Elliot Galvin

“Composing can sometimes be a lonely pursuit, but Music Patron helps to break through this and make it feel like the process is something you can share, as much as the product.”

Elliot’s work spans and fuses multiple worlds including jazz, improvisation, contemporary classical and sound installation. 

His work explores the role of improvisation in blending different musical worlds and the use of eclectic juxtapositions of sound in a variety of environments and contexts.

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Biography

As a composer he has been commissioned by ensembles and festivals including the London Sinfonietta, Ligeti Quartet, John’s Smith Square and the London Jazz Festival.

Elliot’s critically acclaimed trio The Elliot Galvin Trio have released 4 albums to date, being named one of the 2018 albums of the year in both Downbeat and Jazzwise Magazines along with working with Marius Neset, Mark Lockheart, Emma Jean Thackray and the Mercury Nominated band Dinosaur.

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.

Listen Ishtar – For 11 Piece Mixed Ensemble | Elliot Galvin

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Recent updates from Elliot

14 October 2024

🔒 New Single out on Friday 25th October, early, firs...

New single, early listen.

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25 June 2024

🔒 Working with Norma Winstone

I have recently been in rehearsals with Norma Winstone and her two sons Alex and Leo, playing the music of John Taylo...

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1 February 2024

🔒 Bringing a project from the studio to the stage

I have recently been focusing on how to transition a very produced record to the live environment. It’s been a ...

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1 February 2024

🔒 Bringing a project from the studio to the stage

I have recently been focusing on how to transition a very produced record to the live environment. It’s been a ...

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5 October 2023

🔒 Collaboration with Matthew Bourne (pianist / keybo...

I’ve recently started collaborating with Matthew Bourne the pianist and keyboardist and we have a concert comin...

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7 July 2023

🔒 New project, new album

I will be releasing a new album at the end of this month in collaboration with the performance artist and film-maker ...

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23 June 2023

🔒 Premier of new work inspired by György Ligeti at ...

Today I’m having a premier of a new piece commissioned by the Ligeti Quartet. It was an interesting commission as i...

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13 March 2023

🔒 Recording a new album

I’m in the process of recording a new album. I’ve decided to try a different approach to making it and it’s pro...

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26 January 2023

🔒 What I’m currently up to, and an insight int...

The realities of composing a part of a busy life.

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13 December 2022

🔒 The Music Patron Q&A

A series of interviews with our Music Patron composers talking about their musical inspirations and what life as a co...

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8 December 2022

🔒 Playlist of Inspirations

I thought I’d make a playlist of music that has shaped me as a composer and musician over...

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29 November 2022

🔒 My composition process for a recent London Sinfoni...

I wanted to take you through the thought process and working method of how I write for commissions.

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18 September 2022

🔒 Using live electronics in improvised concerts R...

Recently I have been experimenting with incorporating live electronics into my improvisations. I have gradually built up...

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10 September 2022

🔒 unedited full interview with Shabaka Hutchings

I will be periodically putting up the full unedited versions of interviews from my podcast ‘Music And…’...

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11 July 2022

🔒 Rehearsal for new project

  For a while myself and the performance artist George Final Ramsay have been trying to find a medium to

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27 May 2022

🔒 Work in progress: The final performance of Mood In...

After the initial sketch ideas and the rehearsals, here is the the final performance of Mood Indigo and Footprints: To

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23 May 2022

🔒 Work in progress: first rehearsal for a concert on...

After rehearsing the sketch arrangement of Wayne Shorter’s Footprints we arrived at this interpretation… The...

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22 May 2022

🔒 Work in progress: Arrangements for a concert on 26...

I have a concert coming up at the Vortex in London on the 26th May and I thought I would

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7 May 2022

🔒 Thank you for supporting me

Thanks a lot for supporting me through music patron. I’m going to be uploading lots of interesting behind the scen...

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7 May 2022

🔒 The Score for Ishtar

Ishtar Full Score This is the full score for my piece Ishtar

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7 May 2022

🔒 Audio Commentary on Ishtar

In this commentary I talk through what I was thinking about and trying to musically achieve when I was writing

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