Jazz Piano Concert Series
Tamir Hendelman Program solo piano Selections will be announced from the stage.
Belmont University School of Music
About the Performer 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 pianistcomposer 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 ClaytonHamilton Jazz Orchestra since 2001. Hendelman appears on recordings by Paul McCartney, Michael Bublé 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, LoriBell, Graham Dechter and Claudio Roditi.
When 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...” TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2024 7:30 P.M. McAfee Concert Hall
A featured soloist with the Winston-Salem Symphony on Rhapsody In Blue, Hendelman performed 2018 and 2022 tributes to Jobim with members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Since 2005, 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 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 he 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 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.
Jazz Piano Concert Series The Belmont University Jazz Piano Concert Series was inaugurated in January 2012 with guest artist Billy Childs. Underwritten by the Steinway Piano Gallery of Nashville, this series brings top national and international jazz piano performers to Belmont students and the Nashville community. Along with the classical Woods Piano Concert Series that takes place in the fall, these two events together showcase the very best current classical and jazz pianists in solo concerts.
Concert Series Guest Artists 2023 2020 2019 2018 2017
Ted Rosenthal Benny Green Christian Sands Gerald Clayton Helen Sung
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Sullivan Fortner Geoffrey Keezer Bill Charlap Fred Hersch Billy Childs
Special thanks to the Steinway Piano Gallery of Nashville for their generous sponsorship of this event.
Belmont University is an All-Steinway school.
Upcoming Concerts and Events Faculty Concert Series Dr. Carolyn Totaro Monday, January 22, 7:30 p.m. McAfee Concert Hall Music and Discourse: Dr. Terry Klefstad Music in the Redwoods Wednesday, January 24, 10:00 a.m. Bunch Multimedia Hall Songs of Hope: Unveiling Darkness Friday, January 26, 7:30 p.m. McAfee Concert Hall Graduate Honors Recital Saturday, January 27, 2:00 p.m. McAfee Concert Hall Instrumental Honors Recital Saturday, January 27, 6:00 p.m. McAfee Concert Hall Faculty Woodwind Quintet Monday, January 29, 7:30 p.m. McAfee Concert Hall Faculty Jazz Group Tuesday, January 30, 7:30 p.m. Massey Concert Hall Curtain Call Award: Sarah Davison Wednesday, January 31, 7:30 p.m. Massey Concert Hall Composition Honors Recital Wednesday, February 7, 7:30 p.m. McAfee Concert Hall
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