“Hear [the Duo Kalysta] if you can, either in concert or this way.”
— Gorman, American Record Guide
May-June 2020 (about the recording Origins)
“Deutsch, a player who can soften or strengthen her handsome tone according to need, is very much in the first chair.”
— Arthur Kaptainis, La Scena Musicale
February 2020
"Deutsch revealed new worlds of colour and meaning in every single note ... an astonishing artist"
— Scott Tresham, Senior Producer at CBC Music
“Hear [the Duo Kalysta] if you can, either in concert or this way.”
— Gorman, American Record Guide
May-June 2020 (about the recording Origins)
“Deutsch, a player who can soften or strengthen her handsome tone according to need, is very much in the first chair.”
— Arthur Kaptainis, La Scena Musicale
February 2020
"Deutsch revealed new worlds of colour and meaning in every single note ... an astonishing artist"
— Scott Tresham, Senior Producer at CBC Music
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Explorateur intrépide et polyvalent, le pianiste et compositeur Andy Milne, deux fois récompensé par un Juno, est depuis 30 ans une voix distincte et respectée au cœur de la scène jazz créative de New York. Il collabore avec des danseurs, des artistes visuels, des poètes et des musiciens dans les domaines du jazz, de la musique classique, de la pop, du folk et de la musique du monde. Au piano, il mêle habilement l’ordre à la gravité poétique, créant une expérience musicale unique et captivante.
Il a enregistré et tourné dans le monde entier avec Ravi Coltrane, Ralph Alessi, Carlos Ward et Carla Cook, et a collaboré avec de nombreux artistes, dont Andrew Cyrille, Sekou Sundiata, Avery Brooks, Bruce Cockburn, Fred Hersch, Ben Monder, Dianne Reeves, Jen Shyu, Tyshawn Sorey et Jamie Baum. Ancien élève d'Oscar Peterson, Milne a été au centre du collectif M-BASE en tant que membre principal des groupes du saxophoniste Steve Coleman, et a joué avec Cassandra Wilson et Greg Osby. Milne a composé et produit les musiques de sept films documentaires du célèbre réalisateur William Shatner et a publié 11 enregistrements en tant que leader ou co-leader.
Il a reçu de nombreux prix et commandes, dont la prestigieuse bourse Civitella. En plus de ses multiples projets, Milne est un éducateur recherché, il est professeur adjoint de musique à l'université du Michigan et directeur adjoint de la School for Improvisational Music. Milne puise son inspiration dans la politique, la philosophie, l'homéopathie, la comédie et la science-fiction, et ses influences musicales vont de Thelonious Monk à Art Tatum, en passant par Herbie Nichols, Bela Bartok, Joni Mitchell et Stevie Wonder.
For more than 30 years, two-time Juno Award winning pianist/composer Andy Milne has demonstrated boundless versatility, collaborating with dancers, film makers, authors, visual artists, poets and musicians spanning multiple genres. He has released 13 recordings as a leader or co-leader, actively composing for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and scoring for film and television. A former student of Oscar Peterson and respected voice at the heart of New York’s creative jazz scene, Milne has recorded and toured throughout the world with Ravi Coltrane, Ralph Alessi, Carlos Ward, Carla Cook and Steve Coleman. He has collaborated with a range of artists including Joe Lovano, Andrew Cyrille, Sekou Sundiata, Avery Brooks, Bruce Cockburn, Fred Hersch, Ben Monder, Dianne Reeves, Jen Shyu, Tyshawn Sorey and Jamie Baum.
Aligning with Milne’s mid-career crescendo as a composer, he received the 2026 Commission of the Year award from Chamber Music America, honoring the piano quintet commissioned by the Banff international String Quartet Competition and premiered by Milne alongside the Isidore String Quartet. In 2026, the award-winning Elmer Iseler Singers premiered Milne’s first commissioned choral work, Try to Fly, set for chorus, piano and percussion. Milne’s score for True North, the latest film from Emmy winning director Michele Stephenson, earned him a 2026 Canadian Screen Music Award nomination. The film premiered at TIFF2025 and received its broadcast debut on PBS’s Independent Lens in 2026. This follows the success of his score for Stephenson’s episode of the CBC Television documentary series Black Life – Untold Storieswhich was also nominated for a Canadian Screen Music Award in 2024.
Several of Milne’s past projects merge senses and cultures. Strings & Serpents, which premiered at Lincoln Center in 2014, synthesized the melody, form, improvisational language and rhythm of Japanese and Western structures, blending musical and visual forms into a unified experience. In 2007 with tap dancer/choreographer Heather Cornell, he created Finding Synesthesia, which combined an inventive range of sounds and influences, weaving tap into the texture and sound of the orchestration. His 2001 collaboration with Bruce Cockburn blended jazz, funk and folk textures with social protest lyrics of 1960s folk and 1980s hip-hop.
Milne is both a Yamaha Piano and Steinberg Artist, and sought-after educator. He is a tenured associate professor of music at The University of Michigan and the Gala Concert Artist for the 2026 Michigan Music Teachers Association Conference. He has received numerous awards and commissions, including the prestigious Civitella Fellowship in Italy.
" De nos jours, est-il encore possible de réaliser de grands disques de jazz, à même de surmonter l’épreuve du temps ? Entre brillance technique et sensibilité de l’exécution, Andy Milne semble bien en effectuer la démonstration. "
“ Andy Milne fait ici preuve d'une imagination harmonique sophistiquée, terrain propoce à l'épanouissement de ses compagnons [...] ”
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