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Pianists · b. 1980

Tyshawn Sorey

American composer and multi-instrumentalist

Born: 8 July 1980
Newark
Country: United States
Active: 2000–
Record labels: Pi Recordings
Discography: 1 album

Biography

Tyshawn Sorey is a jazz musician who plays piano and drum kit. Tyshawn Sorey was born on 8 July 1980 in Newark. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Pi Recordings.

Tyshawn Sorey (born July 8, 1980) is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and professor of contemporary music. Sorey has received accolades for performances, recordings, and compositions ranging from improvised solo percussion to opera, with work in best-of lists for both classical and jazz music. The New Yorker included Sorey on its annual "Notable Performances and Recordings" lists in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020; the pandemic-era entry was for premieres "cast in unconventional concerto form". His prolific output during a time of heavy restrictions on live performance led a New York Times critic to call him 2020's "composer of the year". Sorey received the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith).

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