Scott Tixier

Scott Tixier is a French-American violinist, composer, and professor rooted in jazz improvisation, whose work bridges contemporary composition, cinematic sound, and cross-genre performance. A six-time GRAMMY® certificate recipient, he has collaborated with artists across genres including Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Beyoncé, Hans Zimmer, and Jon Batiste, and was featured as a soloist in Batiste’s American Symphony at Carnegie Hall, documented in the Netflix film.

 

His recent work marks an expansion into composition, including Ressemblance, commissioned by Tippet Rise Art Center and premiered at Wigmore Hall by Hilary Hahn on her international recital tour. His solo album Bonfire (Tixland LLC, 2025), a fully improvised work for violin recorded in a single take, has been described as both raw and transcendent.

 

Tixier has performed at major venues including Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the Paris Philharmonie, and has appeared on programs such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. His recordings have been recognized by DownBeat and JazzTimes.

 

An Associate Professor at the University of North Texas, he founded the Jazz Strings Program in Commercial Music and has given masterclasses at Yale College, Princeton University, and the Manhattan School of Music.