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Paul G. Smyth

Born: June 11, 1976

For the last 20 years, pianist Paul G. Smyth has been carving a unique furrow in Ireland’s cultural landscape. Parallel to his past involvement with The Jimmy Cake (described by the Irish Times as “the most powerful musical force in Ireland”), Smyth has also set himself apart as a singular voice in Europe’s vigorous improvised music scene.

Since touring with Charles Gayle in 1999, he has worked with such luminaries as Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Peter Brötzmann, Keiji Haino, Barry Guy, Wadada Leo Smith, John Russell, Chris Corsano, Lol Coxhill, Charles Hayward, John Butcher, John Edwards, Alan Wilkinson, Mark Sanders and Damo Suzuki, among many others, been a member of synth trio Boys Of Summer (“the sound of John Carpenter being buried alive” - Le Cool Magazine), a featured composer in the National Concert Hall, written music for theatre, and performed in 18 countries.

Smyth has released critically acclaimed duo albums with Evan Parker, Chris Corsano and John Russell on his label Weekertoft, which he co-founded with Russell in 2016.

Peter Saltzman

Born: April 4, 1961

It started at age 4, seated at the piano. A single note that moved and morphed through the years, becoming Peter’s unique musical language. His organic fusion of qualities—the distinctiveness and improvisation of jazz, the soul of blues, and the compositional technique of Bach, Beethoven, and other classical composers—led to an emergence of new sounds, a new feel, a new purpose. Peter’s broad career in the music industry as composer, pianist, singer- songwriter, and entrepreneur started as a budding teenage jazz musician in Chicago. He studied jazz at the Bloom School of Jazz (Chicago, IL), majored in jazz at Indiana University (Bloomington, IN), and majored in composition and piano at Eastman School of Music (Rochester NY)

Dai Liang

A Bu started to study the classical piano from Professor Zhang Shigu, a Chinese American piano educator, at the age of four, and won awards at several piano contests he participated later. After Zhang Shigu returned to the U.S., Professor Zhang.

Zhiwei from the Central Conservatory of Music took his place and taught A Bu classical piano. In 2009, A Bu was enrolled in the Affiliated Primary School of the Central Conservatory of Music, and had joined the Piano Master summer camp launched in the U.S. ever since then. In June 2012, A Bu was recommended for admission to the Affiliated Middle School of the Central Conservatory of Music for outstanding achievements.

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Phil Orr

Philip Orr

Born: 1956

Pianist/composer/arranger Phil Orr has toured and performed with popular singers Vic Damone and Sandler & Young, Grammy Award-winners singer-songwriter Diane Scanlon and Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra composer/leader Arturo O’Farrill, and a host of eminent others. His performances, compositions and programming shape his broad experience in jazz, classical, pop, R&B and rock idioms into sound experiences that draw audiences to his love of diverse repertoire, styles and eras. Solo concerts such as Phil Orr Plays a Mean Jazz Piano, The Song Is You, and The First Century of Jazz at the Piano complement work with his trio, Phil Orr & More, and lasting associations clarinetist Jerry Rife and Steve Hiltner’s Sustainable Jazz Ensemble

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Matt Robbins

Born: December 22, 1981

Matt Robbins is an accomplished jazz pianist and vocalist who has studied piano with Garry Dial, Jason Moran and John Stetch, and voice with Felicity Graham and Theo Bleckmann. Matt graduated from Manhattan School of Music with a master's degree in jazz piano performance in 2010. Over the years since, he has been active in the NYC area, playing, singing, arranging, and otherwise collaborating with local artists of widely varying styles. Matt is also a songwriter. His song "Shadow of Love" was recorded by Brazillian vocalist Patricia Talem on her album "Olhos", along with an all-star band of Russell Ferrante, Christian McBride, Marco da Costa, and Bob Mintzer. His debut recording "Love in the Active Voice" of his own jazz-inflected art songs was released in 2016.

Stu Harrison

Stu Harrison is a Toronto-based jazz pianist with an extensive background in classical, music theatre, music direction, and corporate entertainment. He's been performing extensively since 2000, and maintains a busy schedule in and out of Toronto. He released his debut CD in 2016 with Terry Clarke and Neil Swainson titled “Volume 1”, and is currently working on Volume II and III. He is frequently called on as a vocal accompanist, solo pianist, as well as a side- man, band leader, and studio session player.

David Swanson

Born: July 28, 1951

Born in San Bernardino, California, and studied at Cal State San Bernardino, George Fox University (Newberg Ore.) and also American Conservatory of Music (Chicago, Ill.). In his early years his career took off with Gary Wright opening for Peter Frampton and several years later, David broke out on his own working in select jazz club venues throughout Japan as a featured solo Keyboardist/Vocalist. He traveled internationally between Europe and Asia as he acquired a vast international repertoire and fan base and later he began to establish himself as a songwriter and was introduced to jazz and pop legend producer Quincy Jones who signed David as a staff writer with Quest Records.  It was during this time that David wrote songs recorded by the “Pointer Sisters”, one of which was later used as a commercial jingle for the Coca Cola corp