Nat Bartsch Trio - Nat Bartsch TrioYoung Australian pianist/composer Nat Bartsch is fast gaining a reputation for playing touching music with beauty, soul and clarity. Based in Melbourne, she formed her trio through studies in improvisation at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2006, where she studied under Tony Gould, Andrea Keller and Paul Grabowky.
Joined by the young talents of Josh Holt (bass) and Leigh Fisher (drums), their focus lies in creating unique improvised music with melodic and harmonic beauty and vibrant rhythmic motives. Her trio draws influence not only from the modern jazz piano trios of today, but also from indie, ambient and minimalist music, such as Sigur Ros, Elbow and Radiohead.
The trio showcases Nat’s original compositions, and the trio’s own arrangements of contemporary popular Australian music. They have performed extensively around the Melbourne jazz scene and launched their first self-titled EP in July of this year. In 2006 they were awarded the Athenaeum Award for Best Improvisation Ensemble at the VCA, and upon graduation Nat was also awarded the inaugural Lionel Gell Foundation Travelling Scholarship. Using this funding Nat has recently travelled to Europe to undertake private tuition with two of the most influential pianists on her music, Norwegian jazz pianist/composer Tord Gustavsen and Swiss zen-funk composer Nik Bärtsch.
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