Results for "Pianist"

Dony Valentino

Dony Valentino è un compositore, pianista e violinista che in questi anni ha suonato in tour e in studio con alcuni dei più noti artisti della scena musicale italiana e straniera come Lucio Dalla, Al Bano, Jenny B, Wendy Lewis, Aida Cooper, Herbie Goins, Carlo Marrale (già Matia Bazar), tanto per citarne alcuni.

Joe Nichols

Born: 1994

Joe Nichols is the bandleader, keyboardist/pianist and composer for prominent UK jazz group Nimbus Sextet. Nimbus Sextet's two albums on Acid Jazz Records - Dreams Fulfilled (2020) and Forward Thinker (2022) - have gained universal acclaim from the likes of Jazz FM, Jazzwise, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 6 Music

Simon-Mary Vincent

Born: April 19, 1967

Awarded in 2021 an Artist Respond Award by the St. Hugh’s Foundation for the Arts, Arts Council England support for her 2017 Stations of the Cross Solo Piano Tour and nominated in 2014 for a Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists, Simon-Mary Vincent is a Hungarian-British performer and composer of acoustic and electronic music, who has been challenging the boundaries of genre and musical expression with a highly personal language since the early 1990’s.

“Visionary and expressive”, “rich and surprising”, “incredibly individual”, “masterful compositions”, “an immersive experience”, Simon-Mary’s music has attracted praise and radio play from critics as varied as Fran Wilson, Lauren Redhead, Ben Watson, Julian Cowley, Nick Luscombe, Robert Hugill, Robert D. Rusch, Massimo Ricci, Gilles Peterson and Mr. Scruff, and has been reviewed in publications including The Wire, International Piano, De:Bug, Knowledge Magazine, Straight No Chaser, Dragon Jazz, Avant Music News and Jazzwise.

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson is a multi award-winning composer and pianist from Seattle, WA.  He is an accompanist at the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, a piano and composition teacher at the Bellas Artes School of Music in Glen Ellyn, IL,, as well as an in-demand classical and jazz performer in the greater Chicago area.   He has taught class piano at Wheaton College and currently has a studio of 35 weekly private students.  He also records classical, jazz, and pop albums for Player Piano Premier.   He is the in-house pianist at Suzette's Creperie in Wheaton, playing every Saturday night from September to May.  

Yulia

Born: June 28

The roots of Yulia Petrova’s extraordinary & exquisite technique as an artist & composer today, can all be traced back to the earliest days of her childhood, when she first discovered her connection to music by learning how to play piano at the age of five.  Though extremely young at the time, it was instantly clear she had a genuinely special gift and exceptional talent for her age, and it was only three years later before Yulia began to compose her very first songs, establishing her passions & pathway forward in life.

With a natural skillset that was undeniably unique, Yulia attended a dedicated music conservatory in the city of Novosibirsk in Russia, and continued to educate herself both inside & outside of school.  While she studied Classical music during her teenage years, she also expanded her palette in listening outside of school-hours, soon learning that her interests included Rock, Blues, Fusion, and eventually, even Jazz. Yulia’s love for multiple styles of music would come in more than handy – before she was even finished with her studies, she was already writing original songs for advertising companies and teaching her own students.  Her diverse musical taste pointed towards her destiny, and helped shape her future to follow. 

Milan Verbist

Born: July 26, 1999

At an early age, Milan was introduced to jazz music through his parents. As early as the age of five, Milan started playing the accordion. Around the age of seven, he made the switch to the instrument still closest to his heart, the piano. He studied at the MaGo Academy with classical pianists Arthur Vuye and Nicolas Callot. In 2016, he decided to study at De! Kunsthumaniora in Antwerp to continue his secondary studies, with Jazz Piano as his main instrument. Ewout Pierreux became his teacher for two years. During his time at this school, he started playing in a band and began giving concerts. After graduating from De! Kunsthumaniora, he was admitted to the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp with Erik Vermeulen as principal study teacher. During his time at the conservatory, he had the opportunity to take lessons and masterclasses and play with many prominent Belgian and international jazz musicians. In June 2022, he graduated from the conservatoire with highest distinction.

Tania Giannouli

Greek pianist, composer, improviser and bandleader. She studied classical music (Piano Soloist and Composition diplomas) and Agriculture (MS on Food Technology, AUA). She explores jazz as the most creative music form and regularly employs improvisation in her practice. She makes jazz of the kind where improvisation is just the starting point and somewhere out there - or something deep inside - is the aim. Ιnspired by many different traditions and influences, her music and interdisciplinary projects span an impressive range of styles - a creative and borderless amalgamation of the global today’s reality.


OTAKA

Born: February 6, 1971

Born in 1971 in Chiba, Japan. In 2001, OTAKA began playing piano at age 30, and met with Norberto Tamburrino, Italian jazz pianist, in NYC. OTAKA was deeply influenced by him and received first musical training from him in Taranto, Italy. In 2004, OTAKA started to perform at clubs in Tokyo and played at "Fill Inn", "Misty", "Smalls Matsudo" e.t.c., and performed with Fabio Morgera(trumpet), Jason Jackson(tromborn), Irwin Hall(alto sax), Raymond McMorrin(tenor sax), Tomoyuki Kameoka(trumpet), Saori Yano(alto sax), Kenny Fujitake(guitar), Ryo Sakuma(drums), Nobuyuki Ito(bass) and so on

David Six

Born: August 14, 1985

“The depth that David Six explores and uncovers in his piano music is highly impressive! Sitting across from comments of virtuosity, design and background, the source of
‘real’ music is conveyed!” (Christoph Cech, composer)

David (1985), grown up in a family rooted in Austrian Folk music, started out playing classical piano at the age of six. Soon it was clear that improvisation will take a leading role in his life. After studying piano at Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz, he left Austria to study Indian Classical Music with Manickam Yogeswaran in Berlin and later with Pandit Shailendra Mishra in New Delhi.

Steven Blane

Born: December 16, 1958

Steven Blane is a Pop-Jazz Singer-Songwriter Poet in the style of Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, and Billy Joel. He plays piano, guitar, and ukulele and has released nine albums to date.

His newest album, to be released March 15, 2023, is an album of 13 original songs entitled “Songs for New York Lovers.” The songs evoke the jazz-pop vocal vibe that defines the classic NYC sound.

Of his album, entitled “Boulevard of Broken Dreams," one reviewer said, “Boulevard features killer vocals and lyrics, very meaningful story-lines, and beautiful tracks with strong and emotional delivery.”