Alcyona Mick

After growing up training as a classical pianist, a love of composing, improvising and jazz developed, and Alcyona went on to study jazz piano at the Royal Academy of Music and Birmingham Conservatoire. She also recently graduated from the prestigious National Film and Television school with a Master's degree in composing music for film.

Alcyona has released an award winning debut album 'Around the sun' (Audio-b jazz label), and two albums with her co-lead trio 'Blink', which includes renowned drummer and percussionist Paul Clarvis.

Working regularly with artists such as world music star Natacha Atlas, Alcyona performs internationally as a pianist.

As a composer she has received many commissions to write for silent film, including new scores for Len Lye's 'Tusalava' and Murnau's historic masterpiece 'Sunrise', and has written and produced a wide variety of music for feature length and short documentaries, animation and fiction films.

'world class ingenuity'
The Guardian 2011

Projects

  • Blink
    Formed out of a long-standing collaboration between pianist Alcyona Mick and saxophonist/clarinetist Robin Fincker, Blink has been a trio since 2006 with percussionist/drummer Paul Clarvis.