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.[1]
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).
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.[6]
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),[7] 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.[1]
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[14] and has since been named Contemporary Music Ensemble Director and Assistant Professor of the Practice of Music and Technology.[15]
Accolades
Le Boeuf won first place in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition.[16] He has won multiple Independent Music Awards in Jazz, Eclectic, Electronica, and Music Video categories.[17]
Le Boeuf received a FROMM Commission from Harvard University in 2015,[18] the 2015 ASCAP Foundation Johnny Mandel Prize,[19] and 2011 and 2015 New Jazz Works Commissions from Chamber Music America in collaboration with JACK Quartet and Le Boeuf Brothers.[20]
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)
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
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)
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
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