Steve Tromans

Steve Tromans studied at Birmingham Conservatoire, graduating in 1997 with 1st Class Honours. Since then he has built up a reputation for excellence ˆ both as a pianist and composer in a wide variety of musical situations ˆ contemporary classical, jazz, world and underground sounds.
In 2003 Steve was commissioned by arts organisation Birmingham Jazz to write an extended work for large forces and the resulting work, Howl & Other Poems ˆ a musical setting of the poetry of Allen Ginsberg for 8 players and narrator, was premiered to a near capacity audience at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham in January of 2004. Further performances are already booked in 2005 at the StAnza Poetry Festival, St Andrews, and at the Cheltenham International Festival in March and May respectively.
In the summer of 2004 Steve was nominated for a NESTA Fellowship Award.
Steve is gaining a growing fan base amongst fellow musicians, critics and audiences alike. Here are a few pertinent quotes:

"...consistently inventive..."
---- JAZZREVIEW magazine, January 2005

"...a fluent modern pianist with a wealth of ideas..."
---- musicweb.uk.net album review, Summer 2002

"...vital, passionate, fresh...great musicianship..."
---- Keith Tippett, Autumn 2004

"...Tromans feels the silence as well as the storm..."
---- Birmingham Post, January 2004

"...a brilliant young pianist and composer..."
---- CBSO website, The Series 2003/4

"...exhilarating solos..."
---- Alyn Shipton, The Times Summer 1997

Pianist and Jazz Pianist Composer and Arranger

Pianist and Jazz Pianist
Composer and Arranger