Tamir Hendelman: Solo Piano Concert

Tue, Aug 22

Whether leading the Tamir Hendelman Trio or as a long-time member of the Jeff Hamilton Trio and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, award-winning pianist-composer Tamir Hendelman is known for his dynamic and sensitive touch, and his imaginative arranging. Tamir Hendelman has toured and recorded with Natalie Cole (Still Unfortgettable), Barbra Streisand (Love Is The Answer, One Night Only: Live at the Village Vanguard), Roberta Gambarini (Easy to Love), and in duo with Tierney Sutton, in venues from the US to Europe to Japan . As a youth, he moved from Tel Aviv to Los Angeles, winning Yamaha’s national keyboard competition, performing in Japan and the Kennedy Center, attending Tanglewood in 1998 and receiving a Bachelor of Music Composition from the Eastman School of Music in 1993 after studies with pianist/composers Clare Fischer and Billy Childs. His own latest trio recording, Destinations reached #1 in the US jazz charts and explores his musical influences, while his first recording, Playground features him with John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton with whom he has performed in the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra since 2001. Tamir Hendelman appears on recordings by Paul McCartney, Michael Buble and Diana Krall. He has performed with Benny Golson, Eddie Henderson, Houston Person, James Moody and Sean Jones and has recorded and arranged for Richard Galliano, Lori Bell, Graham Dechter and Claudio Roditi. When Tamir Hendelman premiered John Clayton’s version of Oscar Peterson’s Canadiana Suite in 2001 with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Mr. Peterson wrote: “It was a satisfying but strange feeling... to hear a new young voice make some exhilarating and thoughtful solos in the spaces I used to occupy in those pieces…” A featured soloist with the Winston-Salem Symphony on Rhapsody In Blue, Tamir performed 2018 and 2022 tributes to Jobim with members the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Since 2005 Tamir Hendelman has taught at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music’s Global Jazz Studies department. He has served as a clinician at the Elmhurst Jazz Festival and been a judge at the American Pianists Association Competition. In 2010 Tamir Hendelman recorded on “Love Is the Answer” for Barbara Streisand, followed by a live quartet recording at the Village Vanguard, One Night Only and a North American concert tour in 2012. Since 2013 Tamir Hendelman has musically directed four concert tours in Israel, each with a focus such as the music of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach and Henry Mancini and more- with artists such as Giveton Gelin, Dayna Stephens, Justin Robinson, Freddie Hendrix and Angela Hagenbach. He has presented workshops for musicians at institutions from Indiana University to London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and led interdisciplinary productions for the Cranbrook Institute, Idyllwild Arts and YoungArts. In December 2021 Tamir Hendelman performed as a guest of the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops with conductor Byron Stripling at the helm. His recordings include Graham Dechter’s Minor Influence and the Jeff Hamilton Trio’s Catch Me If You Can.