Results for "piano"

Rich Rudin

Rich Rudin received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in theory and composition from Temple University. His other major area of study was piano - focusing on classical music. Rich has performed regularly throughout the Delaware Valley, playing in a wide variety of styles: classical, jazz, pop, folk, rock, etc. and has composed hundreds of works in many different musical styles including music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo piano and scores for several local films. His CD “Compositions” features 13 original jazz compositions showing his many musical influences. Karl Stark of the Philadelphia Inquirer, in his 3 and a half star review, calls “Compositions” a “luminous recording”, “full of bravura moments”, showing “a masterly use of color”

Baatsen

Born: January, 1960

Graduated in 1988 at the Rotterdam Conservatory Played in a lot of bands. Made 5 cd's and a dvd with Special Delivery, a dutch modern jazz quartet. Still be seen on djazztv in Holland. Started his own trio "Kenturah's Kitchen" in 2011. Made two cd's with this group: Klick(2011) and Oeroeboeroe(2016). Got very good press reviews in Holland: "Kenturah's Kitchen gives pianotrio a new form" Ed wrote all the music for this trio. www.kenturahskitchen.com

Antoine Karacostas

Antoine Karacostas is a 34-year-old pianist of Greek origin. In 2017, he released his first album, Trails, in which he presented a repertoire of personal compositions and arrangements of traditional Greek songs, influenced by modern jazz from New York and the Middle East; a singular mix of haunting lyricism. The pianist enthusiastically resumed the composition to continue the work initiated with the first opus. With Insulary Tales, he began writing a series of compositions that evoke as many stories lived or imagined around the idea of insularity and the rigour of the natural elements that we experience, the poetry of the Cyclades landscapes and the extraordinary encounters that we make there

Mitchell Leonard

Born: March 27, 1974

Mitchell Leonard is a Brooklyn-based pianist, composer, and Barrelhouse Jazz artist. His childhood comprised afternoons at the piano learning Gershwin preludes, and late nights quietly padding out of his room to listen to his father play drums with his jazz combo. During his teenage years, he worked as an accompanist for traveling theater companies. Since then, he has recorded several albums, played hundreds of live shows, and toured extensively. You can listen to his music at www.mitchellleonard.com.

Eric Muhler

Born: April 6, 1950

I began classical piano studies at the age of six with Jolan Kanyuk in Berkeley, California and started my first rock and roll band, The Pacers, when I was twelve years old. At Skyline High School in Oakland, California, I began to teach myself blues by listening to records of my favorites, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield, and many others. In the early seventies I led a rock and roll band named Edge in and around Lake Tahoe and Reno. Returning to the East Bay I began the serious study of jazz piano, harmony and theory with Mike Nock, Bill Bell, Don Cardoza, and guitarist Dave Creamer

Herborg Rundberg

Herborg Rundberg (b.1974) studied classical music and jazz/pop/rock at the Arctic Univesity of Norway. Her commissioned work for the Riddu Riđđu festival resulted in her solo-debut (Árbi released 2010) as a pianist and composer. Besides LEAGUS Herborg is also working with various other artists and bands located i Tromsø, such as Mara & The Inner Strangeness. LEAGUS started out as Herborg's main project as a part of her Master Studies in performing arts in Tromsø.

John Ellis UK

John Ellis is a pianist, composer and producer from the north of England. A founder member of The Cinematic Orchestra (contributing heavily to the albums Everyday and Man With The Movie Camera) he has also worked with the likes of Corinne Bailey Rae, Lily Allen and DJ Vadim and led his own trio and 12 piece big band The John Ellis Big Band. In 2015 John collaborated with visual artist Antony Barkworth Knight for the Irwin Mitchell commission at the Manchester Jazz Festival and it is this collaboration that gave birth to Evolution: Seeds & Streams.

Lorenzo De Finti

Born: February 5, 1975

Lorenzo began playing the piano at the age of five and began playing in public at the age of eleven. He began his formal studies under the guidance of Maestro Remo Gelmini and completed his studies under Maestro Alberto Colombo at the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi of Milan. Lorenzo also completed his studies in traditional composition and was given the opportunity to delve into jazz improvisation with world renowned Maestro Sante Palumbo and Gil Goldstein at the “Jazz and Rock Inc.” in Monaco, Germany and Berklee College of Music in Boston. With his outstanding technique and artistic expression, Lorenzo was immediately recognized by the media and began playing some of the most important musical venues in Europe. Specialized in jazz and contemporary music, Lorenzo has travelled back and forth from Europe to the United States, collaborating with important musicians such as J

Angelo Mastronardi

Born: March 11, 1982

An eclectic pianist who combines the tradition of jazz with new languages, Angelo Mastronardi's compositions and his style in improvisation are recognized by critics since his debut in a piano trio in 2014. His works range from duo to big band and symphony orchestra.

Angelo Mastronardi is the producer and label manager of GleAM Records, an Independent Record label and music publisher based near Lecce (Italy). The label is specialized in jazz recordings, music for brands, film, TV and advertising. His published work includes:

Angelo Mastronardi Fakebook vol. 1 (2015 Four Edition)
Angelo Mastronardi Fakebook vol

Vangelis Kordompoulis

Born: February 11, 1948

He was born in 1948 in Patras Greece. He was taught music by Konstantinos Remoundos, Konstantinos Vafiadis (Euphonium - Trombone), Nikolas Amarado (Mandolin), Dimitrios Papadatos (Classic Guitar), Konstantinos Kydoniatis (Piano and Music Theory),Aurel Ströe (Composition), Hal Grossman and Lee Harris and Piano Tuning at the American School of Piano Tuning. He is teaching: Classic Piano, Jazz - Modern Piano and Theory, Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue, Composing, Pop Song and Jazz Composing, Orchestration, Band and Jazz Arrangement. He has played as: Mandolin-Guitar Euphonium and Trombone player, Soloist Pianist, Jazz Pianist, Show and Recording Studio Pianist, Music Teacher, Pianist, and Conductor in Musical Comedies and Musicals (Chicago, The Woman of the Year, Annie..) in Athens Greece