Results for "piano"

Yan Kayary

Born: October 4, 1968

Dick Dunlap

Born: December 7, 1939

Dick Dunlap was born in Seattle, Washington and received an MFA in painting from the University of Washington in 1968. He taught Art at U.C.S.B. in the 70

Yuwen Peng

Yuwen Peng is a pianist, composer and the founder of Taiwanese sextet Sizhukong. After graduating in Sociology at the University of Taiwan she moved to Boston to study at Berklee, where she graduated in jazz composition in 2005. With her heightened appreciation for jazz, Peng returned to Taiwan and formed Sizhukong, a fusion of Chinese traditional music and modern sounds, influenced by jazz and African rhythms.

The band’s first album, Sizhukong, was released in 2007, followed by Paper Eagle in 2009. In 2010, Peng began incorporating new sounds in the band’s music by using electric guitar, electric keyboards as well as flirting with electronics. Sony signed up the band, and 2012 saw the release of Sizhukong’s third album, Spin.

Jorge Luis Pacheco

Born: December 18, 1984

Jorge Luis Pacheco, is one of the leading pianists of the new generation of jazz in Cuba. He was a First Prize Winner of the International Contest for Young Jazz Musicians (Jojazz_2007). He is a Pianist, percussionist, composer and musical director. He studied piano and percussion at the music school “Alejandro García It Caturla “later graduated percussionist in the conservatory “Amadeo Roldán” and worked as a professor at the conservatory “Guillermo Thomas “. Currently he in his last year of studies in composition at the prestigious Institute of Superior arts in Cuba. In October 2010, Pacheco performed as a guest pianist Lincoln Jazz Band Center in New York who runs the world-renowned trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s visit to Cuba

Bennett Roth-Newell

Born: April 4, 1988

Bennett Roth-Newell is a pianist/keyboardist, composer/arranger, emcee, producer, and multi-genre music educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bennett began piano lessons when he was 7 years old and by age 10 became fascinated with jazz. After playing mostly classical music during his first few years of studying piano, Bennett set off on a path of learning jazz standards and immersed himself in the music of the jazz giants—especially of legendary jazz pianists Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, and Bill Evans—while practicing determinedly to develop his sound on the piano as an improviser. Starting as a teenager, he also found a love in hip-hop music and began honing his craft as a lyricist, recording artist, producer, and live performer.

Paolo Corsini

Born: September 11, 1982

James Collins

James Collins is a young up-and-coming jazz pianist and composer in the Philadelphia area. Born into a musical family, James was exposed to great music of all genres from a very early age. At five years old, James started taking piano lessons. By age 7, he was ear training and refining his perfect pitch. Before leaving elementary school, James had already begun to build his repertoire in jazz and classical music. In 2010, James began pursuing his Bachelor Degree in music studies at Temple University. During his stay at Temple University, James had the honor of studying with jazz greats including Terell Stafford, Bruce Barth, Dick Oatts, Elio Villafranca and others

Harold Lopez-Nussa

Born: July 13, 1983

Was born in Havana, Cuba, on July 13, 1983. At the age of 8, he began his piano studies at the Manuel Saumell Conservatory. In 1995, he goes to study at the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory. Some years later he finishes the specialty in Classic Piano and graduates at theHigher Institute of Arts (ISA). During his young career he has performed as solist at Cuba’s most important theatres. He has performed with Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, Holguín Symphony Orchestra, Matanzas Symphony Orchestra and Havana Lyceum Mozartiano. He has played together with outstanding figures of Cuban traditional music and popular music, as well as with known jazz musicians such as Chucho Valdés, David Sánchez, Horacio “El Negro” Hernández, Christian Scott, Stefon Harris, Bobby Carcassés, Elmer Ferrer and Alexander Brown

Metzler

Born: April 7, 1976

Bill Peterson