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Simeon Walker
Everything and All of Us: At the Piano with Simeon Walker & Laura Cole
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Parkinson Building
Feb 27, 2025
5:30 PM GMT
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About this concert
Experience 'Everything and All of Us' anew with an evening of live piano performances.
Acclaimed Leeds-based pianists and composers, Simeon Walker and Laura Cole, will each perform brand-new music live in the gallery space. They have been specially commissioned to respond to our current exhibition, 'Mary Griffiths: Everything and All of Us'.
The exhibition as a whole foregrounds Griffiths' collaborative approach. This includes works created with poets, biophysicists, astronomers, engineers - and musicians.
It is in this spirit that we've invited Simeon Walker and Laura Cole to the gallery. Their new compositions engage with the themes of Griffiths' artworks: rhythm, patterns, memory and identity. The musicians also share Griffiths' interest in encouraging taking one’s time, both in the creation and experience of the work. Through two mesmerising performances, they will draw out harmonies between these creative practices.
So, join us in the gallery for moving piano music surrounded by the artworks of Mary Griffiths. An exclusive experience that will captivate your ears and your mind.
A Q&A session with the musicians will follow the performances, chaired by Curator Laura Claveria.
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Musicians’ Bios
Simeon Walker is a Leeds-based pianist & composer and University alumni. Regularly performing and touring across the UK and Europe, his music has received over 40 million streams/listens across platforms, with his work frequently broadcast and featured across BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, KEXP and NTS. A keen collaborator, Simeon has worked alongside writers, dancers, filmmakers, artists and photographers, whilst also an in-demand session musician, educator and curator across multiple musical styles and genres. In 2018, he founded Brudenell Piano Sessions - an established, captivating and eclectic live music series highlighting the diverse music being composed and performed on the piano, aiming to challenge perceptions about where and how this music can be heard; hosted at one of the UK’s most iconic grassroots music venues, Brudenell Social Club.
Laura Cole is a composer, pianist and writer based in Leeds. Laura currently features on piano in saxophonist/poet Keith Jafrate's Orfeo 5 project; in an improvising trio with multi-instrumentalist Phil Durrant and drummer Emil Karlsen; and on spoken word/piano in the Johnny Hunter Quartet. Laura is currently working on a string quartet commission featuring arrangements of saxophonist Ron Caines pieces due to be released on the Discus label in 2025, alongside solo piano arrangements. Laura's solo piano album, 'Enough', and the third album by her octet Metamorphic, 'The Two Fridas', are out on Discus.
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Simeon Walker Biography
Leeds-based pianist & composer Simeon Walker has quickly emerged as a leading light in the burgeoning Modern Classical scene, following the release of 'Mono' and 'Winnow', his two albums to date. Simeon has regularly performed & toured across the UK and Europe; supporting a variety of artists including S. Carey, LYR, Sebastian Plano, Loscil, Erland Cooper & Taz Modi; and performed notable live sets at Latitude & Timber Festival (UK), Q3Ambientfest (DE), FAN Festival (PT). His latest single ‘Reverie’ features on the first official Piano Day compilation by the LEITER label, alongside Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds and Chilly Gonzales.
His music receives regular broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 shows including Unclassified & NightTracks, alongside BBC 6Music, KEXP and Soho Radio, with his music boasting streaming figures in excess of 40 million streams across platforms. He also founded and continues to curate Brudenell Piano Sessions; an intimate and varied live music series highlighting the diverse music being composed and performed on the piano, hosted at Leeds’ iconic Brudenell Social Club.
Leeds-based pianist & composer Simeon Walker has quickly emerged as a leading light in the burgeoning Modern Classical scene, following the release of his albums 'Mono', and 'Winnow', his PRS Foundation & Help Musicians-backed follow-up release.
Simeon performs and tours regularly across the UK and Europe, including a 28-date UK Autumn Tour in 2023. He has supported a variety of high-profile artists including S. Carey, Neil Cowley, LYR, Erland Cooper, Loscil & Niklas Paschburg; and performed notable live sets at Latitude & Timber Festivals. His piece ‘Reverie’ features on the first official Piano Day compilation (2022) by the LEITER label, alongside Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds and Chilly Gonzales.
His music receives regular broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, BBC 6Music, KEXP, NTS and Soho Radio, with his music receiving listening figures in excess of 40 million streams across platforms. He also founded and continues to curate Brudenell Piano Sessions; an intimate and varied live music series highlighting the diverse music being composed and performed on the piano, hosted at Leeds’ iconic Brudenell Social Club.
Simeon’s recent work represents a return to the introspective piano-based instrumentals that first thrust him into the limelight. His new EP series ‘Imprints’ features a set of piano miniatures representing everyday fleeting moments; brief snapshots in time, centred on conveying the emotions and feelings experienced during the lockdowns of recent years, whilst highlighting the desire to be outside and out in the open. The lead single 'Gleam' has been streamed in excess of 10 million times on Spotify alone.
His music and live performances reflect the extremes of human experience - gentle, calm and still at times; powerful, boisterous and flowing at others, with the aim of breaking down the barriers between performer and audience, whilst aiming to reach new, younger and more diverse audiences for classical-inspired music. Listeners are invited to find stillness, beauty and meaning as much in the spaces between the notes as the notes themselves, with the overall aim of creating opportunities for genuine connection through music - not just through idle, passive listening - but in meaningful, engaged participation.
“Beautifully captivating” – Gold Flake Paint
“Elegantly executed” - Headphone Commute
“Resplendent” – The Big Issue
“Honesty in every note” - Stationary Travels
“Isn’t that wonderful?” - Tom Robinson, BBC 6Music
“A razor sharp focus on the tiniest of details” - A Closer Listen
"Palpable intimacy...sophisticated & elegant" - Piano & Coffee
“For those who aren’t generally fans of classical music, this new movement offers a modern take that reconnects us with the beauty of the piano and how composers like Simeon Walker can use it in different ways to convey what it is that makes us human” - Louder Than War
Read MoreHis music receives regular broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 shows including Unclassified & NightTracks, alongside BBC 6Music, KEXP and Soho Radio, with his music boasting streaming figures in excess of 40 million streams across platforms. He also founded and continues to curate Brudenell Piano Sessions; an intimate and varied live music series highlighting the diverse music being composed and performed on the piano, hosted at Leeds’ iconic Brudenell Social Club.
Leeds-based pianist & composer Simeon Walker has quickly emerged as a leading light in the burgeoning Modern Classical scene, following the release of his albums 'Mono', and 'Winnow', his PRS Foundation & Help Musicians-backed follow-up release.
Simeon performs and tours regularly across the UK and Europe, including a 28-date UK Autumn Tour in 2023. He has supported a variety of high-profile artists including S. Carey, Neil Cowley, LYR, Erland Cooper, Loscil & Niklas Paschburg; and performed notable live sets at Latitude & Timber Festivals. His piece ‘Reverie’ features on the first official Piano Day compilation (2022) by the LEITER label, alongside Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds and Chilly Gonzales.
His music receives regular broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, BBC 6Music, KEXP, NTS and Soho Radio, with his music receiving listening figures in excess of 40 million streams across platforms. He also founded and continues to curate Brudenell Piano Sessions; an intimate and varied live music series highlighting the diverse music being composed and performed on the piano, hosted at Leeds’ iconic Brudenell Social Club.
Simeon’s recent work represents a return to the introspective piano-based instrumentals that first thrust him into the limelight. His new EP series ‘Imprints’ features a set of piano miniatures representing everyday fleeting moments; brief snapshots in time, centred on conveying the emotions and feelings experienced during the lockdowns of recent years, whilst highlighting the desire to be outside and out in the open. The lead single 'Gleam' has been streamed in excess of 10 million times on Spotify alone.
His music and live performances reflect the extremes of human experience - gentle, calm and still at times; powerful, boisterous and flowing at others, with the aim of breaking down the barriers between performer and audience, whilst aiming to reach new, younger and more diverse audiences for classical-inspired music. Listeners are invited to find stillness, beauty and meaning as much in the spaces between the notes as the notes themselves, with the overall aim of creating opportunities for genuine connection through music - not just through idle, passive listening - but in meaningful, engaged participation.
“Beautifully captivating” – Gold Flake Paint
“Elegantly executed” - Headphone Commute
“Resplendent” – The Big Issue
“Honesty in every note” - Stationary Travels
“Isn’t that wonderful?” - Tom Robinson, BBC 6Music
“A razor sharp focus on the tiniest of details” - A Closer Listen
"Palpable intimacy...sophisticated & elegant" - Piano & Coffee
“For those who aren’t generally fans of classical music, this new movement offers a modern take that reconnects us with the beauty of the piano and how composers like Simeon Walker can use it in different ways to convey what it is that makes us human” - Louder Than War
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