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Jeremy Turner (composer)

Jeremy Turner (born June 18, 1975 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist living in California.

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Born (1975-06-18) June 18, 1975 (age 49)
Sewickley, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation(s)Composer, musician
Instrument(s)Cello, piano, guitar, voice
Websitejeremyturnerstudio.com
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Biography

Jeremy Turner began playing the piano and the cello as a young child. After his family moved to Michigan where his father was Director of Admissions at Michigan State University, Turner attended East Lansing High School.[1] He then furthered his musical studies at The Juilliard School as a pupil of Harvey Shapiro. In 1997, before graduating Juilliard, Turner joined The Metropolitan Opera[2] Orchestra at just 21 years old, becoming one of the youngest members ever to join[3] the ensemble. At the end of his first season Turner was invited to join the Met Chamber Ensemble[4] in its inaugural year. In 2005 he took a leave of absence from the Met to be the interim Principal Cellist of The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra[5][6][7] in New Zealand. After returning to the Met in 2006, Turner played his final season in 2011 before leaving the orchestra to pursue composition.[8]

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Turner has recorded with musicians such as Paul McCartney, David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, and The National,[9] has performed with various artists that include Renee Fleming, Joshua Bell,[10] and Arcade Fire[11] and as a conductor has appeared twice at the LACMA Art + Film Gala.[12] In 2013, he collaborated on original music with James Murphy for the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal,[13][14] directed by Mike Nichols. As a composer, Turner has been nominated for two Emmy Awards, won the Music & Sound Award (UK), won the International Documentary Association award[15][16] for best music, was a 2015 Sundance[17] fellow, and was named in NPR Music's Favorite Songs of 2014.[18][19] He received the AICP Award[20] for best original music for his score to Google's first ever television commercial,[21] "Parisian Love", which debuted during the broadcast of Super Bowl XLIV .[22][23] He has performed on Saturday Night Live with My Morning Jacket,[24] the Late Show With David Letterman with Dirty Projectors,[25] and performed with Renee Fleming at the opening of Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. In 2015 he composed music for Chris Doyle's exhibition "Night Lights at Wave Hill",[26] featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Turner was a member of Low City,[27][28][29][30][31] a musical duo based in Brooklyn. In 2014 he appeared with Simon Spurr in the September issue of Vanity Fair[32]

Selected film and television scores

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Concert works

  • Shorebirds (2022) written for solo violin
  • Six Mile House (2021) written for piano, clarinet, violin, and cello
  • Suite of Unreason (2017) written for clarinet, cello, piano and percussion
  • Swell (2017) written for The Flux Quartet
  • The Inland Seas (2016) written for James Ehnes and Chris Thile
  • The Lightening (2015) written for the Brooklyn Youth Chorus
  • The Fluid (2014) written for woodwind ensemble, cello, and piano
  • The Bear and the Squirrel (2014) written for yMusic

Selected album appearances

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