Jeremy Turner | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | June 18, 1975 Sewickley, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Cello, piano, guitar, voice |
| Website | jeremyturnerstudio |
Jeremy Turner (born June 18, 1975 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist living in California.
Jeremy Turner began playing the piano and the cello as a young child. After his family moved to Michigan where his father was Director of Admissions at Michigan State University, Turner attended East Lansing High School. [1] He then furthered his musical studies at The Juilliard School as a pupil of Harvey Shapiro. In 1997, before graduating Juilliard, Turner joined The Metropolitan Opera [2] Orchestra at just 21 years old, becoming one of the youngest members ever to join [3] the ensemble. At the end of his first season Turner was invited to join the Met Chamber Ensemble [4] in its inaugural year. In 2005 he took a leave of absence from the Met to be the interim Principal Cellist of The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra [5] [6] [7] in New Zealand. After returning to the Met in 2006, Turner played his final season in 2011 before leaving the orchestra to pursue composition. [8]
Turner has recorded with musicians such as Paul McCartney, David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, and The National, [9] has performed with various artists that include Renee Fleming, Joshua Bell, [10] and Arcade Fire [11] and as a conductor has appeared twice at the LACMA Art + Film Gala. [12] In 2013, he collaborated on original music with James Murphy for the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal , [13] [14] directed by Mike Nichols. As a composer, Turner has been nominated for two Emmy Awards, won the Music & Sound Award (UK), won the International Documentary Association award [15] [16] for best music, was a 2015 Sundance [17] fellow, and was named in NPR Music's Favorite Songs of 2014. [18] [19] He received the AICP Award [20] for best original music for his score to Google's first ever television commercial, [21] "Parisian Love", which debuted during the broadcast of Super Bowl XLIV . [22] [23] He has performed on Saturday Night Live with My Morning Jacket, [24] the Late Show With David Letterman with Dirty Projectors, [25] and performed with Renee Fleming at the opening of Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. In 2015 he composed music for Chris Doyle's exhibition "Night Lights at Wave Hill", [26] featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Turner was a member of Low City, [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] a musical duo based in Brooklyn. In 2014 he appeared with Simon Spurr in the September issue of Vanity Fair [32]