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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.

Dave Kenney

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

Jan Geijtenbeek

Born: September 19, 1988

JAN GEIJTENBEEK | PIANIST | COMPOSER Jan Geijtenbeek (1988) is a pianist & composer based in Ermelo, the Netherlands. With his bachelor graduation from the conservatory he has won the 1st prize of the ‘Artez Vrienden Publieksprijs’ on account of “his highly personal approach and original compositions” He has finished his master studies in 2015, his main teacher was Jeroen van Vliet. In this year he also was a finalist at the Keep an Eye awards with his group ‘goatmusic’. He has released four studio albums featuring his own compositions: ‘Common Ground’ (2013), ‘Today’s Story’ (2014), ‘Silver is Gold’ (2015) and ‘Piece of Mind’ (2016). On ‘Today’s Story’ he collaborated with among others: Esther van Hees (Esther von Haze), Anton Goudsmit (New Cool Collective, Ploctones), Vadim Neef (The Cool Quest) and Rolf Delfos (Artvark, Houdinis) On his lastest release ‘Piece of Mind’ Jan has collaborated with his former teacher and winner of the Boy Edgar Prize 2014, Jeroen van Vliet

Toma Dimitriu

Born: August 19, 1993

Toma Dimitriu is a jazz pianist, born in Bucharest in 1993. He graduated from the George Enescu Music High School and is currently a student of the Prins Claus Conservatory in Gröningen, The Netherlands. He played in Romania and abroad, working with musicians such as saxophonist Nicolas Simion, pianist Mircea Tiberian, drummer Gene Jackson, and trumpet player Eamon Dilworth.