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Genevieve O’Driscoll is an accomplished and versatile bassist, at home in all styles of improvised music, and active within the UK and German jazz scenes. Genevieve studied cello at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where she developed an interest in jazz and improvised music, through working with jazz violinist Julian Ferraretto. After become involved in ‘Tomorrows Warriors’ jazz education and artist development program, and meeting mentor british bassist Gary Crosby, she switched her focus to double bass. She was quickly offered a place to study jazz bass at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she received the Kenneth May Scholarship and the Hilde Martindale Scholarship to support her studies. She relocated to Germany at the end of 2019, continuing her studies at Folkwang Universität der Künste, where she received the Deutschlandstipendium and Leistungsstipendium. Despite the challenge of moving to a new country shortly before a global pandemic, Genevieve rapidly integrated herself into the jazz scene and is now an in-demand sidewoman, playing with various groups and ensemble in NRW (North Rhine Westphalia) and further afield. Genevieve also leads her own project, chordless quintet ‘New Monastery’, focused around explorations and reinventions of the music of Andrew Hill. Genevieve is an enthusiastic music educator. She taught on the groundbreaking Music Masters program in London, which aims to widen access to high-quality music education, and currently teaches at the Städtische Musikschule Herne. Some career highlights include: festival appearances at Cheltenham Jazz Festival (UK), Meltdown Festival (UK) London Jazz Festival, Stadtgarten Winter Jazz (DE); German tour and live radio concert for Deutschlandfunk with Merlin Hellenkamp&Friends; playing as part of Paul Lüpfert’s Folkwang-Prize-winning quintet ‘Lüpftet’; theater productions in Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus, Schosspark Theater Berlin, Kammertheater Karlsruhe, Musiktheater im Revier The Old Vic, London, The Lyric Theater, London; sessions at various London studios including Abbey Road Studios, Strongroom Studios, and Angel Studios; Concerts at venues including the Barbican, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Shepherds Bush Empire, Union Chapel, Ronnie Scotts.

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12.02.24 - Axel Fischbacher & Esther Kaiser Quartet - Blue Note, Hilden 01.03.24 - Tenbieg/O'Driscoll/Knippschild - Folkwang Museum, Essen 06.03.24 - Hargitai/Tenbieg/O'Driscoll - kitev, Oberhausen 07.03.24 - Hargitai/Tenbieg/O'Driscoll/Knippschild - Altstadtschmiede, Recklinghausen 12.03.24 - Tim Köhler Quartet - Bunker, Bielefeld 02.06.24 - Genevive O’Driscoll ‘Edgelands’ - Jazz Visions Ruhr’, Villa Rü, Essen 05.06.24 - Johannes Huck 'Byte' - Domicil, Dortmund 26.06.24 - Tim Köhler Quartet - King Georg, Köln 04.08.24 - 'New Monastery' - Jazz Visions Ruhr’, Villa Rü, Essen 23.08.24 - Tim Köhler Quartet - Städtische Musikschule Herne PAST DATES 2023 10.01.24 - Carniaux/Badura Quintet - Domicil, Dortmund 24.01.24 - Carlotta Ribbbe Quartet ‘Maletten’ - Vibraphonissmo, Nürnberg 12.12.23 - Mariann Shaguroff ‘Lyrical Jazz Project’ - Jazz Schmiede, Düsseldorf 25.11.23 - Genevieve O'Driscoll "Edgelands" ft. Martin Speake - INSEL in Ada, Wuppertal, DE 12.11.23 - Serazz Quartet Gustav-Luebcke-Museum, Hamm, DE 07.11.23 - 'New Monastery' - Jazz Schmiede, Düsseldorf 06.11.23 - 'New Monastery’ - Cafe Ada, Wuppertal 04.11.23 - Tim Köhler Quartet - Loch, Wuppertal Jazztage 01.11.23 - Tim Köhler Quartet - Domicil, Dortmund 28.10.23 - Merlin Hellenkamp & Friends - Wuppertal Jazztage, Sophienkirche 23.10.23 - Veronika Hargitai Quartet, Domicil, Dortmund 21.10.23 - Raïssa Mehner 'Deviation' - Umland Festival, Köln 03.10.23 - Ingham/Carniaux/Bartlett/O’Driscoll/Knippschild - Jazz Schmiede, Düsseldorf 22.09.23 - Veronika Hargatai Quartet, Oberhausen 15.09.23 - Nu Civilisation Orchestra with Nubya Garcia - Royal Festival Hall, London 09.08.23 - Ernst/Ehrlich/O’Driscoll/Huck - King Georg, Köln 28.07.23 - Charlie Wolfin Trio - St Ives Jazz Club, Cornwall, UK 25.07.23 - Charlie Wolfin Trio - St Agnes MMI 13.07.23 - Jan Bierther Trio - Marburger Jazz Sommer 08.07.23 - 'Songs for Nobodies' - Schlosspark Theater Berlin 28.06.23 - 'New Monastery' - Domcil, Dortmund 26.07.06 - Malte Bentz Band - Domicil, Dortmund 23.06.23 - Ruven Weithöner Quintet - Evangelische Kirche, Essen Werden 19.06.23 - Tim Köhler Quartet, Cafe Ada, Wuppertal 14-17.06.23 - Songs for Nobodies - Schlosspark Theater, Berlin 12.06.23 - Van Rhee/Humburg/Waltz/O'Driscoll/Degenhart - Domcil, Dortmund 26.05.23 - Leo Richartz Trio - Alter Bahnhof, Kettwig 02.05.23 - Raïssa Mehner 'Deviation' - Oma Doris, Dortmund 26.02.23 - Schrullkamp/O'Driscoll/Hoffmann - Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, DE 14.02.23 - Merlin Hellenkamp & Friends, Live concert for Deutschlandfunk Kultur 11.02.23 - Nicklas John Trio, Philharmonischer Ball - Philharmonie, Essen 05.02.23 - Will Bartlett Trio - Jazzlounge Rieselfeld, Freiburg 02.02.23 - Raïssa Mehner 'Deviation' - Umland Expo, Domicil, Dortmund 01.02.23 - Orest Filipov 'Cool Cats' - Domicil, Dortmund 17.01.23 - Ernst/Ehrlich/O'Driscoll/Huck - Jazz Schmiede, Düsseldorf 07.01.23 - Raïssa Mehner 'Deviation' - Stadtgarten Winter Jazz, Köln