| Pascal Le Boeuf | |
| Birth Date: | 3 August 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Santa Cruz, California, U.S. |
| Instrument: | Piano, keyboards, vocals |
| Genre: | Jazz, contemporary classical, electronic |
| 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 |
Pascal Le Boeuf (born August 3, 1986) is a pianist, composer and producer whose works both solo and with others ranges from modern improvised music to cross-breeding classical with production-based technology.[1]
Le Boeuf was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for the work "Alkaline" and “Snapshots”.
He also co-leads the jazz group Le Boeuf Brothers with his twin brother Remy Le Boeuf.
Le Boeuf was born in Santa Cruz, California.[2] He studied jazz piano at the Manhattan School of Music with Kenny Barron (Bachelors in Music in 2007 and Masters in Music in 2010)[3] and music composition at Princeton University with Steve Mackey, Dmitri Tymoczko, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Donnacha Dennehy, and Louis Andriessen.[4]
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.[5] 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),[6] 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,[7] Alarm Will Sound, Iarla Ŏ Lionáird,[8] Hub New Music and Four/Ten Media,[9] Shattered Glass,[10] Nick Photinos,[11] Sara Caswell, Jessica Meyer and Todd Reynolds.[12]
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[13] and has since been named Contemporary Music Ensemble Director and Assistant Professor of the Practice of Music and Technology.[14]
Le Boeuf won first place in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition.[15] He has won multiple Independent Music Awards in Jazz, Eclectic, Electronica, and Music Video categories.[16]
Le Boeuf received a FROMM Commission from Harvard University in 2015,[17] the 2015 ASCAP Foundation Johnny Mandel Prize,[18] and 2011 and 2015 New Jazz Works Commissions from Chamber Music America in collaboration with JACK Quartet and Le Boeuf Brothers.[19]
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.[20] He was also nominated for his work “Snapshots” in the same category in 2023.[21]
He is a Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition at Princeton University,[22] and was awarded the Harold W. Dodds Honorific Fellowship in 2020.[23]
| Year | Title | Label | Role | Personnel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 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 | The Playboy Club | 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 |