Results for "piano"

Diederik Wissels

Born: December 6, 1960

Diederik Wissels was five years old when he first touched a piano keyboard. In 1982, at the end of a four year curriculum, he completed his studies at the world famous Berklee College of Music, in Boston, obtaining the Professional Music diploma with distinction. Since the early eighties, the Dutch pianist Diederik Wissels is one of the prominent figures of the Brussels jazz scene, place of origin of numerous internationally recognized and admired jazz musicians. In Belgium and elsewhere, critics are impressed by Diederik Wissels’ subtle and highly creative compositions, and by the virtuoso performance he gives at the piano

Hvalfugl

Get swept off your feet as Hvalfugl invites you into their alluring universe where tales from the ancient music tradition of Scandinavia are united with the sound of the modern nordic tone. In the intersection between the lightly flowing and the great and heavy, we find the folk trio Hvalfugl - a band that have created a sound that is entirely their own, through beautiful melodies inspired by both the Danish and the Swedish folk music tradition. In this universe the sun can shine from a clear sky, and the rain can fall from a dark and grey November cloud. Hvalfugl’s original compositions are both beautiful and melancholic, and from the first note they create an intimate atmosphere in the space they inhabit with their music. Hvalfugls primary source of inspiration is the Danish and Swedish folk music traditions, in which the melodies were written with the purpose of being easy to play and sing along to

LEAGUS

LEAGUS is a contemporary and improvised musical act rooted in a coastal sami tradition. The duo consists of pianist and vocalist Herborg Rundberg and guitarist Kristian Svalestad Olstad. Their debut Lea Áigi (CAMO 2016) received brilliant reviews in both Norwegian and foreign press, as did their concerts supporting the album. The music spanned from dimmed minimalistic psalm like pieces to intrusive and rapid free-noise parts. Herborg's previous work with coastal sami music and Kristian's extended use of guitar, set the recurrent theme of the music presented on Lea Áigi. This release established LEAGUS as a contemporary and uncompromising act from the sami area in arctic Norway

Amir Segall

Born: December 29, 1993

Amir Segall is a pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader based in Brooklyn. Amir was born in Israel, 1993 and grew up in Tel Aviv. From very young age, he was exposed to many musical genres varying from Classical music, Folk, Israeli music, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Brazilian Music and more. His passion for music began at a young age from his parents house. He memorized songs quickly and started playing songs on grandma’s piano. At first, Amir started to play the xylophone and pretty quickly switched to play the piano, that became his major instrument. Amir started to play classical music when he was 8 years old

Florian Pellissier

Daniel & Mikael Tjernberg

Daniel and Mikael started to write music together at an early age. The music soon became distinguished in its style, with the brothers blending different musical genres, such as orchestral classical, jazz and ambient, and making them interact in a musical context with a very personal musical mark. They became recording artists, writing for album releases as well as for film/TV and other medias.

Kendrah Butler-Waters

Kendrah E. Butler has lived and breathed music ever since she could remember. She studied at Settlement Music School in Germantown, PA for 11 years with classical world renowned pianist Charles Pettaway. Kendrah studied jazz piano at the Mount Airy Cultural Center under the direction of saxophonist Anthony “Tony” Williams. At Mount Airy, she would intensely study jazz piano with greats such as Don Wilson, Kenny Gates, and for 5 years with the late great jazz pianist Eddie Green through a Roam and Haas Scholarship at Settlement Music School. Through her experiences in classical and jazz, Kendrah would premier on TV’s CN8 with the group, “The Best Yet Jazz Quintet”, cut a demo CD with Gamble and Huff records, perform around the tri-state area, and work with the late Grover Washington all before the age of 17

Ulf Krupka

Stefan Frommelt

Born: September 6, 1966

Stefan Frommelt is a pianist, composer, arranger und music teacher from Liechtenstein.

Raised in a family of musicians, he decided to study music and graduated from the Musikhochschule Wien (Mag. Art., Piano & Music Pedagogy) in 1992 and the Hochschule Luzern (Diploma, Jazz Performance, Composition and Arrangement) in 2000. Further studies include master classes, with Simon Nabatov, Uli Rennert, Art Lande and Uli Scherer et al.

He is the founder and bandleader of many ensembles, such as the award-winning "Jazzzirkus"

Luther Henderson

Born: March 14, 1919

When he was four, Luther Henderson moved to Harlem with his family and became neighbors with Duke Ellington. Ellington would become a major influence on Henderson's life, beginning in the late 1940s and early 1950s when he adapted and orchestrated some of Ellington's larger works, such as "Harlem — A Tone Parallel" and "Three Black Kings," for performance in a concerto grosso format by Henderson's orchestra and another symphony orchestra. Henderson's classical training at the Juilliard School and music study at New York University led Ellington to dub Henderson "his classical arm." His talents included composing, arranging, conducting, and performing, and he was hired by Ellington in 1946 to orchestrate his Broadway musical, Beggar's Holiday. Henderson worked on more than 50 Broadway productions in various capacities