Colin Currie
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Biography
Colin David Currie, born 25â¯Septemberâ¯1976 in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a virtuoso percussionist, vibraphonist, and conductor. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (1990â1994) and earned a 1998 degree from the Royal Academy of Music. Colin Currie won the 1992 Shell/LSO Gold Medal and reached the finals of the 1994 BBC Young Musician of the Year. He premiered works by Elliott Carter, Louisâ¯Andriessen, and Jenniferâ¯Higdon, whose Percussion Concerto won a 2010 Grammy. Founding the Colinâ¯Currie Group, he recorded Steveâ¯Reich: Drumming (2018) and Steveâ¯Reich: The Sextets (2026). His 2017 label, Colinâ¯Currieâ¯Records, released contemporary percussion albums such as Striking a Balance: Contemporary Percussion Music (1998), MacMillan, Adès & Higdon (2008), Rautavaara: Modificata - Incantations - Towards the Horizon (2012), Bartók: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion & Other Piano Music (2017), Carter: Late Works (2017), The Scene Of The Crime with HÃ¥kan Hardenberger (2018), Colin Currie & Steve Reich Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton (2019), Kalevi Aho: Sieidi & Symphony No. 5 (2020), and Steve Reich: Jacob's Ladder/Traveler's Prayer (2025). He has served as Artist in Residence at the Southbankâ¯Centre and Deâ¯Doelen and was appointed Associate Artist of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2022.
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- Nagoya Marimbas (for two marimbas)
- Veni, Veni, Emmanuel: Transition
- Veni, Veni, Emmanuel: Dance
- Veni, Veni, Emmanuel: Dance Chorale
- Veni, Veni, Emmanuel: Gaude
- Tryst
- Veni, Veni, Emmanuel: Coda
- Veni, Veni, Emmanuel: Heart Beats
- Veni, Veni, Emmanuel: Introit
- Prelude (arr two marimbas) from English Suite No.2 in A minor, BWV 807 by Sam Walton
- Marimbasonic (for solo marimba)
- Cenas Amerindias I and II (for solo percussion): I. Brasiliana (for marimba and wood instruments)
- Alborada del gracioso (arr two marimbas) featuring Sam Walton
- Hugh's Chilled Red (for solo snare drum)
- Cenas Amerindias I and II (for solo percussion): II. Eldorado (for vibes and metal instruments)
- Quartet: I. Fast by Colin Currie
- No. 6 from Children's Songs (arr for vibes and piano)
- Jacob's Ladder: V. V'hinei, malachei Elokim olim v'yordim bo (And behold, messengers of G-d ascending and descending on it) featuring New York Philharmonic
- Quartet: II. Slow by Colin Currie
- Paganini Personal for marimba and piano
- Quartet: III. Fast by Colin Currie
- No. 9 from Children's Songs (arr for vibes and piano)
- No. 8 from Children's Songs (arr for vibes and piano)
- Jacob's Ladder: II. Vayachalom (And he dreamed) featuring New York Philharmonic
