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。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 herbrother, 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.