Colin Currie
Colin Currie is a Scottish percussionist known for performing adventurous contemporary repertoire. He has worked closely with composer Steve Reich and recorded and performed many of his compositions. He was born in Edinburgh in 1976, and he started learning the piano when he was five years old. The next year he became inspired to play the drums after seeing legendary jazz drummer Buddy Rich perform, and he started taking drum lessons. Later he developed an interest in orchestral percussion, and from 1990 to 1994, he was a student at the Junior Department of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, where his percussion instructor was Pamella Dow. This was followed by studies at the Royal Academy of Music. After he graduated in 1998, he released his first recording, Striking a Balance: Percussion Music, which featured the work of Chick Corea, Steve Reich, and others. Two years later, he won the BBC Young Artist Award and became a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist from 2003 to 2005, when he also won the Bortletti Buitoni Trust Award. During this period, he toured the United States with the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, and with 11 other musicians he formed the Colin Currie Group to perform the works of Steve Reich. Its repertoire includes Music for Pieces of Wood, Music for 18 Musicians, and several other works. In the 2010s, the ensemble toured extensively and visited France, Germany, and Tokyo. Reich joined the group to perform Clapping Music at a concert in 2014, and in 2017 the CCG crowdfunded a recording of Drumming, which was released in 2018 on the Colin Currie Records label. That same year, Currie formed the Collin Currie Quartet with percussionists Owen Gunnell, Adrian Spillett, and Sam Walton. The quartet is focused on performing the works of Reich and other contemporary composers, including Julia Wolfe and Dave Maric. In 2019 Currie recorded the album Colin Currie & Steve Reich Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton, and later releases include HK Gruber: Percussion Concertos (2021) and Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (2023). Based in Scotland, Currie continues to be a leading performer of contemporary percussion music.
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Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Colin Currie, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals
Minimal Music - Released by Colin Currie Records on Apr 21, 2023
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Steve Reich: Drumming
Colin Currie, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals
Classical - Released by Colin Currie Records on Mar 9, 2018
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Colin Currie & Steve Reich : Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton (Live)
Colin Currie, Steve Reich, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals
Classical - Released by Colin Currie Records on Apr 12, 2019
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Concerto pour violoncelle n°2 - Modificata - Concerto pour percussion
Truls Mørk, Colin Currie, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Classical - Released by Ondine on Feb 1, 2012
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Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
John Wilson, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Colin Currie
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on Nov 1, 2017
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Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol 1
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Colin Currie, John Wilson
Classical - Released by Chandos on Nov 1, 2017
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Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians: Section VI (Single Edit)
Colin Currie, Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals
Minimal Music - Released by Colin Currie Records on Mar 10, 2023
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The Scene Of The Crime
Colin Currie, Håkan Hardenberger
Duets - Released by Colin Currie Records on Oct 26, 2018
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Dawn to Dust
Utah Symphony Orchestra, Colin Currie, Thierry Fischer
Classical - Released by Reference Recordings on Apr 8, 2016
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Steven Mackey: Time Release
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, Colin Currie
Classical - Released by BMOP - sound on Nov 19, 2019
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Kalevi Aho: Sieidi & Symphony No. 5
Colin Currie, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk
Classical - Released by BIS on Sep 4, 2020
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Spin
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Colin Currie
Classical - Released by Telarc on Mar 28, 2006
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Bryce Dessner: Tromp Miniature
Minimal Music - Released by Colin Currie Records on Oct 28, 2022
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Holt: A Table of Noises, St. Vitus in the Kettle & Witness to a Snow Miracle
Colin Currie, Chloë Hanslip, Hallé Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Classical - Released by NMC Recordings on Mar 24, 2017
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Goehr: Since Brass, nor Stone...
Colin Currie, Pavel Haas Quartet, The Nash Ensemble
Classical - Released by NMC Recordings on Sep 2, 2013
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MACMILLAN: Veni, Veni Emmanuel / Tryst
Colin Currie, Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa
Classical - Released by Naxos on Aug 1, 1998
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Rapture / An American Abroad / Jasper
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Colin Currie, Marin Alsop
Symphonic Music - Released by Naxos on Nov 24, 2002
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Percussion Pictures
Miscellaneous - Released by Soho Production Music on Dec 14, 2018
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Tiger's Nest (Live)
Colin Currie, Rolf Hind, Zubin Kanga, Isabelle Carré, Robert Campion, Southbank Gamelan Players
Chamber Music - Released by NMC Recordings on Apr 24, 2020
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2003 WASBE Jönköping, Sweden: National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain
National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain, Colin Currie, Phillip Scott
Classical - Released by Mark Records on Jul 3, 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo