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Piano

Piano was originally formed by Jeremy Mortimer and Christopher Haywood, seeking to pursue their musical interests in light of a fluent writing partnership. As numerous members came and went, the band followed a varied musical evolution through rock, hardcore, pop covers, progressive, and neo-classical instrumental work. A renewed focus was discovered with the introduction of Ciaran Cahill, and the band began to gig with the likes of Eden Maine, My Awesome Compilation, Jairus, and Tribute to Nothing. In 2005 Piano signed to Japanese label Zestone records through whom the debut EP ‘Monogamy is Encouraged’ was released; selling many thousands over the first few months

Simon Says

By Simon Mogul

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Simon Says;In Exile;Disturbed;Cheyenne's Heart;Speak From The Heart;In There;Familiar Ties;Can't Shake The Spirit;Stutz McGee

Sjoerd van Eijck

Born: June 3, 1992

Sjoerd van Eijck (Breda, 1992) is a pianist, composer, and educator. He graduated in 2016 from the Tilburg Conservatory, where he was taught by renowned pianists such as Jeroen van Vliet, Rembrandt Frerichs, Harmen Fraanje, and Wolfert Brederode.

Over recent years, Van Eijck has developed into a distinctive voice within the Dutch jazz scene. His lyrical style of playing is characterized by a classical approach to the piano, a refined touch, and a rich palette of tonal colors. In both his compositions and improvisations, melody, sound, and space take center stage, naturally blending influences from classical music, free improvisation, and contemporary jazz.

Kevin Cornwall

Dan Fiori

Born: March 13

Dan Fiori has played piano for most of his life. His earliest influence was his first jazz piano teacher, Laurie Altman. At Brown University and Berklee College of Music, he studied with Joanne Brackeen, Frank Carlberg, Ed Tomassi, Greg Hopkins, and Herb Pomeroy. Dan draws inspiration from these dynamic teachers, his family, and the support of his wife, Margery, and his children, Eli and Alma.

Lucca Fries

Lucca Fries is a Swiss pianist and composer based in Basel. His work is shaped by rhythm, repetition and drone-like piano textures, drawing from jazz, minimalism and rock.

With his bands FRI3SER, Hely and Ikarus, he has performed at festivals such as the Montreux Jazz Festival, Reykjavík Jazz Festival, Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen and EFG London Jazz Festival, and toured across Europe, Japan, India, Russia and South Africa.

Mario Mattia

Mario Mattia is an improvisational pianist and graduate of the New England Conservatory whose work is rooted in spontaneity, deep listening and emotional presence. Drawing on a lifetime immersed in classical, jazz, progressive rock, non-tonal modernism and ambient traditions, his musical language reflects a wide constellation of influences - from Johann Sebastian Bach and Béla Bartók to Ella Fitzgerald and Keith Jarrett, and from King Crimson to Brian Eno. These diverse lineages converge in a practice that is entirely unplanned and shaped in real time.

For more than two decades, Mattia has devoted himself to refining a uniquely personal improvisational voice: intimate, exploratory and unconcerned with the bounds of genre. He begins each performance without predetermined themes, structures or titles. Each piece unfolds spontaneously, guided by intuition, emotional presence and attentive listening. Improvisation, for Mattia, is not simply performance. It is an active engagement with the present moment, an exercise in creating meaning, structure and expression in real time.

Assel Jean-Pierre Jr

Born: December 20, 1989

Haitian-American pianist, composer, producer, and educator Assel Jean-Pierre Jr. creates music where jazz improvisation, classical virtuosity, gospel, Haitian and Caribbean traditions, and contemporary influences meet. A graduate of the University of Central Florida, he holds a bachelor’s degree in classical piano and a master’s degree in jazz and composition, a dual foundation that shapes an approach to the piano that is both technically demanding and deeply rooted in improvisation, rhythm, and audience connection.

Jean-Pierre’s musical influences range from Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum to Michel Camilo, Mario Canonge, Cory Henry, and the broader Caribbean piano tradition. Rather than treating those influences as separate musical worlds, his work increasingly explores what happens when they become part of one language.

Hania Derej

Born: January 18, 2005

Composer, pianist, arranger and conductor. Student of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (Composing for Film) and a graduate of the Music Academy in Kraków (symphonic conducting). Author of over 150 compositions, she creates music in a variety of styles, including illustrative, jazz, chamber, film or electronic music.

As a conductor, Hania has had the opportunity to lead concerts with the National Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (Poland), Elbląg Chamber Orchestra (Poland), Lviv Chamber Orchestra “Akademia” (Ukraine) and the Moravian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (Czech Republic), among others.

Sebastian Zawadzki

Born: October 14, 1991

Sebastian Zawadzki is a Polish-born pianist and composer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. His work moves between contemporary European and Nordic jazz, contemporary classical composition and film music, with a musical language centred on melody, space, improvisation and cinematic form.

Based in Denmark since 2010, Zawadzki has developed a distinctive approach to the piano that combines Scandinavian spaciousness and restraint with contemporary composition, lyrical improvisation and a strong sense of narrative. His projects range from acoustic piano trio and solo piano to chamber ensembles, electronics and symphony orchestra.