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Michael Pagán

Born: October 10, 1958

Michael Pagán was born in Ravenna, Ohio. He was raised in a musical family and received his first piano instruction from his parents. He remembers hearing recordings of Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, and Miles Davis, as well as Beethoven, at an early age. At Kent State University he earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education with emphases in piano/choral music and a Master of Arts in composition, where his teachers were James Waters, Thomas Janson, and Frank Wiley. He was a music theory student of Hugh A. Glauser, after whom the school is presently named. Mike played piano in the new music ensemble under the direction of Frank Wiley and the jazz ensemble under the direction of Chas Baker. His piano teachers included Toni Glauser, Lois Rova Ozanich, Robert Palmieri, and Olga Kuehl-White of the University of Akron. The piano playing and compositions of the late Pat Pace were also an influence. During those years Mike played jazz piano and bass throughout Northeast Ohio. He also played bass in the KSU Orchestra. He received his Doctor of Music degree in composition from Northwestern University, where his principle composition teachers were Lynden DeYoung, Alan Stout, and Steven Syverud. He played piano in the NU jazz and contemporary music ensembles, both directed by Don Owens and continued piano studies with Laurence Davis. While in Chicago he was named a “musician deserving wider recognition” by Downbeat magazine. As a jazz pianist he has performed for over 40 years throughout the United States and in Europe with many notable jazz musicians. Ensembles he has performed with as a soloist include the Ashland (OH) Symphony Orchestra, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, the Northshore Concert Band, and the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra of Denver. In 2017 he was a jazz soloist with the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra and in 2019 with the Southeastern Louisiana University Jazz Ensemble. He has also played exteneded engagements aboard the historic steamboat Delta Queen on the Mississippi River, specializing in early as well as mainstream jazz. Since 2009 he has held an on-going Tuesday night solo engagement at Cafe Trio in Kansas City, MO.

Hey Rim Jeon

Born: July 10, 1978

Described as a “brilliant pianist” by legendary saxophonist Benny Golson, a jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator, Hey Rim Jeon has just released her fifth album as a bandleader, “Groovitude” (Sony/Orchard distribution, October 2022) featuring Multi-Grammy-Award-Winning drummer and producer, Terri Lyne Carrington. “Groovitude“ has been one of the Top 20 albums on the National Jazz Radio Chart for several consecutive weeks. 

Ms. Jeon has been featured on numerous TV and radio shows, including NBC’s Weekend Today in New York, and KBN, Korea’s National TV network channel. As leader of her own band, Hey Rim Jeon and Friends, she has performed both nationally and internationally. 

Julia Perminova

Born: January 5, 1990

Julia Perminova is a jazz pianist and composer from Russia. She graduated from Moscow Gnessin Academy of Music with honours and won several international competitions in Russia, Romania, Spain and Portugal. From 2018 she studied in Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris as part of the EUJam masters program. Since moving to Europe, Julia performed her original music in famous jazz venues of Europe such as Sunside Sunset (Paris), Bimhuis (Amsterdam) and Zigzag (Berlin) and worked as a sidewomen with musicians such as Ronnie Cuber, Lionel Loueke, Peter Weniger and others. Julia released three albums: “Revival” (2018), “Imagination”(2021) and “Way To My Star” (2022)

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David Gurwin

Born: January 15, 1960

David Gurwin is a jazz pianist, composer, arranger and vocalist based in Pittsburgh. He began his piano studies at the age of 6 and has performed professionally since age 14. He performs and records both as a solo artist and as leader of The David Gurwin Trio. He has released seven albums as of 2023. All of his albums can be purchased at: www.davidgurwin.bandcamp.com/music

Julie Loveson

Born: November 15, 1972

Julie Loveson was born in Oslo, Norway. At the age of 8 she had her debut on the piano in the University-Aula in Oslo. In Vienna she studied classical composition at the University of Music. During an one year educational stay at the University of Miami she studied jazz composition and jazz piano and finalized her jazz education with a jazzpiano diploma from the Franz Schubert Conservatory. 2006 she got the master of arts degree in composition. Besides scoring for film she is active as a keyboarder and producer. 2002/03 she worked as a pianist at the Burgtheatre Vienna in "The Women" by C

Erik Verwey

Born: January 5, 1987

Over the years, Erik developed as a serious jazz artist and set up his own artist driven stages in Amsterdam (hutspot, langereis, thuis a/d Amstel) where he regularly invites some of the finest jazz performers. His debut album people flow will be released december 2020. This record will consist of his own compositions and arrangements and will feature mainly his trio with daniel van dalen on drums, hendrik müller on bass and bart wirtz and teus nobel as guests. After graduating from the conservatories of utrecht (bachelor) and the hague (master), pianist Erik Verwey (1987) worked for many years as a composer and accompanist of various successful theater and cabaret programs

Guido Santoni

Born: December 11

Guido Santoni started piano lessons when he was eight years old, and studied music at the G. Rossini Conservatoire in Pesaro, in Italy, during the ‘80s. He realised that jazz was his passion after listening to the sounds of electric jazz played by Miles Davis, Weather Report and the European influenced jazz culture of Pat Metheny, Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett, and Paul Bley.

After exploring electric Jazz, Soul, and Funk for a couple of years, beginning with 2000 he made the decision to focus on his personal musical vision and discover his own identity as a pianist in solo and trio sessions. His live concert at the Muse Theatre, Ancona, Italy on October 16th, 2005 led to his first self-produced album “Cinque Atti Del Tramonto Di Un Giorno”