6X GRAMMY winner, French jazz violin virtuoso Scott Tixier

Acclaimed violin virtuoso Scott Tixier returns to Lincoln on Friday, March 28th and again on Friday, July 25th in a partnership between Meadowlark, Lincoln Public Schools, and UNL's Glenn Korff School of Music. He will give workshops/presentations to UNL and LPS students and perform a pair of public concerts:

“Mr. Tixier is a violinist whose sonic palette, like his range of interests, runs open and wide”
Scott Tixier is a 6-time GRAMMY award-winning French jazz violinist and2018 DownBeat Critic Poll Winner. He has performed, recorded, and toured with jazz legends and music icons such as Stevie Wonder, Kenny Barron, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Chaka Khan, Earth Wind & Fire, Ed Sheeran, Cassandra Wilson, Coldplay, Chris Potter, John Legend, Christina Aguilera, Natalie Cole, Anthony Braxton, Ariana Grande, Adele and many others.

In addition to performing in and out of the jazz world, Tixier is known for his work on motion picture scores such as The Lion King, John Wick, Charlie’s Angels and TV shows including "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" on NBC, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" as well as the previous format with David Letterman, "Late Night with Seth Meyers," "America's Got Talent" and most recently with Netflix for Spike Lee's new film in collaboration with composer Terence Blanchard (released in 2020). In 2022, he was the featured soloist for Jon Batiste's American Symphony premiere at Carnegie Hall.