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Five-time Grammy award-winning pianist and composer Bill Laurance combines a wide variety of musical styles seemingly effortlessly.

Originally trained as a classical pianist, Laurance has been demonstrating his unique creativity and joy of improvisation for many years as a founding member of Snarky Puppy.
His diverse work includes advertising compositions for Apple, film soundtracks such as "Un Traductor" (2018) and collaborations with renowned ensembles such as the WDR Big Band and the Metropole Orkest. Most recently, he released the highly acclaimed album "Where You Wish You Were" (ACT Music) together with Michael League. His latest release "Affinity" is a tribute to the jazz pianist Bill Evans and shows Laurance's striving for individual interpretations, whereby the piano remains the unifying constant in his versatile work.

Instrumentation: Bill Laurance (p); tba.