Steve Beresford

Steve Beresford is exactly the kind of musician I love to discover. A University of York graduate who plays piano, trumpet, euphonium, bass guitar, and even toy pianos, he treats sound itself as a playground. That refusal to stay inside the boundaries of any one genre, drifting between composition, film scoring, teaching, and free improvisation, speaks to a restless and genuinely curious mind. There is a peculiarly British genius in taking something playful, even absurd, and pursuing it with total seriousness. To me that willingness to find music in a toy is not a gimmick, it is the mark of an artist who never stopped being delighted by sound.

Name (English)

Steve Beresford

Name (Japanese)

スティーブ・ベレスフォード

Reading

すてぃーぶ・べれすふぉーど

Born

March 6, 1950 (age 76)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Tiger

Origin

Wellington, United Kingdom

Occupation

composer / teacher / jazz musician / film score composer / pianist

University

University of York

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89

Tags

• composer
• teacher
• jazz musician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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