Robert Mitchell
@ the Queen Elizabeth Hall
16 November 2009

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Biography

Pianist, keyboard player, composer and lyricist, Robert Mitchell has performed in over 70 different projects. He has collaborated with artists such as Courtney Pine, Norma Winstone, Vaughn Hawthorne-Nelson, Steve Coleman, I.G Culture, Greg Osby, Steve Williamson, The Jazz Warriors, Sillhouette Brown, Ntoumos and Omar Puente.

2002 would see Mitchell appear in the Peter Bogdanovich directed film ‘The Cats Miaow’. In 2004, Mitchell won the BBC Jazz Innovation Award with the F-ire Collective. He has also won various National and International awards with the groups Quite Sane and J-Life.

In 2006, Mitchell’s band’ Panacea’ performed a Radio 1 Session for Giles Peterson, as well as the North Sea Jazz Festival. The album “Bridges” featuring Omar Puente was released in November 2006 to critical acclaim.

At present Mitchell has a busy schedule touring with Omar Puente, he is also working on various projects with artists such, as Jhelisa Anderson and Nina Simone Project. Mitchell is a visiting teacher at the Royal Academy of Music, he also teaches privately.