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William Schwartzman
William Schwartzman is a jazz pianist and composer currently pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in jazz performance at The Juilliard School, where he is expected to graduate in 2027, and a graduate of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. Having studied under pianists Ted Rosenthal, Taylor Eigsti and the late Mike Lang, William has had the privilege of performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, the Montreal Jazz Festival, Moers Festival, Jazz on the Oder Festival, and the Monterey Jazz Festival. Inspired by a wide range of pianists from Art Tatum to Brad Mehldau, his study of jazz has already earned him multiple DownBeat Student Music Awards and the Grand Prize in the Music Center’s Spotlight competition. He is a member of Gerald Clayton’s Next Generation Jazz Orchestra and Sean Jones’s NYO (National Youth Orchestra) Jazz ensemble, and has shared the stage with renowned jazz musicians such as Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Patrick Bartley. He hopes to use music to share his dreams for how our world could be.
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Luciano Soriano: New Places, Old Faces
by Glenn Astarita
Luciano Soriano arrives with considerable momentum for a debut leader. He earned a Vail Jazz Workshop credential, an LA Jazz Society Shelly Manne New Talent Award, and a win at the International Trombone Festival's Carl Fontana Competition—all before completing his Jazz Trombone degree at Juilliard. As a commissioned composer for the school's Green Club, Soriano's ambitions clearly extend beyond the role of soloist. New Places, Old Faces, his debut as a leader, presents six originals with his working quintet in ...
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
What Hope We Had
From: New Places, Old FacesBy William Schwartzman


