Tawanda, Gabriel Schillinger-Hyman Trio

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LIVE at Piedmont Piano Company Tawanda and the Gabriel Schillinger-Hyman Trio Tawanda, winner of the Sarah Vaughan Jazz Vocal Competition – an honor bestowed on Samara Joy and Jazzmeia Horn – teams up with critically-acclaimed pianist Gabriel Schillinger-Hyman and his trio to present a wide-ranging program with music from Chick Corea and Chaka Khan to sweeping ballads by Billy Strayhorn, hard-driving burners by Betty Carter, and a handful of original compositions. General Admission $35 in advance / $40 at the door Student Admission $25 in advance / $30 at the door We are offering a limited number of seats for this performance. Advance purchase is recommended. GABRIEL SCHILLINGER-HYMAN A Steinway & Sons Teacher and Educational Partner and two-time performer and arranger at Carnegie Hall, Gabriel Schillinger-Hyman is a New York City jazz pianist whose music brings together original compositions, celebrated jazz standards, and arrangements of works by incomparable masters including Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Cedar Walton, and Keith Jarrett. Gabriel collaborates with New York’s finest jazz artists, including Christopher McBride, Lucas Pino (Dave Brubeck Artistic Director), Alexandra Ridout (2023 International Jazz Soloist), Anthony Hervey (trumpet for Michael Bublé), Erena Terakubo, Sam Dillon, and Langston Hughes II. He has performed for audiences at iconic venues including The Black Cat, Blues Alley, Ornithology, Klavierhaus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Libretto, and Piedmont Piano, and is grateful that music has given him the opportunity to connect with audiences around the world, from Scandinavia and Mexico to Japan and beyond. gabrielschillinger-hymanmusic.com TAWANDA Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim is an award-winning jazz vocalist based in Los Angeles, whose artistry reflects a vibrant mix of cultural heritages. Her rapid ascent on the international stage is marked by major honors and extensive global touring, winning the 2021 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and a 2023 Outstanding Achievement Bistro Award for Jazz Vocalist following her “stunning” debut at Birdland Jazz Club in November 2022. In 2024, she expanded her international presence with an 18-country European tour and three U.S. tours with Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, alongside three additional tours including a Florence debut at the Teatro Niccolini with Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. Her performance experience spans major concert halls, international touring circuits, and intimate venues worldwide. As All About Jazz observed in 2022, “Tawanda seems to go from zero to belonging in the esteemed company of Veronica Swift, Cecile McLorin Salvant and Cyrille Aimée in negative time, if that could be measured” (All About Jazz, 2022). tawandamusic.net The two met on tour in Norway and Iceland in 2025, and have since built a deep musical chemistry — together, they've formed a quartet and previously completed a sold-out West Coast run. The Den will host their second show in Los Angeles during their November tour throughout the West Coast.