Pascal Le Boeuf
- Old Dominion Career Development Professor
- Assistant Professor of Music
- leboeuf@mit.edu
- Office
- W18-3310
- Phone
- (617) 253-3210
Described as “sleek, new,” “hyper-fluent,” and “a composer that rocks” by the New York Times, Le Boeuf’s recent compositions include Are We Dreaming the Same Dream? commissioned by Akropolis Reed Quintet with drummer Christian Euman; Imprints for Alarm Will Sound; Playground commissioned by Orchestra of St. Lukes; Triple Concerto for violin, percussion duo, and orchestra featuring Barbora Kolářová and Arx Duo; I Am Not A Number commissioned by New World Symphony; and Out of the Gate commissioned and premiered by Nu Deco Ensemble.
Recent commercial recordings and videos include collaborations with Akropolis Reed Quintet and Christian Euman, Jamie Lidell, Tasha Warren and Dave Eggar, Friction Quartet, JACK Quartet, Hub New Music, Todd Reynolds, Sara Caswell, Jessica Meyer, Nick Photinos, Four/Ten Media, Bec Plexus featuring Ian Chang (of Son Lux), Dayna Stephens, Linda May Han Oh, Justin Brown, and the Le Boeuf Brothers Quintet (co-led by Remy Le Boeuf) praised by the New Yorker for “clearing their own path, mixing the solid swing of the jazz tradition with hip-hop, indie rock, and the complex techniques of classical modernism.”
As a keyboardist, Le Boeuf has played as support for D’Angelo’s Black Messiah tour and Clean Bandit’s Rather Be tour with Australian pop artist Meg Mac. He actively performs with Le Boeuf Brothers, Jessie Montgomery’s Everything Band, vocalist/technologist Jamie Lidell, saxophonist Jeff Coffin, and his piano trio Pascal’s Triangle with bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Justin Brown.
Le Boeuf’s most recent awards include a 2025 GRAMMY for “Best Instrumental Composition,” a 2024 Barlow Commission, a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2020 Copland House Residency Award, and various Independent Music Awards in “Jazz,” “Eclectic,” “Electronica,” and “Music Video” categories. He has received commissions and grants from the NEA, New World Symphony, Nu Deco Ensemble, the Barlow Endowment, the Lake George Music Festival, Lincoln Center Stage, Chamber Music America, New Music USA, and ASCAP.
Le Boeuf is an Assistant Professor of Music at MIT where he teaches composition. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor of the Practice of Music and Technology at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. He holds a PhD in Music Composition from Princeton University where he was the recipient of a Harold W. Dodds Honorific Fellowship. He received his bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied jazz piano with Kenny Barron.