Results for "Piano Solo"

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”

Sabin Todorov

Born: October 13, 1966

Sabin Todorov was born in Bulgaria in 1966, and is a graduate of the Sofia conservatory, where he took music theory and harmony. He then studied further at the Brussels conservatory with Nathalie Loriers, Diederik Wissels and Arnould Massart. A talented composer and arranger, he appears in Belgium for several years, his trio OUSTRO OUKO and Lionel Beuvens. His music integrates musical influences from his home country, Bulgaria. For more than 3 years too, he is regular pianist of the Singers Nights at the Music Village in Brussels, bringing to the singers, not only his talent, but also his fantastic capability to listen, his calm and his exceptional kindness. He appeared in duo with singers such as Geneviève Fraselle, Marianna Tootsie, etc... He was the accompanyist for the Brussels International Young Jazz Singers Competition, organized by the Music Village.

Eyran Katsenelenbogen

Born: July, 1965

Eyran Katsenelenbogen is a pianist who has performed throughout the world. In 2019, he released his latest solo album, titled Outstandards, with a concert tour that included venues in the U.S., Europe and Israel. Katsenelenbogen's recordings have been reviewed by jazz publications such as Jazziz, JazzTimes, Jazz Journal International and All About Jazz, which stated in its recent review of Eyran’s previous release: "88 Fingers is truly a virtuoso's work. Perhaps Katsenelenbogen is most in league with Art Tatum for this fact: he sets the bar towards which other pianists must strive." A classically trained pianist with a jazz style, Katsenelenbogen has performed and recorded in venues such as the Iridium Jazz Club, New York; Teatro di Marcello, Rome; the Tel-Aviv Jazz & Blues Festival; the Bechstein Centrum, Hamburg; Mirrors Hall, Saint Petersburg; Scullers Jazz Club, Boston; Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA; Saint Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, UK; and the Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto

Jean René Mourot

Born: October 12, 1986

After a classical education at the Conservatory of Nancy for trumpet, piano (including class Cédric Tiberghien) and chamber music, Jean-René Mourot turned to popular music "in various formations moving between pop, rock and French song. These formations allow him to play at festivals and concert halls (Nancy Jazz Pulsations, Printemps de Bourges, Nuits de Nacre, Sentier des Halles, Zebra Belleville ...), and participate in national radio broadcasts (France Inter, France Bleu …). He worked in various studios (Twin Studios, Studio Garage ...) as a musician and arranger (string quartet, brass quartet) including Paul d'Amour (Wagram Label) in collaboration with Jean-Louis Pierot Bashung, Thiéfaine …)

Tihomir Stojiljkovic

Born: February 19, 1972

Jazz pianist and composer Tihomir Stojiljkovic released his debut solo piano album, the first part of a trilogy, on March 17, 2019, with seven original compositions, that take us on a journey to discover the treasures of Balkan musical heritage, tastefully reinvented through the language of modern jazz.  

       “I've never heard deeper music… TIHOMIR dug up the Balkan region in full” – Bojan Z (Serbian/French jazz pianist & composer)

Walter Fischbacher

Born: October 23, 1966

Versatile pianist and keyboardist Walter Fischbacher can best be described as the groove master of keys. Having mastered both pianistic technique and the art of the backbeat he has set out to conquer the world with his trio. A native Austrian, he relocated to New York after intense studies of classical and jazz piano in Vienna. He refined his art at the renown Mannes College and the New School Jazz Department. In addition to some arduous and exhilarating years as a solo pianist to the left of the New York Empire Diner's toilet, Walter worked as a sideman with George Garzone, Tim Levebvre, Joel Rosenblatt, Ric Fierabracci, Chico Freeman, Billy Harper, Charles Tolliver, Frank Foster, Vienna Art Orchestra, Ingrid Jensen, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Gary Dial, Jamie Haddad, Peter Herbert, Corin Curschellas, Elisabeth Lohninger etc

Lewis Porter: Piano Solo

by Dan Bilawsky
February 6, 2019

The solo format is, quite often, a window into an artist's soul. For Lewis Porter, performing all by his lonesome at the piano, it also serves as a showcase for a tripartite balancing act between patience, impulse, and calculated intellect. In an autonomous state, left to his own devices and desires, this pianist-scholar produces music that's ...

L. S. Zeickner

Born: August 7, 1996

ABOUT L. S. Zeickner is a 22 year old composer, painter and multi-instrumentalist from London, UK and Edo, Nigeria. His compositions, described as "cinematic" and diverse, span multiple genres and have been released under various pseudonyms since 2011. His classical and jazz pieces for piano, published under his abbreviated real name, have garnered attention and praise worldwide. ​

Artur Dutkiewicz

Artur Dutkiewicz Polish jazz pianist and composer. Born in Pinczów, Poland in 1958. He graduated from The Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland and received diploma with distinction. Dutkiewicz was a finalist of the Thelonious Monk Competition in Washington, USA. He was the first Polish musician who played a solo recital at MIDEM in Cannes. He is one of the most concerting abroad Polish jazz musicians. During his career he performed in more than 60 countries around the world from the United States via Europe, Africa, China to Australia and New Zealand. He is a leader of the ARTUR DUTKIEWICZ TRIO playing modern jazz

Omar El Ouaer