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| Speical Valentine's Day Concert at Trinity Church Trinity Church 1:00 PM Broadway at Wall Street A Valentine's Day Concert with Lee Musiker. Lee Musiker is a Steinway Artist and has performed with the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, New York Pops, Boston Pops, Hollywood Bowl and the London Symphony Orchestra. As a solo pianist and with the Lee Musiker Trio he has performed in the United States and Europe where critics have called him ''absolutely brilliant''….''masterful and exciting''. Lee accompanies with ''ineffable grace and sensitivity'' and is ''a remarkably empathetic and inventive virtuoso'' making him one of the most in demand collaborators today. A native New Yorker and fourth generation musician, Lee received degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, the Eastman School of Music and further studies at the Juilliard School. After a two-year tour as pianist with the Buddy Rich Band, he returned to New York and began playing in the orchestra pits of many hit Broadway Shows. For the past twenty-five years Lee Musiker has enjoyed a rich and diverse musical life collaborating with these stellar artists - Vocalists: Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Barbara Cook, Maureen McGovern, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Joel Grey, Rita Moreno, Renee Fleming, Dawn Upshaw, Kathleen Battle, Denyce Graves, Nathan Gunn, Sylvia McNair, Julia Migenes, Ann Hampton Calloway, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, Michael Buble, Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Norah Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Chaka Khan and Jewel (for which he received a Platinum album). Instrumentalists: Buddy Rich, Doc Severinson, Wynton Marsalis, Chris Botti, John Pizzarelli, Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Mintzer and Violinist Joshua Bell. Mr. Musiker has guest conducted numerous symphony orchestras including; Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and The National Symphony. Lee has also conducted the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon as well as the Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestras. As arranger and orchestrator, he has written for symphonic pops, recordings, movies and television (for which he received an Emmy Award). As an educator, Mr. Musiker has been on the faculties of The Mannes College of Music, The New School and New York University (as part of the distinguished Piano Faculty Master Class Series). Since 2001, Lee has been touring with the legendary Tony Bennett, and most recently was the Music Director/Pianist for the multiple Grammy and Emmy Award winning album and television special: ''Tony Bennett: Duets - An American Classic''. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Jazz News :: home page |