Ivo Neame performing with PHRONESIS (2018) in Aarhus, Denmark
Ivo Michael Beale Neame (born 13 March 1981) is a British jazz pianist and composer. He is a professor of Jazz Piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Ivo Neame is an internationally renowned pianist, composer, and bandleader in the contemporary jazz scene. He has previously worked with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band and the London Sinfonietta. He is known for his creative contributions to the award-winning bands Phronesis and the Marius Neset Quintet; as a sideman he has collaborated with numerous other artists such as Hermeto Pascoal, Kenny Wheeler and Mike Stern. In recent years he has also received commissions to compose and arrange music for ensembles such as the Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra (Germany) and the Sointi Jazz Orchestra (Finland).
Ivo is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, an Associate Member of PRS and a Professor of Jazz Piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is also a member of the Featured Artists’ Coalition and a member of the Ivors Academy Jazz Committee.
Honours
2023: Appointed Artist in Residence, Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra
2021: Nominated for "Jazz Composition for Large Ensemble", Ivors Academy
2018: Nominated for "Jazz Composition for Small Ensemble", BASCA Composer Awards
2017: "Jazz Ensemble of the Year", Parliamentary Jazz Awards (Phronesis)
2014: Nominated for "Best Jazz Act", MOBO Awards (Phronesis)
2013: Awarded ARAM
2012: "Best Jazz Act" - London Awards for Art and Performance (Phronesis)
2012: Nominated for "UK Jazz Instrumentalist of the year", Jazz FM awards
2012: Nominated for "Album of the Year", Parliamentary Jazz Awards (Phronesis)
2011: "Best Jazz Act", MOBO Awards (Kairos Quartet)
2010: "Album of the year" in Jazzwise Magazine (Phronesis - Alive)
2010: "Album of the year" in MOJO Magazine (Phronesis - Alive)
Discography
Bandleader Releases
2027: Dodeka:New Reveries - Ivo Neame’s Dodeka (Oriel Recordings)
2024: Zettalogue - Ivo Neame Quartet (Ubuntu Recordings)
2023: Live at Turner Sims - Ivo Neame (Whirlwind Recordings)
2021: Glimpses of Truth - Ivo Neame (Whirlwind Recordings)
2020: Multiverse - Ivo Neame/Jim Hart (Edition Records)
2018: Moksha - Ivo Neame Quartet (Edition Records)
2015: Strata - Ivo Neame Quintet (Whirlwind Recordings)
2012: Yatra - Ivo Neame Octet (Edition Records)
2009: Caught in the Light of Day - Ivo Neame Quartet (Edition Records)
2007: Swirls and Eddies - Ivo Neame Trio (Loop Records)