David Braid
piano
Hailed in the Canadian press as “one of his country’s true renaissance men when it comes to music” composer and jazz pianist, David Braid is a nine-time nominee, and three-time winner JUNO award-winner. His first classical composition was nominated for Classical Album of the year, and his first film score won two Screen Awards for Best Original Score, and Best Original Song. He is also a recipient of the Ontario Foundation for the Arts’ prestigious prize: ’Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Keyboard Artistry’. Braid is a Steinway Artist, Composer-in-Residence for both Sinfonia UK Collective and The International Chamber Music Festival Casalmaggiore Italy, and Adjunct Professor at the Danish National Academy of Music.