Laura Jurd | |
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Born | 1990 Medstead, Hampshire, UK[1] |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Trumpet, synthesizer |
Labels | Edition |
Website | laurajurd |
Laura Jurd (born 1990) is a musician and composer from Hampshire, United Kingdom. She plays trumpet and synthesizer. She has released albums as a solo artist, and she plays in a jazz quartet named Dinosaur, whose album Together, As One was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2017.[2]
Jurd teaches composition at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London.[3] Jurd composes for and plays in British jazz quartet Dinosaur.
Jurd is a member of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists.[4] She won 'Instrumentalist of the Year' in the 2015 Parliamentary Jazz Award,[5] the Worshipful Company of Musicians' Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition in 2011[6] and Young Jazz Musician award in 2012.[7] She was shortlisted for a BASCA Contemporary Jazz Composer award in 2012.[8]
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