中文名：佐伊·拉赫曼 外文名：Zoe Rahman 国籍：英国 职业：爵士钢琴家 生日：1971 年 1 月 20 日 简介：佐伊·拉赫曼（Zoe Rahman，1971 年 1 月 20 日出生）是一位英国爵士作曲家和钢琴家。英国爵士钢琴家，06年英国水星奖提名殊荣。Zoe Rahman瞬间无疑已经是欧洲最super的爵士钢琴家之一。 从艺历程：Described in The Observer as "a remarkable pianist by any standard”, Zoe Rahman has firmly established herself as one of the brightest stars on the contemporary jazz scene. A vibrant and highly individual pianist/composer, her style is deeply rooted in jazz yet it reflects her classical background, British/Bengali heritage and her very broad musical taste. Known for her powerful technique, wide-ranging imagination and exuberant performance, she has become a highly sought-after musician. Born in Chichester, UK, to a Bengali father and English mother, Zoe studied classical piano at the Royal Academy of Music, took a music degree at Oxford University and then won a scholarship to study jazz performance at Berklee College of Music, Boston, where she studied with the inspirational pianist JoAnne Brackeen. Her second album, Melting Pot, was nominated in 2006 for one of the UK’s most prestigious music awards, the Nationwide Mercury Prize, alongside the likes of Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Arctic Monkeys and Muse, and it also won ‘Jazz Album of the Year’ at the UK’s first Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Since then, she has recorded two more critically acclaimed albums. Live showcases her superb trio, American drummer Gene Calderazzo and British bass player Oli Hayhurst, as well as featuring the hauntingly beautiful playing of her brother, clarinetist Idris Rahman. Described in The Guardian as a “terrific session” the album captures, in the words of jazz reviewer Chris Parker, “all the punch, pith and sheer verve of the Rahman live act.” Her fourth album, Where Rivers Meet, is a stunning collaboration with her brother Idris, exploring music from their Bengali heritage. Originally they toured this project in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as a duo but for the album they teamed up with Zoe’s trio as well as Dhaka-based vocal stars Arnob and Gaurob, violinist Samy Bishai and percussionist Kuljit Bhamra to produce “a wholly original brand of Anglo-Asian music” (Sunday Times). Zoe has toured extensively throughout the UK and internationally, including, most recently: North Sea Jazz Festival; Molde Jazz Festival; Palermo Jazz Festival; Algeria’s European Cultural Festival; Cork Jazz Festival; Estonia’s Nargen Festival; Barbados Jazz Festival; Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club; the Purcell Room at London’s Southbank Centre. She has been the featured artist on numerous TV and radio programmes, including BBC4’s Women in Jazz, BBC2’s Desi DNA, Channel S, Bangla TV, Meridian TV, Radio 4 (Front Row, Woman’s Hour) Radio 2 (Jools Holland, Courtney Pine, Charles Hazlewood) and is frequently invited to sit on high-profile panels – most notably, the Mercury Music Prize, Nottingham International Jazz Piano competition, Philharmonia’s Groove Search Competition. She shares her passion for music through teaching in a variety of contexts, inspiring musicians of all ages and abilities. Aside from working with her own groups, she has worked with a diverse range of other artists, including: Courtney Pine’s Transition in Tradition band; Jerry Dammers’ Spatial AKA Orchestra; Soothsayers (with reggae legends Johnny Clarke, Michael Prophet, Earl 16); Clark Tracey; Danny Thompson; Tobias Tak; David ‘Ziggy’ Walcott; Reem Kelani; Mekaal Hasan; Finn Peters; Antonio Forcione; James Carter; Keziah Jones; Roland Gift, among many others. 荣誉记录：1999年 Perrier青年爵士奖 年度青年爵士音乐家 获奖 2001年 《愤世嫉俗者》 BBC第三广播频道 年度爵士专辑评论 入围 BBC爵士奖 新星奖 提名 2006年 《大熔炉》 水星音乐奖 年度专辑 提名 议会爵士奖 年度爵士专辑 获奖 2012年 《志同道合》 MOBO音乐奖 最佳爵士表演 获奖 2021年 伊沃·诺维洛奖 影响力奖 获奖