Tania Gill is a pianist, composer, improviser, and educator living in Toronto. She has developed a distinctive improvisational language in jazz and improvised music, and her unconventional versatility keeps her engaged in an eclectic array of styles. She is a member of The Brodie West Quintet, The Titillators, and Rebecca Hennessy’s Makeshift Island and a past member of bands including The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band and Deep Dark United. She has performed or recorded with artists including Steve Reich, Anthony Braxton, Mats Gustaffson, Andrew Downing and The Weather Station among many others. Her own group, the Tania Gill Quartet, comprises leading Canadian musicians Lina Allemano (trumpet), Rob Clutton (bass), and Nico Dann (drums). Their acclaimed disc Bolger Station (2010, Barnyard Records) was nominated for best debut album in the Village Voice jazz critics’ poll and was included among the Globe and Mail’s top ten albums of the year. They released their follow-up, Disappearing Curiosities in 2022, about which The Wire wrote, “Her subtly coruscating second release as leader is a revelation.”

Tania teaches at the University of Toronto and Humber College and was recently nominated for the Paul De Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Jazz Keyboard Artistry, from the Ontario Arts Council. Tania is also a climate activist and founding board member of the organization Music Declares Emergency Canada.