Results for "piano"

Peter Shu

Alex Mercado

Born: August 28, 1974

A pianist with astounding technique and boundless imagination, Alex Mercado is acclaimed for his ability to write striking compositions and create vibrant sonic landscapes that have resonated with critics and audiences alike in his native Mexico. On Symbiosis, his second trio recording after 2012’s The Watcher, Mercado takes us on a journey through a vibrant musical world full of engaging melodies and the dynamic improvisations that typify the finest in contemporary modern jazz. Featuring Antonio Sánchez on drums and Scott Colley on bass, this album will introduce jazz aficionados outside Mexico to a virtuoso instrumentalist without peer in his homeland where he is the “1st Call” pianist of choice for Magos Herrera, Sachal Vasandani, Bryan Lynch, Camila Meza and other visiting artists

Tony Castellano, Jr.

Karen Gordon

Tim Allhoff

Born: 1980

When audiences and critics speak about Tim Allhoff, they all sound euphoric. There is talk of the “piano shooting star of the Republic (of Germany)” (JazzThing) or the “most important newcomer of Germany’s jazz scene”. And yet, Allhoff, born in 1980, completed classical piano studies before turning to jazz piano at the Richard-Strauß-Conservatory in Munich. With his growing passion for jazz he gathered experiences in many different formations and earned his reputation across Europe: Concerts and tours brought him i.a. to France, England, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland. He has played the Rheingau Music Festivel, the Elbjazz-Festival or the Palatia Jazz Festival and many more

Camilla Mraz

Virtuoso pianist/vocalist/composer Camilla Mraz has been an integral part of the international music scene for more than 20 years. She has appeared in many major jazz festivals, concert halls, and clubs all over the world. Camilla also collaborates with her husband, first-call jazz bassist George Mraz. Today they make New York City their home. A native of the Czech Republic, Camilla’s love affair with the piano began when she was just four years old. She was composing by age five. Camilla attended the Prague Conservatory where she studied composition, jazz piano and vocals. She subsequently received a degree from the Music College in Germany

Geena Cesar

Geena Cesar is a jazz pianist from Miami, Florida. She currently performs with the Gainesville Big Band (formerly the Gainesville Community Jazz Band), a 22-piece ensemble directed by Marco Thomas. The Gainesville Big Band performes for festivals and events throughout the state, including the Lakeside Jazz Festival in Port Orange, Florida and the Gainesville Jazz Festival.

gianna giavelli

Born: October 3

Gianna Giavelli is a jazz pianist. Her first album "In a Giavellic Mood" combined classical themes with free jazz and improv to produce a relaxing fusion the inspires deep listening and thought over the melodies of Satie, Winston, and others. Her second albumn "Jazz Babies" is more modern and aggressive with all original work. Her vocals are deep and reminiscent of Nina Simone. She has been playing straight ahead jazz and free jazz improv for twenty years and has toured all over Europe.

Richard Bugbee

Born: January 15, 1967

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol

Born: September 24, 1974

Grammy nominated composer and CMES Harvard University fellow (2013-15) Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol made his Carnegie Hall debut in April 2016 premiering his commissioned piece Harabat/The Intoxicated with the American Composers Orchestra. Other recent works have been heard at Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall and on A Far Cry string orchestra’s several different recordings. He hails from Cyprus and Turkey, and is a Jazz pianist, a multi-instrumentalist, a singer, an ethnomusicologist as well as a full-time faculty member at the New England Conservatory. Sanlıkol was the recipient of numerous respected awards including the South Arts Jazz Road Creative Residency Grant in 2021, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Grant twice in 2016 and 2020 as well as the New Music USA Project Grant in 2020 and has been praised by critics all over the world for his unique, pluralist, multicultural and energetic musical voice. The Boston Globe noted that Sanlıkol’s “music is colorful, fanciful, full of rhythmic life, and full of feeling. The multiculturalism is not touristy, but rather sophisticated, informed, internalized; Sanlıkol is a citizen of the world”, “…and he (Sanlıkol) is another who could play decisive role in music’s future in the world.”