Julie Sassoon has been played on NTS shows including Phil's Jazz Dis-Junction, with At The Water Tower first played on 1 May 2021.

Julie Sassoon is classically trained on piano and violin. She graduated in music and visual arts from Lancaster University in 1988, winning the university prize for piano performance, and later completed postgraduate studies in jazz piano and Indian violin at Leeds College of Music. She came to the attention of critics and audiences in 2000, when she formed the remarkable Azilut! trio with Bart van Helsdingen (twice nominated Best Jazz Drummer in the Netherlands), and Lothar Ohlmeier (tenor and soprano saxophone, bass clarinet). They released their album “To The Power Of Three” in 2001 on the Babel Label. Azilut! has performed at major venues and festivals throughout the UK and Europe, receiving outstanding reviews. She has been a key member of ensembles including Inside Colours, a dynamic duo with Lothar Ohlmeier; Piano Circus, the international contemporary music ensemble for six pianos; Martha Lewis’s Café Aman – with Antonio Forcione; Duo with accordionist Karen Street and Freefall with Tom Arthurs and Milo Fell. Julie has performed her music throughout UK, Europe, the Baltic States and USA, at venues including Queen Elizabeth Hall; Royal Festival Hall; Barbican; Bimhuis, Amsterdam; Vilnius Concert Hall; Royal Northern College of Music Concert Hall; Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho; The Jazz Café, Camden; Djanogly Recital Hall, Nottingham; Guildhall, Bath International Music Festival; University of Pennsylvania. London/Manchester Jazz Festivals. She has performed live on ‘In Tune’ for Radio 3 and on Dutch and French radio/TV. She has also performed with Stan Sulzmann, Ingrid Laubrock, Dylan Bates, Nikki Iles, Tobias Klein and Mike Walker. As a visual artist Julie has exhibited her paintings in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Berlin.

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