asian
American Jazz Festival, and with CUBE, Present Music, John Butcher, Randy
Sabien, and Gerry Hemingway. Turner taught at the Lawrence University
Conservatory of Music as a lecturer in jazz studies from 1993-1996. He is
featured on more than two dozen recordings with such artists as Marilyn
Crispell, Joseph Jarman, Jeff Song, Scott Fields, and John Harmon. Future
releases feature him with Hal Rammel, Myra Melford, and Francois Houle.
Turner appears on Meniscus, Stellar, O.O. Discs, Asian Improv, Rastascan,
Geode, Cadence, Music and Arts, Accurate, and other labels. He continues to
be active as a performer and clinician. Turner presents numerous
improvisation clinics and residencies to both pre-college and college string
students each year.
Matt Turner is a YAMAHA PERFORMING ARTIST.
For additional information
please contact Matt Turner at TurnMatt@aol.com
Representation: Ellen Rosewall
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