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.