John Turville has developed a reputation as ‘one of the leading jazz pianists of his generation’ (Ian Mann). He has recorded three albums as a leader (the most recent featuring the world-renowned Julian Arguelles) which have won multiple awards including MOJO’s #3 Jazz Album of the Year, and ‘Best Album’ in the Parliamentary Awards 2011, the 2009 PRS Promoter’s Choice Award and ‘Best Instrumentalist' in the 2010 London Jazz Awards. John is also an in-demand sideman, regularly touring Europe and Asia. He has recorded over 30 albums with many established jazz and tango artists, including Tim Garland, the Yuri Goloubev Trio, Alan Barnes, Transtango, the London Tango Orchestra, El Ultimo Tango, the Matt Ridley Quartet and many others. John co-runs the E17 jazz collective and jazz festival, as well as conducting and composing for the 13-piece E17 Large Ensemble, his tango quintet ‘Almagro Ensemble’ and the co-led sextet ‘Solstice’, who’s debut album ‘Alimentation’ was released in 2017, accompanied by a twenty date Arts Council tour. Their second album is due for release in 2019. John is an experienced composer for strings, voices, jazz and tango ensembles, and was recently commissioned to write a new work for the contemporary tango dancer Richard Manuel. He is a visiting principal tutor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the Purcell and Yehudi Menuhin Schools, and regularly teaches at summer schools in Germany, Italy and the UK.