Pascal Le Boeuf (born August 3, 1986) is a

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, composer and producer whose works both solo and with others ranges from modern improvised music to cross-breeding classical with production-based technology. Le Boeuf was nominated for a

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for Best Instrumental Composition for the work "Alkaline" and “Snapshots”. He also co-leads the jazz group Le Boeuf Brothers with his twin brother Remy Le Boeuf.

Career

Le Boeuf was born in

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. He studied jazz piano at the Manhattan School of Music with Kenny Barron (Bachelors in Music in 2007 and Masters in Music in 2010) and music composition at

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with

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, and

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. In 2004, Pascal and his twin brother Remy formed Le Boeuf Brothers and together released four albums, mixing jazz, hip hop, electronic and classical styles. Le Boeuf's solo career includes ''Pascal's Triangle'', the album recorded as a piano trio with bassist

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and drummer Justin Brown), and he composed music for the 2008 Emmy Award-winning movie ''King Lines''. He played as support for D’Angelo’s ''

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'' US tour and the British electronic group

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with Australian pop vocalist

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. Since 2015, Le Boeuf's work has focused on collaborations with artists including Bec Plexus and Ian Chang,

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, Iarla Ŏ Lionáird, Hub New Music and Four/Ten Media, Shattered Glass, Nick Photinos,

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, Jessica Meyer and Todd Reynolds. Le Boeuf joined the faculty of the Blair School of Music at

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as Visiting Assistant Professor in Computer Music and Technology in 2021 and has since been named Contemporary Music Ensemble Director and Assistant Professor of the Practice of Music and Technology.

Accolades

Le Boeuf won first place in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition. He has won multiple Independent Music Awards in Jazz, Eclectic, Electronica, and Music Video categories. Le Boeuf received a FROMM Commission from Harvard University in 2015, the 2015 ASCAP Foundation Johnny Mandel Prize, and 2011 and 2015 New Jazz Works Commissions from Chamber Music America in collaboration with JACK Quartet and Le Boeuf Brothers. In 2017, Le Boeuf was nominated for a

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for his work "Alkaline" from the album ''Imaginist'' recorded by the Le Boeuf Brothers and the JACK Quartet. He was also nominated for his work “Snapshots” in the same category in 2023. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition at

, and was awarded the Harold W. Dodds Honorific Fellowship in 2020.

Discography

Leader, featured artist

Collaborator

*Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar, “Snapshots”, ''Ourself Behind Ourself, Concealed'' (Bright Shiny Things, 2022) – composer, pianist, editor *Real Loud, “Forbidden Subjects”, ''Real Loud'' (New Focus Recordings, 2021) – composer, producer *Bec Plexus + JACK Quartet and Ian Chang, “mirror image”, ''StickLip'' (

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, 2020) – composer, producer, keyboardist *Barbora Kolářová, “Imp in Impulse”, ''Imp in Impulse'' (Furious Artisans, 2020) – composer, producer *Hub New Music, “Media Control”, ''July 3, 2020: A Benefit Compilation'' (

, 2020) – composer, producer * Wolff Parkinson White, ''Favours'' (Nonplace, 2020) – vocalist, composer *Joy On Fire, ''Hymn'' (Procrastination Records, 2020) – pianist *

, ''Fools for Angels'' (New Focus Recordings, 2019) – pianist * Remy Le Boeuf, ''Light as a Word'' (Outside in Music, 2019) – co-producer *A New Age for New Age, “Our Kingdom”, ''New Age for a New Age Vol. 1'' (NA4NA, 2019) – composer, producer, keyboardist *Owen Lake and The Tragic Loves, ''The Best of Your Lies'' (Carrier Records, 2018) – keyboardist *Nick Photinos (featuring JACK Quartet, Charles Yang, and Jeffrey Zeigler), “Alpha”, ''Petits Artѐfacts'' (

, 2017) – composer, producer *Shattered Glass, “Transition Behavior”, ''Shattered Glass'' (Shattered Glass, 2017) – composer *Jesus on the Mainline, ''The Morning Bell'' (

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, 2017) – keyboardist *Empty Promise, ''Empty Promise'' – Single (Empty Promise, 2017) – co-composer, co-producer *Ian Rosenbaum, ''Memory Palace'' ( National Sawdust Tracks, 2017) – co-producer * Allan Harris, ''Nobody’s Gonna Love You Better '' (Love Productions Records/Membran Entertainment, 2016) – pianist, keyboardist, arranger, songwriter *RighteousGIRLS, ''Gathering Blue'' (New Focus Recordings, 2015) - composer, producer * Allan Harris, ''Black Bar Jukebox'' (Love Productions/Must Have Jazz, 2015) - pianist, keyboardist, arranger *ROMY, ''Unbound'' (Romy Balvers, 2014) - co-producer, keyboardist, backup vocalist * Natalie Cressman & Secret Garden, ''Unfolding'' (Cressman Music, 2012) – pianist *Michael Thomas, ''The Long Way'' (Michael Thomas, 2010) – pianist *Murray-James Morrison, ''Happy Every Day'' (Murray-James Morrison, 2010) – pianist *Bastien Weinhold, ''River Styx'' (FrameMusic, 2010) – pianist *Mike Ruby, ''Play Time'' (Alma/

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, 2007) – pianist, keyboardist *Glass Eye Trio, ''Harajuku'' (Glass Eye Trio, 2007) – pianist, keyboardist *Colin Stranahan, ''Transformation'' (

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, 2006) – pianist, composer

Film and TV

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Le Boeuf, Pascal 1986 births Living people American jazz composers American jazz pianists Manhattan School of Music alumni Musicians from Santa Cruz, California Jazz musicians from California