She ranges from playing with her longtime jazz trio (featuring bassist Drew Gress and drummer Kenny Wollesen ) to performing Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring in league with new-music pianist Cory Smythe, among other genre-bounding ventures.

Courvoisier has collaborated over the past two decades with such luminaries as John Zorn, Wadada Leo Smith, Evan Parker, Ikue Mori, Ned Rothenberg, Fred Frith, Andrew Cyrille, Mark Feldman, Christian Fennesz, Nate Wooley and Mary Halvorson.

Reviewing Chimaera, UK magazine Jazzwise praised the album’s “dream-like ambience and luminous textures,” while All About Jazz noted: “It’s not the musicians’ skill that most impresses, but rather their ability to cast a sustained spell for over 80 glorious minutes.

All About Jazz praised the Lonelyville suite as “fantastic and far-reaching.” The Courvoisier-Feldman duo went on to release the albums Oblivia (Tzadik, 2010) and Live at the Theatre Vidy-Lausanne (Intakt, 2013).

In 2013, Courvoisier played with Mori on Erik Friedlander’s Claws & Wings (Skipstone), and the following year, she released a duo disc with saxophonist Evan Parker, Either Or And (Relative Pitch).

International Piano magazine hailed Double Windsor as “a highly original recording, boldly juxtaposing the freely improvised and the through-composed, and crackling with energy.

They also do that good stuff we prize jazz for: the happy swinging, the coming together when they make complex material sing.” The critical response was again widely positive, with All About Jazz saying: “The three musicians work together so sympathetically that it can be easy to forget just how challenging these compositions are, and how much coordinated artistry is required to bring them to life.” Further Collaborations Over the years, Courvoisier has worked in concert halls, jazz clubs and international festivals around the world with such musicians as Yusef Lateef, Tony Oxley, Tim Berne, Joey Baron, Joëlle Léandre, Herb Robertson, Mark Dresser, Lotte Anker, Michel Godard, Tomasz Stanko and Butch Morris.

Courvoisier has also collaborated with the photographer Mario Del Curto on Lueurs d’ailleurs, an evening-length event of solo piano plus visuals, and she has recorded the music of such composers as Cecil Taylor, Earle Brown and Sacha Argov.

Adding to plaudits from The New York Times and other outlets, All About Jazz described the record as “a mixture of dark moods and brooding quiet, studded with gritty bits of noise and drama… The sounds they make here are familiar and alien at the same time.” Beyond their touring quartet, Courvoisier and Feldman also recorded two fully improvised albums showcasing different foursomes: with Evan Parker and Ikue Mori on Miller’s Tale (Intakt, 2016) and with saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Tom Rainey on TISM (RogueArt, 2019).

The pianist has also worked in Wooley’s Battles Pieces quartet alongside Laubrock and vibraphonist Matt Moran, the group recording three albums together for Relative Pitch.

The New York Times highlighted the recording as “a real contribution” to the varied, century-long history of Le Sacre on disc, enthusing over the pair “working magic” with their interpretation.

With Mary Halvorson With Ned Rothenberg With Mark Feldman With Mephista (Courvoisier, Ikue Mori and Susie Ibarra) With others With John Zorn With Erik Friedlander With Herb Robertson With Nate Wooley