Sylvie Courvoisier

Sylvie Courvoisier (born November 30, 1968 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is a Swiss composer and pianist.

Courvoisier was born and raised in Switzerland. In 1998, she moved to Brooklyn, New York, where she currently resides. She co-leads the Sylvie Courvoisier/Mark Feldman Quartet and leads her own quintet, Lonelyville, and the Trio Abaton. She is a member of Mephista, an improvising trio with Ikue Mori and Susie Ibarra; Herb Robertson Quintet, with Tim Berne, Tom Rainey and Mark Dresser; Vincent Courtois Trio, along with Ellery Eskelin; and John Zorn’s Cobra. Since 1997, she also performs regularly in duo with violinist Mark Feldman (her husband).

Selected discography

 * HOTEL DU NORD - Sylvie Courvoisier,Mark Feldman, Thomas Morgan, Gerry Hemingway-(Intakt Records 2011)
 * OBLIVIA- Mark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier- (Tzadik 2010)
 * TO FLY TO STEAL -  Courvoisier, Mark Feldman, Thomas Morgan, Gerry Hemingway-(Intakt 2010)
 * DICTEE/LIBER NOVUS - John Zorn(Tzadik 2010)
 * FEMINA -- John Zorn (Tzadik 2009)
 * AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - Courtois, Courvoisier & Eskelin ( Cam Jazz 2008)
 * EVERY SO OFTEN - Ellery Eskelin & Sylvie Courvoisier ( Prime Source 2008)
 * SIGNS AND EPIGRAMS -Sylvie Courvoisier solo (Tzadik2007)
 * LONELYVILLE- Sylvie Courvoisier 5tet Ikue Mori, Mark Feldman, Vincent Courtois, Gerald Cleaver) (Intakt 2007)
 * REAL ABERATION-Herb Robertson -NY Downtown Allstars-(clean Feed 2007)
 * MALPHAS - Mark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier, music of John Zorn-Book of Angels- (Tzadik 2006)
 * ABATON – Sylvie Courvoisier Trio feat. Feldman, Erik Friedlander (ECM Records, 2cd 2004 )
 * MASADA RECITAL -Sylvie Courvoisier & Mark Feldman, music of John Zorn (Tzadik 2004)
 * ENTOMOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS - Mephista (Courvoisier, Mori and Susie Ibarra) (Tzadik 2004)
 * DEUX PIANOS- Sylvie Courvoisier, Jacques Demierre (Intakt, 2000)
 * Y2K - Sylvie Courvoisier Ocre with Michel Godard and Pierre Charial (Enja Records, 2000)
 * MUSIC FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO - Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Feldman (Avan Records, 1999)
 * MUSIC FOR BARREL ORGAN, PIANO, TUBA, BASS AND PERCUSSION - Sylvie Courvoisier Ocre (Enja, 1997)

Literature

 * Rosset, Dominique: Au carrefour des mondes. La compositrice et pianiste lausannoise Sylvie Courvoisier. Zurich 2005.