Scott Tixier | |
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Background information | |
Born |
Montreuil, France |
February 26, 1986
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Violin |
Years active | 2002–present |
Labels | Sunnyside |
Associated acts | Stevie Wonder, Kenny Barron, Tigran Hamasyan, Pedrito Martinez, Anthony Braxton |
Website | www |
Scott Tixier (born 26 February 1986) is an award-winning French jazz violinist and a recording artist.
Tixier was born in Montreuil, France, and studied classical violin at the conservatory in Paris. Following that, he studied improvisation as a self-educated jazz musician and under Florin Niculescu then Malo Vallois.
Scott Tixier has worked in many genres, in the theater, film scoring, Broadway shows, for Sony Pictures, ARTE Creative, Heineken, Dos Equis, Fisher-Price, America's Got Talent on NBC, with Zedd on the David Letterman Late Show on CBS, for Josh Groban, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Sting, Jean Reno, Whoopi Goldberg, Marc Jacobs, Keith David, Pierre Palmade, Pierre Richard, David Ackroyd, NBA player Allan Houston, Christina Aguilera, Chrisette Michele, Doug E. Fresh, JR, Ariana Grande, and Monica Dogra.