Wednesday May 9, 2007, 8:00-9:00PM
Ronnie Segev's
Special Event @ Vivaldi

Featuring:

Robert Glasper
(jazz pianist/Blue Note Recording Artist)

27-year-old piano virtuoso Robert Glasper's long-awaited follow-up to his highly acclaimed Mood was released by the legendary Blue Note label on October 4th. Joining Robert for this recording are bassist Vicente Archer & drummer Damion Reid, the trio that Ben Ratliff of The New York Times said "deserves comparison with the best of the newer piano trios, those led by Jason Moran, Bill Charlap and Brad Mehldau."


Becca Stevens
(vocalist)
Becca plays solo performances and writes and arranges music for the Becca Stevens Band which performs in New York. Aside from he Becca has appeared with Greg Osby at the Village Vanguard, the Sicilian Brass Band at the Golden Theater in Palermo, Sicily, Ben Street and Chris Cheek at Small's among many others.


Merle Fairhurst
(classical vocalist)
Soprano Merle Fairhurst, performs extensively on concert, opera and club stages on both sides of the Atlantic. Reviewed by international and national press, Merle has been described as a singer with  “sensitivity and sincerity” (Cherwell, Oxford) and “vocal strength and charm” (Opera).
Her love of jazz and French mélodie has prompted a return to New York stages where she has been performing with pianist Ronen Segev, a friend from her studies at the Juilliard School of Music. Last year the pair performed cycles from Ravel, De Falla and Gershwin at the Melbourne Arts Festival.

Mike Block
(cellist/ singer-songwriter)
Mike Block is currently performing his own music for cello and voice at clubs around NYC, with frequent guests that are slowly coalescing into a sweet band! Mike is also a regular performer with Yo-Yo Ma as second cellist in his Silk Road Ensemble, with which he has performed at Carnegie Hall, Japan, Tanglewood, San Diego, the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Art Institute of Chicago, University of Chicago, and Millennium Park (Chicago).

 

Ben Jelen
(singer-songwriter)

A regular on T.O.C, Singer/songwriter Ben Jelen (pronounced Yell-in) connected with fans early - and fast- with a little help from the internet. In January 2004 three full months before the release of his debut album, GIVE IT ALL AWAY, America Online announced that Jelen was an AOL Music Breaker Artist. In short order, AOL premiered the albums first single, Come On, and began streaming Jelen's own Sessions @ AOL to new music fans online. By mid-February, AOL reported that Ben Jelen's music had been downloaded over one million times. When it was released on April 13, 2004, it racked up sales of 10,000 copies in the first week.
Since then, Ben Jelen has become a certified internet success story, consistently appearing on numerous online music charts, including Big Champagnes Bubbling Under Chart.
 

Ronnie Segev

Pianist Ronen Segev (also known as Ronnie Segev) has performed around the world to critical acclaim. Most recently, Ronnie Segev performed a solo recital in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall,
as the NAE's 1st Place ALEX Award Winner.

Ronnie Segev graduated from The Juilliard School where he studied with Veda Kaplinsky. Before Juilliard, Ronnie Segev attended the High School for Performing Arts in Houston (HSPVA), where he received numerous prizes and honors, including First Prize in the Dorothy Kelley Memorial Piano Competition and the H&H Piano Competition.

Ronnie Segev is a major proponent of new music. Additionally, Ronnie Segev has a known affinity for Chopin Mazurkas. Last year, Ronnie Segev performed Mazurkas for the Kosciusko Foundation Chopin Series. In his review for Leconcertographe, Frederick L. Kirshnit called Ronnie Segev's performance "sensitive and mature".

Classical Music radio personality and commentator David Dubal agrees:

"Segev performs the Mazurkas with a genuine love for this great music; no one plays these pieces
more convincingly than Ronen."

Ronnie Segev has been featured in numerous periodicals and news reports including The New York Times, Timeout NY, NY 1 News, ABC News, FOX News, and CBS News. Engagements this year include recitals in Paris, Washington D.C., New York, Oklahoma City, Houston, Sarasota, and Miami.
Ronnie Segev currently resides in New York City.

Tonight's event is hosted by
muMs

 

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Sunday, February 18, 2007
Ronnie Segev's
Special Event @ Vivaldi

Jason Moran


                 Ben Jelen with Ronnie                                    TOC guests                               

     Jason Consolacion                      Ronnie with TOC guests     

 
               Vivicia Moncrieffe                         Peter Anderegg                          

    muMs                                   Jo Armeniox        
 

Ellen Turi
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