Scott TIXIER
Jazz Violin
France
News
The new album of Scott Toxier "Brooklyn Bazaar" will release on the 13th of March 2012 (Sunnyside records).
European tour in september 2012.
Biography
Scott Tixier was born on February 26th, 1986 in Montreuil, France to an artistic family and
from an early age he was surrounded by music. His mother taught dance, but also played
piano while his father was involved with the theater, both as a producer and an actor. His
brother Tony is also an accomplished pianist.
Scott began his musical studies at the age of three at the Montreuil Conservatory where he
played percussion and the piano. It wouldn't be for another couple years until Scott would
first pick up his primary instrument, the violin. He continued his classical study of the violin
at the Montreuil Conservatory, eventually also attending the 10th District Paris National
Conservatory.
By this time he was studying so intensely at the conservatory that it left little time for school,
let alone theater or dance. In the conservatory Scott was studying classical choral singing,
harmony, counterpoint, composition, and violin. It was also around this time that Scott
became interested in jazz and began studying with his twin brother, pianist Tony Tixier.
Together they studied the jazz language and attended countless master-classes by great
jazz musicians such as Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Bob Mintzer, Dave Libeman, and Steve
Coleman, developing a strong passion for the music.
Since 2004 he has been on faculty at "Les Enfants du Jazz" festival serving as the violin
professor. Notable performances in Europe include playing at the Paris Jazz Festival,
Orleans Jazz Festival, Lamentin Jazz Festival, Jazz à Vauvert, Festival des Enfants du
jazz, Nimes Metropole festival and the Sunside-Sunset, Baiser salé, Jazzcartoon, Café
Universel, Autour de midi, and the Trianon.
Scott moved to New York CIty, in 2008 and has continued his career as both a sideman and
leader. Since moving to the United States, Scott has appeared at Lincoln Center, Smalls
Jazz Club, The Stone, Williamsburg Music Center, Cachaça, Joe's Pub, Brooklyn Lyceum,
and the Capitol Building in Washington DC, among many other venues.
In addition to leading his own groups, Scott has shared the stage with greats such as Maceo
Parker, Siegfried Kessler, Lonnie Plaxico, Myron Walden, Clifford Adams (from Kool & the
Gang), Sara Serpa, Brice Wassy, Nicolas Genest, Gerald Cleaver, James Weidman, Lew
Soloff, Mario Canonge, Tigran Hamasyan…
He worked for the music theater and cinema with/for NBA legend Allan Houston; Pierre
Palmade; Dave Douglas; David Ackroyd; Christina Aguilera...
In 2007, he won the first place in the "Trophées du Sunside," one of the most important
awards for young jazz musicians in France. The concert was broadcast on Radio France.
Since 2008, Scott endorses Corelli Savarez strings.
Scott's playing has been recommended by: Jean luc Ponty; Pat Metheny; Marcus Miller;
Mark Feldman; Lonnie Plaxico; Jacques Schwarz-Bart; Sylvie Courvoisier…
Discography
Yvonnick Prene Quintet
Roll the dice... (UMJ prod - 2007)
Photos
Vidéos
He plays...
Les nouvelles CORELLI ALLIANCE VIVACE en tension Medium.
Testimony
"J'utilise les cordes Alliance Vivace pour leur richesse de timbre et leur puissance de projection, une reponse immediate et un equilibre parfait entre tension et souplesse."