Laura Jurd (born 1990) is a musician and composer from

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, United Kingdom. She plays

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and synthesizer. She has released albums as a solo artist, and she plays in a jazz quartet named

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, whose album '' Together, As One'' was nominated for the

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in 2017. Jurd teaches composition at

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is a music and dance conservatoire based in London, England. It was formed in 2005 as a merger of two older institutions – Trinity College of Music and Laban Dance Centre. The conservatoire has ...

in London. Jurd composes for and plays in British jazz quartet

Awards and honors

Jurd is a member of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists. She won 'Instrumentalist of the Year' in the 2015 Parliamentary Jazz Award, the

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' Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition in 2011 and Young Jazz Musician award in 2012. She was shortlisted for a BASCA Contemporary Jazz Composer award in 2012.

Discography

* ''Landing Ground'' (2012) * ''Human Spirit'' (2015) * '' Together, As One'' with Dinosaur (2016) * ''

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'' with Dinosaur (2018) * ''Stepping Back, Jumping In'' (2019) * ''To The Earth'' with Dinosaur (2020)

References

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