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Edu Puperi

Born: October 25, 1969

Pianist and composer Eduardo Puperi was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on 25 October 1969. From 1986 to 1991 he studied music at CLAM, a school directed by Zimbo Trio in São Paulo, with teachers Fernando Corrêa and Conrado Paulino. He graduated in composition and directing in 1993 from FAAM (University of Music and Arts Alcântara Machado). In 1994 he formed the “Ludi & Tiné Quartet” with guitarrist Paulo Tiné, a Brazilian instrumental group that lasted until 1999 and released an album called “Vento Leste” in 1997. He was musical director at Cultura Inglesa in São Paulo from 1996 to 2000, where he directed the musicals “Guys and Dolls”, “Bye Bye Birdie”, “Hair”, “All that Jazz” and “Fame”, respectively. He directed the big bands “FAAM Jazz Band” (1991 to 1993), ”Orquestralha” (2001 to 2003) and “Swinging Sounds” (1997 to 2004). In 2001 he formed a Brazilian popular music group called “Aura Tropical”, releasing a CD at the same name in 2003

Sylvie Courvoisier

Pianist-composer Sylvie Courvoisier, a Brooklyn-based native of Switzerland and winner of Germany’s International Jazz Piano Prize in 2022, has earned renown for balancing two distinct worlds: the deep, richly detailed chamber music of her European roots and the grooving, hook-laden sounds of the avant-jazz scene in New York City, her home for more than two decades.

Few artists feel truly at ease in both concert halls and jazz clubs, playing improvised or composed music. But Courvoisier — “a pianist of equal parts audacity and poise,” according to The New York Times — is as compelling when performing Stravinsky’s epochal Rite of Spring in league with new-music pianist Cory Smythe as she is when improvising with her own acclaimed jazz trio, featuring bassist Drew Gress and drummer Kenny Wollesen.

Tyson Peveto

Born: March 26, 1988

Tyson Peveto started playing piano at age 6. He has been classically trained by many teachers. He is currently studying Music Business with emphasis on piano at Lamar University in Beaumont. He plays with many groups, at church, in weddings, and by himself.

Joe Davidian Trio

The Joe Davidian Trio was formed in Miami, Florida in 2003 as an outgrowth of the prestigious University of Miami Concert Jazz Band, with Joe Davidian on piano, Jamie Ousley on bass, and Austin McMahon on drums. The trio members, each with a Master’s degree in Jazz Performance, made an instant musical connection in their approach to playing standards and originals by performing regularly at various Miami venues. JD3 has since performed at festivals around the country, including Festival Miami and Burlington Vermont’s Discover Jazz Festival, and recently headlined the Ballydehob International Jazz Festival in Ireland in May '08. The Joe Davidian Trio has backed a who’s who of jazz artists, including Dave Liebman, Carmen Lundy, Bob Mintzer, Greg Abate and Ira Sullivan

John Bostock

Born: January 9, 1954

John Bostock is an Australian composer and improvising jazz musician living in Israel. After studying jazz piano with Roger Frampton (Sydney) he continued with Hal Galper and Barry Harris (NewYork), at the same time studying Contemporary Writing and Arranging with Don Sebesky (New York).

He appeared at the 2006 White Night Festival in Tel Aviv, with saxophonist John Tchicai, and at the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival, 2006, with his own piano trio - Dani Benedikt drums, and Ora Boazson-Horev - bass. With the Albert Beger Quartet he appeared at the Jazz for Peace Festival, Pescara, Italy, 2003, Jazz,Blues and Videotapes Festival, Tel Aviv, 1998, Jazz at the Red Sea Festival, Eilat, Israel,1997, and the Israel Festival, Jerusalem, in 1996 .

Fahir Atakoglu

A native of Turkey, Fahir Atakoğlu is an international award winning composer and pianist well known in the fields of large symphonic works, film music and jazz. His works have been performed in various music festivals in Europe and The United States to critical acclaim, and he is considered one of the most outstanding pianists and composers in the world today. Fahir was recently honoured (2015) as one of the 50 Most Influential Turkish American Artists. Since 1986, Fahir has composed jingles, documentary and film music for many national and international productions. For his work in film composition, he won first prize for “Documentary Music Compositions” at the Milano Film Festival as well as “Outstanding Achievement in Arts Award”, Platinum Sales awarded by EMI Greece, Telos Dios Telosfor sales in excess of 480,000 and he won “The Best Song Award” from the Mega Channel in Greece

Stefan Holweg

Born: September 23, 1970

Stefan Holweg studierte von 1996 bis 2000 an der Musikhochschule Nürnberg-Augsburg Jazzpiano bei Martin Schrack mit Abschluß Diplom-Musiklehrer Jazzpiano. Neben der Teilnahme an zahlreichen Workshops u.a. "generations 98" in Frauenfeld (Schweiz) mit Joe Lovano, George Grunz, "Masterclass" mit John Taylor in Berlin, "Barry Harris Workshop" an der Manhattan School of Music in New York, Stanford Jazzworkshop 2001 mit Benny Green, Christian McBride, int. Jazzworkshop 2002 Salzburg mit Gary Dial, John Riley, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Dick Oats nahm er u.a. Unterricht bei Gary Dial "Manhattan School of Music". Er ist als Lehrer an der städtischen Musikschule Nürnberg und der Musikschule Hilpoltstein, sowie als freiberuflicher Lehrer für Jazzpiano und Dozent bei Workshops tätig und leitet seit 2002 die "Bigband Langwasser" der Musikschule Nürnberg. Er spielt in zahlreichen Projekten und Bands im In- und Ausland, wie z.B

Ania Paz

Ania Paz, pianist and composer, is known for her modern and driving sound, impregnated by a new fusion of Afro-Peruvian and Caribbean styles, within the Jazz language. She was born in Lima, Peru, where she started studying music at the age of 4, and wrote her first composition at the age of 6. Her passion for music took her to different countries and musical cultures, studying classical music as well as jazz first in Germany, and then in the US, where she got her Masters Degree. She is actually a resident of the Dominican Republic. She is the leader of the Ania Paz Jazz Ensamble, which successfully performed at the XVI Festival Internacional Jazz en Lima, at the Festival Cultural Hermanas Mirabal in Salcedo, and opened for Gato Barbieri in Santo Domingo. Ania Paz also performed at several jazz festivals and concerts, such as the TCI Jazz Festival in San Jos鬠California; the Colonial Jazz Festival in Santo Domingo; the Festival Jazz Astwood; as well as at jazz clubs, Theatre Halls and main TV shows in the Dominican Republic, Peru, Germany, Spain and the US, such as Cinemacafe (Santo Domingo), Jazz Zone (Lima), Danny's Skylight Room, Many's Place and St Peter Church (New York). As a Songwriter, she recently won with "Hoy te amo" the Festival Claro Song Competition in Lima, Peru

Nelson Neirinck

I'm 20 years old now... First played 9 years of classical piano, and now fully going for jazz, and planning to join a band

Joe Davidian

Born: May 9, 1981

Joe Davidian is a pianist of the highest caliber. His sense of swing, rhythmic interest and melodic interpretation rank him among the greatest jazz pianists of the day. Bill Barton of Seven Days writes, “Young pianist Joe Davidian…is already developing a reputation as one of the most promising new talents.” And of the Joe Davidian Trio, A.C. Hutchinson of The Times Argus writes, “It’s difficult to imagine a trio, famous or obscure, old or young, that sounds better…” The trio performs jazz standards as well as originals composed by all band members, shadowing the trio models of pianists Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and Oscar Peterson