Pascal Le Boeuf
{{short description|American pianist and composer (born 1986)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Pascal Le Boeuf
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|08|03}}
| birth_place = Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
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| instrument = Piano, keyboards, vocals
| genre = Jazz, contemporary classical, electronic
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| years_active = 2000–present
| label = New Amsterdam Records
New Focus Records
Nineteen-Eight Records
Ropeadope Records
| associated_acts = Le Boeuf Brothers, Allan Harris, JACK Quartet, Jesus on the Mainline, D'Angelo, Meg Mac, Clean Bandit, Dayna Stephens, Ambrose Akinmusire, Linda May Han Oh, Justin Brown, Ben Wendel, Kissy Girls, Friction Quartet
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Pascal Le Boeuf (born August 3, 1986) is an American pianist, composer and producer whose works, both solo and with others, range from modern improvised music to cross-breeding classical with production-based technology.{{cite news|title=Nat King Cole Christmas Song List|url=https://issuu.com/pubhouse/docs/lt_wntr_15_snow_glow_natkingcole|access-date=30 November 2020|work=issuu|date=Winter 2015}}
Le Boeuf won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition in 2025 for "Strands" (from Are We Dreaming the Same Dream? by Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf, and Christian Euman). He had been nominated for the same award twice before, for the works "Alkaline" (2018) and “Snapshots” (2023).
Since 2000, he has co-led the jazz group Le Boeuf Brothers with his identical twin brother Remy Le Boeuf.
Career
Le Boeuf was born in Santa Cruz, California.{{cite news|last1=Baine|first1=Wallace|title=Santa Cruz-born twin brothers Pascal and Remy Le Boeuf still following musical passions|url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/ZZ/20121219/NEWS/121217497|access-date=30 November 2020|work=Santa Cruz Sentinel|date=December 19, 2012}} He is a 2004 YoungArts alumnus.{{Cite web |title=Our History {{!}} 40 years for artists |url=https://youngarts.org/history/#decade-2000s |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=YoungArts |language=en-US}} He studied jazz piano at the Manhattan School of Music with Kenny Barron (Bachelors in Music in 2007 and Masters in Music in 2010){{cite web|title=Listen: Pascal Le Boeuf – "Home In Strange Places"|url=http://www.jazzspeaks.org/listen-pascal-le-boeuf-home-in-strange-places/|website=Jazz Speaks|access-date=30 November 2020}} and music composition at Princeton University with Steve Mackey, Dmitri Tymoczko, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Donnacha Dennehy, and Louis Andriessen.{{cite web |title=PASCAL LE BOEUF GRADUATE STUDENT: COMPOSITION |url=https://music.princeton.edu/people/pascal-le-boeuf |website=music.princeton.edu |access-date=30 November 2020}}
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.{{cite web |title=Digging and Diving: Le Boeuf Brothers Speak |url=http://www.jazzspeaks.org/digging-and-diving-le-boeuf-brothers-speak/ |website=jazzspeaks.com |access-date=30 November 2020}}
Le Boeuf's solo career includes Pascal's Triangle, the album recorded as a piano trio with bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Justin Brown),{{cite news|last1=Booth|first1=Philip|title=Pascal Le Boeuf Pascal's Triangle|url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/97280-pascal-s-triangle-pascal-le-boeuf|access-date=14 November 2016|work=Jazz Times|date=August 25, 2013}} and he composed music for the 2008 Emmy Award-winning movie King Lines. He played as support for D’Angelo’s Second Coming US tour and the British electronic group Clean Bandit with Australian pop vocalist Meg Mac.
Since 2015, Le Boeuf's work has focused on collaborations with artists including Bec Plexus and Ian Chang,{{cite news |last1=Deville |first1=Chris |title=Bec Plexus & Pascal Le Boeuf – "Mirror Image" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2078012/bec-plexus-pascal-le-boeuf-mirror-image/music/ |access-date=30 November 2020 |work=Stereogum |date=March 25, 2020}} Alarm Will Sound, Iarla Ŏ Lionáird,{{cite web |title=ALARM WILL SOUND AT PRINCETON SOUND KITCHEN |url=https://music.princeton.edu/events/alarm-will-sound |website=music.princeton.edu |access-date=30 November 2020}} Hub New Music and Four/Ten Media,{{cite news |title=Video Premiere: Hub New Music performs Media Control (Le Boeuf) |url=https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2019/05/video-premiere-hub-new-music-performs-media-control-le-boeuf/ |access-date=30 November 2020 |work=I Care If You Listen |date=May 9, 2019}} Shattered Glass,{{cite web |title=Shattered Glass Album Release |url=https://pioneerworks.org/programs/shattered-glass-album-release/ |website=pioneerworks.org |access-date=1 December 2020}} Nick Photinos,{{cite news |last1=Farber |first1=Jim |title=Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra Lives up to Its Name |url=https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/kaleidoscope-chamber-orchestra/kaleidoscope-chamber-orchestra-lives-up-to-its-name |access-date=1 December 2020 |work=San Francisco Classical Voice |date=January 30, 2018}} Sara Caswell, Jessica Meyer and Todd Reynolds.{{cite news |title=This week in New York |url=https://avantmusicnews.com/2016/06/20/ |access-date=1 December 2020 |work=Avant Music News |date=June 20, 2016}}
Le Boeuf joined the faculty of the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University as Visiting Assistant Professor in Computer Music and Technology in 2021{{Cite web |title=Stellar cohort of musicians join Blair School faculty |url=https://blair.vanderbilt.edu/news/2021/08/stellar-cohort-of-musicians-join-blair-school-faculty/ |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Vanderbilt University |language=en}} and has since been named Contemporary Music Ensemble Director and Assistant Professor of the Practice of Music and Technology.{{Cite web |title=Bio |url=https://blair.vanderbilt.edu/bio/index.php |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Blair School of Music |language=en}}
Accolades
Le Boeuf won first place in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition.{{cite web|title=Previous Winners|url=https://www.songwritingcompetition.com/previouswinners|website=International Songwriting Competition|accessdate=14 November 2016}} He has won multiple Independent Music Awards in Jazz, Eclectic, Electronica, and Music Video categories.{{cite web |title=PAST IMA PROGRAMS |url=https://independentmusicawards.com/artist/past-ima-programs/ |website=independentmusicawards.com |access-date=1 December 2020}}
Le Boeuf received a FROMM Commission from Harvard University in 2015,{{cite web|title=Pascal Le Boeuf|url=http://frommfoundation.fas.harvard.edu/people/pascal-le-boeuf|website=FROMM Music Foundation|access-date=1 December 2020}} the 2015 ASCAP Foundation Johnny Mandel Prize,{{cite web|title=The ASCAP Foundation Johnny Mandel Prize|url=https://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/foundation/awards/mandel_johnny.aspx|website=ASCAP|access-date=1 December 2020}} and 2011 and 2015 New Jazz Works Commissions from Chamber Music America in collaboration with JACK Quartet and Le Boeuf Brothers.{{cite web|title=Chamber Music America Announces $475,000 In Grants For Commissions|url=http://www.chamber-music.org/about/press-room/article/07-13-2015/chamber-music-america-announces-475000-grants-commissions|website=Chamber Music|access-date=1 December 2020}}
In 2017, Le Boeuf was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for his work "Alkaline" from the album Imaginist recorded by the Le Boeuf Brothers and the JACK Quartet.{{cite web |title=Neil Portnow Champions MusiCares, Recording Academy Advocacy, GRAMMY Museum 2018 GRAMMYs |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/neil-portnow-champions-musicares-recording-academy-advocacy-grammy-museum-2018-grammys |website=grammy.com |access-date=1 December 2020}} He was also nominated for his work “Snapshots” in the same category in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Pascal Le Boeuf {{!}} Artist {{!}} Grammy.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/pascal-le-boeuf/187921 |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=www.grammy.com}}
He is a Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition at Princeton University,{{cite news|last1=Joseph|first1=Adamm|title=Le Boeuf Brothers jazz up Poppy Hills.|url=http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/entertainment/music/le-boeuf-brothers-jazz-up-poppy-hills/article_b8164432-a14f-11e6-9284-d3acb807bf82.html|accessdate=14 November 2016|work=Monterey County Weekly|date=November 3, 2016}} and was awarded the Harold W. Dodds Honorific Fellowship in 2020.{{cite web |title=Honorific Fellowship Award Winners |url=https://gradschool.princeton.edu/about/awards |website=gradschool.princeton.edu |access-date=1 December 2020}}
Discography
{{cite web |title=Pascal Le Boeuf |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/4696394-Pascal-Le-Boeuf?type=Credits&filter_anv=0 |website=discogs.com |access-date=4 December 2020}}{{cite web |title=Pascal Le Boeuf |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pascal-le-boeuf-mn0000467764/discography |website=allmusic.com |access-date=4 December 2020}}
=Leader, featured artist=
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Label !Role !Personnel |
| 2024
|Are We Dreaming the Same Dream? |Bright Shiny Things |composer, pianist, producer |Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf, Christian Euman: featuring Tim Gocklin (oboe), Kari Landry (clarinet), Matt Landry (alto saxophone), Andrew Koeppe (bass clarinet), Ryan Reynolds (bassoon), Pascal Le Boeuf (piano), Christian Euman (drums) |
| 2023
|Ritual Being |SoundSpore Records |composer, pianist, producer |Pascal Le Boeuf: featuring Friction Quartet, Shattered Glass, Remy Le Boeuf (alto saxophone), Ben Wendel (tenor saxophone), Pascal Le Boeuf (piano), Linda May Han Oh (bass), Justin Brown (drums), Todd Reynolds (violin), Sara Caswell (violin), Jessica Meyer (viola), Nick Photinos (cello), Kelli Kathman (flute), Charles Yang (violin) |
| 2023
|HUSH |SoundSpore Records |composer, pianist, producer |Le Boeuf Brothers: featuring Remy Le Boeuf (alto saxophone), Dayna Stephens (tenor saxophone), Pascal Le Boeuf (piano), Linda May Han Oh (bass), Christian Euman (drums) |
| 2016
|Imaginist |New Focus Recordings |composer, pianist, producer |Le Boeuf Brothers + JACK Quartet: featuring Remy Le Boeuf (alto sax, oboe, bass clarinet), Ben Wendel (tenor sax), Ben Street/Martin Nevin (bass), Justin Brown/Peter Kronreif (drums) with Ari Streisfeld (violin), Christopher Otto (violin), John Pickford Richards (viola), Kevin McFarland (cello) |
| 2016
|Kissy Girls |Playground Mafia Records |songwriter, keyboardist, electronic production and sound design, producer |Kissy Girls: featuring Emily Greene (vocals/keyboard) |
| 2014
|Jesus On the Mainline EP |Converse Rubber Tracks |keyboardist |Jesus On the Mainline |
| 2014
|King Pony |Le Boeuf Brothers Music |songwriter, vocalist, keyboardist, producer |King Pony: featuring Leon Boykins (bass), Jake Goldbas (drums), Adam Levy, Billy Norris, Armand Hirsch (guitars) |
| 2013
|Pascal’s Triangle |Nineteen-Eight Records |composer, pianist, producer |Pascal Le Boeuf: featuring Linda Oh (bass), Justin Brown (drums) |
| 2013
|Remixed |Nineteen-Eight Records |composer, pianist, electronic production and sound design, producer |Le Boeuf Brothers: featuring remixes by Pascal and Remy Le Boeuf, Dave Binney, Tim Lefebvre, Wolff Parkinson White (Jochen Rueckert) Kissy Girls, Lucky Luke, Armand Hirsch |
| 2011
|In Praise of Shadows |Nineteen-Eight Records |composer, pianist, electronic production and sound design, producer |Le Boeuf Brothers: featuring Remy Le Boeuf (alto sax, bass clarinet, tenor sax), Mike Ruby (tenor sax), Linda Oh (bass), Henry Cole (drums), Nir Felder (guitar), Adria Le Boeuf (vocals), and Myth String Quartet: Tallie Brunfelt (violin), Jeremy Blanden (violin), Kim Uwate (viola), Isaac Melamed (cello) |
| 2009
|House Without A Door |Le Boeuf Brothers Music |composer, pianist/keyboardist, producer |Le Boeuf Brothers: featuring Remy Le Boeuf (alto sax, woodwinds), Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Marcus Strickland (tenor sax, soprano sax), Matt Brewer (bass) Clarence Penn (drums), Janelle Reichman (tenor sax), Billy Norris (bass), Greg Ritchie (drums) |
=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 (New Amsterdam Records, 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 (New Amsterdam Records, 2020) – composer, producer
- Wolff Parkinson White, Favours (Nonplace, 2020) – vocalist, composer
- Joy On Fire, Hymn (Procrastination Records, 2020) – pianist
- Dmitri Tymoczko, 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 (New Amsterdam Records, 2017) – composer, producer
- Shattered Glass, “Transition Behavior”, Shattered Glass (Shattered Glass, 2017) – composer
- Jesus on the Mainline, The Morning Bell (Ropeadope Records, 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/Universal Music, 2007) – pianist, keyboardist
- Glass Eye Trio, Harajuku (Glass Eye Trio, 2007) – pianist, keyboardist
- Colin Stranahan, Transformation (Capri Records, 2006) – pianist, composer
=Film and TV=
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Artist !Title !Studio/Publisher !Genre !Role |
| 2018
|Pascal Le Boeuf with Dave Eggar (cello), Jessica Meyer (viola), Gina Izzo (flute), and Four/Ten Media |Into the Anthropocene |Pascal Le Boeuf Music |Video EP |composer, producer |
| 2018
|Josephine Decker (director), Molly Herron (composer) |Madeline's Madeline (film), "The Kamaur" (composition) |Parris Pictures |Film music |producer |
| 2011
|David Schwartz |NBC |TV |pianist |
| 2008
|Ken Koenig |Santa Cruz Swings: A history of Jazz in Santa Cruz |Roseking Productions |Documentary DVD |pianist, composer |
| 2008
|Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer |King Lines |Big Up Productions |Film soundtrack |keyboardist, electronic production and sound design, composer |
| 2000
|Jubilee 2000, Vatican Rome |Bernstein’s Mass |Kultur Films |Film score |soprano soloist |
Filmography
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