Patrick Zimmerli

Patrick Zimmerli is a jazz and classical composer, saxophonist, and producer. He writes a sophisticated yet approachable hybrid of contemporary classical and jazz music. Zimmerli has an extensive catalog of works for chamber, orchestral, vocal, jazz, and mixed ensembles of all sizes. His many collaborators have included The Lincoln Trio, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Kent Tritle, Brooklyn Rider String Quartet, Aaron Diehl, Samara Joy, Ethan Iverson, Luciana Souza, and the Knights Orchestra. His music has been performed at Carnegie Hall and Town Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, the Philharmonie and the Cathedral des Invalides in Paris, Sala São Paolo in Brazil, the Vienna Konzerthaus Grosser Saal, and the SF Jazz Center.