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in London and

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in Paris, as well as at the

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and the

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. His pieces have been featured in the

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, the

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, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival and Festival Mozaic in

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, California. Notable musicians and ensembles who have commissioned or performed Zimmerli's music include

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, the Knights Chamber Orchestra, the New York Classical Players, flutist

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, violinist Timothy Fain, pianist

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, cellists Kristina Reiko Cooper and Brian Thornton, the

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and Escher string quartets and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. In addition to his work in the classical realm, Zimmerli has collaborated with dozens of

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musicians over the course of his career, including

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, Brian Blade, Ben Monder,

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, Satoshi Takeishi, John Hollenbeck, Jeff Williams and

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, as well as

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and

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. In 1993, he won first prize in the first annual BMI/

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Composer's Competition,

Selected works

* ''Concerto No. 1'' for piano, strings and percussion (1998–99) * ''Suite'' for solo saxophone (1999) * ''Piano Trio No. 1'' for violin, cello and piano (2001–02) * ''Piano Trio No. 2'' for violin, cello and piano (2003) * ''New York Overture'' for chamber orchestra (2003) * ''The Chase'' for soprano saxophone, string quartet, piano, bass and jazz percussion (2005) * ''The Call'' for viola, two violins, cello, piano, bass and jazz percussion (2005–06) * ''American Spiritual'' for string quartet (2005–06) * ''The Light Guitar'' for solo violin (2006) * ''Narratives'' for solo piano (2004–07) * ''Stone and Steel'' for cello, piano and jazz percussion (2007) * ''Three Romances'' for violin and piano (2008) * ''Spectres'' for solo viola (2008) * ''Chamber Symphony'' for chamber orchestra (2008) * ''Light, Color, Line, Symbol'' for orchestra and video (2009) * ''Trio'' for flute, viola and harp (2009) * ''Introduction and Allegro'' for piano four-hands (2010) * ''Festival Overture'' for orchestra (2011) * ''Quintet'' for violin, viola, cello, piano and jazz percussion (2011) * ''Sonata'' for solo cello (2012) * ''Parisian Memories/Parisian Dreams'' for saxophone, viola, violin, cello and piano (2012) * ''Aspects of Darkness and Light Part I'' for tenor saxophone, string quartet, bass and percussion (2012) *''Aspects of Darkness and Light Part II'' for tenor saxophone, string quartet, bass and percussion (2013) *''Signs of Life'' for marimba and jazz piano (2014) *''Three Shakespeare Sonnets'' for bass voice and piano (2014) *''Twelve Preludes'' for solo organ (2010–14) *''Concerto No 2.'' for piano, jazz percussion and orchestra (revised) (2001–02, 2004, 2014) *''Sonata'' for Clarinet and Piano “Tempting Fates” (2015) *''Clockworks'' for tenor saxophone, piano, bass and drums (2016) *''Gathering Pools'' for 12 percussion soloists (2016) *''Waterfalls'' for 12 percussion soloists (2016) *''This Comforting Earth'' for soprano saxophone, piano, fender rhodes and 2 percussionists (2016) *''Anthems'' for full choir (SSAATTBB) (2017) *''Alan Seeger: Instrument of Destiny'' for men's choir, tenor soloist, jazz piano and percussion (revised) (2017, 2019) *''Piano Trio No. 3 (2019) *''Nonet for Saxophones, brass, and rhythm (2019) *''Messages'' for piano, classical saxophone quartet, bass and percussion (2019) *''Concerto'' for flute, percussion and orchestra (2020)

Discography

* ''Jazz Ambassadors,'' (Jazz City, 1995) * ''Explosion,'' (Songlines, 1995) * ''Twelve Sacred Dances,'' (

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, 1998) * ''Expansion,'' (Songlines, 2000) * ''Book of Hours,'' Octurn (Songlines, 2002) * ''Phoenix,'' (Songlines, 2003) * ''Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2,'' (

, 2004) * ''Stone and Steel,'' Kristina Reiko Cooper ( Koch, 2008) * '' Modern Music,''

and

( Nonesuch, 2011) * ''River of Light,''

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(

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, 2011) * ''

Walking Shadows ''Walking Shadows'' is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman. It was released in 2013 by Nonesuch Records. Music and recording The arrangements were written by Dan Coleman, Patrick Zimmerli, and Brad Mehldau. Mehldau was also the pro ...

'',

(arranger) ( Nonesuch, 2013) * ''Shores Against Silence'' (2016) *''Clockworks,'' (Songlines, 2018) *''

Sun on Sand ''Sun on Sand'' is a studio album by jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman's trio and string quartet Brooklyn Rider. This is a concept album, interpreting eight compositions taken from a suite written by Patrick Zimmerli. The album was released on 4 Oc ...

'',

and

''( Nonesuch, 2019)''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zimmerli, Patrick Living people American male saxophonists American male composers 21st-century American composers 1968 births 21st-century American saxophonists 21st-century American male musicians Octurn members