Results for "piano"

Oddgeir Berg

Electroacoustic jazz with one leg in melancholy and the other in ecstasy Jazz trios named after the piano player give certain expecations, be it Horace Silver and his tender "Que Pasa" or Esbjørn Svensson and his Northern sounds, clarity and intimacy are common to these, with a hint of tonal melancholy. These characteristics also feature on "Before Dawn", the debut album from The Oddgeir Berg Trio, who are clearly familiar with a Scandinavian jazz tradition. Tunes such as "The Mermaid’s Dance" and "Springeren" summon images of bonfires by the sea lit to herald the summer solstice, and the inevitable turn of the season when Autumn arrives and buries its roots and turns with fine melodic lines into the silence of winter

Joerg Leichtfried

Born: January 15, 1984

jazz pianist, composer lecturer for piano at the Jazz Department of Prayner Conservatory, Vienna guest lecturer at Franz Schubert Conservatory Vienna, SET Vienna, Vienna Conservatory Master of Arts 2009 (with distinction) in Jazz piano at Konservatorium Wien University with Prof. Oliver Kent scholarship 2012 (BMUKK), work stay in New York commissioned piece for Lower Austria (art grant) 2017 record production: "Rooms" Duo Bertl Mayer / Jörg Leichtfried, Magicians, Sounds And Other Beauties" Jörg Leichtfried Trio national and international concerts (selection): ACFNY (New York), Somethin' Jazz Club (New York), Dresden Jazzfestival (Germany), Harlem Jazz Club Barcelona (Spain), Porgy & Bess Vienna, Birdland Vienna, Cultural Forum Theran (Iran), Lublin Jazz Festival (Poland), Kraljevo Jazz Festival (Serbia), Jazz Festival Lungau (Salzburg), International Jazz Piano Festival Kalisz (Poland), ÖKF Warschau (Poland), Ermitage Garden Jazz Festival Moscow, Philharmonic Hall Belgorod (Russia), Odessa Jazz Festival (Ukraine), Vinnitsa Jazz Festival (Ukraine)

VinceLaMuzika

Born: May 2, 1994

Bill Gottshall

Bill Gottshall is a playwright and composer who has written several stage plays and has composed or arranged more than 100 pieces of music for vocal and instrumental ensembles. Gottshall also serves as a teaching artist with two different non-profit educational foundations. Delaware Valley Arts Institute, based in Doylestown, PA brings working artists into schools so that the students can have close access to the professional creative process. Gottshall also works for Arts of Anyone, based in Lawrenceville, NJ. As a staff composer in their Living Bookshelf program, Gottshall helps students adapt works of children’s fiction for the Broadway stage

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Michael Conrad

A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Michael Conrad held a bachelor's degree in music performance. Both an extremely accomplished pianist and trombonist, he performed throughout the northeast with various ensembles ranging in size from small combos to large groups. Mike's performance resume included impressive stints with the Boston Opera Company as well as with several jazz ensembles including the Meadow-Larks, the Roy Scott Big Band and Synergy. A staple of the music scene in New England, Mike was a founding member of the D-Caf Jazz Quartet, and even served as a church organist along side of his wife, Carolyn, the music director who is also a retired music educator

Floris Kappeyne

Born: December 17, 1995