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Micha Gilad

Micha Gilad is an Israeli pianist, keyboard player and composer based in Brooklyn, NY. Micha received his bachelors degree from the Newschool for Jazz and Contemporary music, as a part of the prestigious collaboration program between the Newschool and the Israeli Conservatory. Micha studied with some of the most known teachers in the city’s Jazz scene such as Sam Yahel, Matt Mitchell and Jon Cowherd, while also studying classical music and composition. His piano playing shows a unique voice, deriving from the Jazz vocabulary and heritage, but always exploring to find new colors. His playing and compositions are influenced of jazz, classical and even pop , blues and electronic music, mixed together to create different sound worlds and interesting surfaces for improvisation. Micha's outstanding virtuosity is focused on a complex coordination of left and right hand counterpoints, making the piano sound like a full size orchestra.

While being deeply rooted in Jazz and Classical music and leading his own jazz trio, Micha is currently involved as a keyboardist and synthesizer player in some of the most promising NYC based bands.He is the initiator and leader of the electronic-beat project "Doctor B", and an integral part of the bands "O Mer", "Moonar" and more.

Before moving to NYC, Micha have performed with some of the biggest names and bands in the Israeli music scene such as Noga Erez, Yoni Bloch, Zvuloon Dub System, Tamir Grinberg and more. He played in esteemed festivals such as the "Red Sea Jazz Festival", "Indie-Negev", "Southern Wind", and major venues such as "Barbie", "Levontin 7", "Yellow Submarine", "Mitzpe Ramon Jazz Club", "Beit Haamudim" and "Shablul Jazz", just to name a few.

Around the globe, Micha played shows in festivals such as the "Europafest" in Romania, "Rostov Jazz Festival" in Russia, "Sierra Nevada Music Festival", "Skafest" in Canada and more.

Awards

AICF Jazz Pianist 2012-2014 Israeli Conservatory "Ran Baron" award 2009-2010


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