Elliot Galvin 'The Ruin' (GB)
Elliot Galvin: synthesizer, piano
Ruth Goller: bass, voice
Seb Rochford: drums
Mandhira De Saram: violin, effects
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Elliot Galvin is an award-winning composer, pianist, and improvisor. His work is predominantly concerned with the incorporation of improvisation and the use of eclectic juxtapositions of sound in a variety of environments and contexts. His critically acclaimed trio have released 4 albums to date being named one of the 2018 albums of the year in both Downbeat and Jazzwise Magazines and winning the prestigious European Young Musician of the year Award in 2014. Elliot is a prolific sideman touring internationally and recording with Shabaka Hutchings, Norma Winstone, Marius Neset, Mark Lockheart, Emma Jean Thackray and the Mercury Nominated band Dinosaur, amongst many others. As an improvisor he has released albums with Mark Sanders, Binker Golding and his entirely improvised solo piano album recorded in concert at Fondation Louis Vuiton in Paris, which was named The Guardian’s album of the month and BBC Music magazine’s album of the year. As a composer he has been commissioned by several prestigious ensembles and festivals including the London Sinfonietta, Ligeti Quartet, Aldeburgh Festival, John’s Smith Square and the London Jazz Festival. He also works as an audio artist displaying installations at the Turner Contemporary Gallery and recently in Oxford as part of the Oxford Ideas Festival and Oxford Contemporary Music 2022.