What artists say about Pianoteq, Organteq and Airteq

Brian Eno - musician, producer, visual artist, activist. First came to international prominence in the early '70s as a founding member of British band, Roxy Music. His visionary production includes albums with Talking Heads, Devo, U2, Laurie Anderson and Coldplay, whilst his long list of collaborations include recordings with David Bowie, David Byrne, Grace Jones, Karl Hyde, James Blake among many. His visual experiments with light and video continue to parallel his musical career with exhibitions all over the globe. To date he has released over 30 albums of his own music, exhibited extensively as far afield as the Venice Biennale and the sails of the Sydney Opera House and is a founder-member of the Long Now Foundation, a trustee of Client Earth, and Patron of Videre Est Credere.

Peter Chilvers is a musician and software designer, best known for creating the iOS apps Bloom, Trope, Scape and Reflection with Brian Eno, touring with Karl Hyde (Underworld) and collaborating with Tim Bowness. Since 2006 he has worked as a musical and technical assistant to Eno on recordings, soundtracks and installations, as well as playing keyboards on several rare live performances. His software has played a behind-the-scenes role in many of Eno's albums.

In 2024 the Curious Music label began releasing Dust, a series of EPs blending Chilvers' spacious and introspective piano improvisations with orchestrated electronic textures.

Rudi Dobson is a keyboard player, composer and producer. He has been working with The Bee Gees, Foreigner, The Cars, Don Henley, Paul Simon, Johnny Halliday, Jim Corr, just to name a few. Rudi is currently working with producer David Kahne and is commissioned to write the score for the next James Bond movie.

Jamie Muhoberac is a session keyboardist, known for touring with My Chemical Romance and with John Mayer. He has spent most of his time as a session musician for the last 40 years, having worked with a great number of producers, artists and bands including Trevor Horn, Fleetwood Mac, Backstreet Boys, Joe Cocker, Phil Collins, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Paradise Lost, Chris Cornell, just to name a few. Pianoteq has been a part of his overdub work since 2008.

Alex Pastrana is a pianist, composer, arranger, and music producer. He has performed with multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning artists such as Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Ari Hoenig, Luisito Quintero, Carlos Vives, John Benitez, and Samuel Torres, and has collaborated with icons of Latin music like Fruko y Sus Tesos, Eddie Montalvo, Tony Succar, Luis Enrique, Yuri Buenaventura, and Little Johnny Rivero, among others. He has received numerous prizes and awards, including a Latin Grammy nomination for the album Chabuco Desde el Teatro Colón. Alex has produced albums for artist María Escobar, collaborating with international artists like Toquinho and Colombian musicians such as Chabuco, Adriana Lucía, and Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto.

Currently based in Vancouver, Miles has a wealth of musical experience as an arranger, producer, composer, session musician, guitarist, bassist, saxophonist, songwriter, musical theatre director, music therapist and college level music instructor. He has performed on countless albums, and has played with many music greats around the world - Mark Murphy, Lee Konitz, Slide Hampton, Chuck Israels, Dee Daniels, Jane Siberry, The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and many others.

Currently, Miles is involved in several projects: He is co-leading a modern jazz quartet called "Altered Laws" with Tom Keenlyside. In 2003, Miles set up Carltone Studios and Carltunes Recordings with engineer/percussionist Chamberlist. Since 1991, Miles has been working for PG Music, with whom he has helped to produce and performed on music software programs, including "The Jazz Pianist 1&2" and "The NewAge Pianist".

Keyboard man and confidante to the likes of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Sheryl Crow, Oasis, Stevie Nicks, Superheavy, Mick Jagger, Damian Marley, Nas, Bill Fay, Jeff Tweedy, Stereophonics, Sarah McLachlan, Ben Taylor, Mike Scott & The Waterboys, A R Rahman, Doyle Bramhall II, Travis, Lighterthief, Andy Partridge, Amorphous Androgynous & Dave Stewart amongst others.

Voted "Best Keyboardist of All Time" by Music Radar Magazine, Jordan Rudess is best known as the keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire for platinum-selling Grammy-nominated prog rock band, Dream Theater. He has appeared on the live albums and DVDs Live Scenes From New York, Live at Budokan, Score, Chaos in Motion, Live at Luna Park, and Breaking The Fourth Wall which went to #1 on the Billboard charts. His latest solo album ‘Wired For Madness’ is available via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group.

Elwin Hendrijanto is a composer and pianist based in London and Jakarta. His fields of expertise include classical, film music, world music, orchestral, pop/rock, and traditional Indonesian music. Elwin has composed for feature films, advertisements, games, animations, as well as concert pieces. He is known for his specialty in composing traditional-modern fusion pieces in an attempt to keep traditional music alive in the modern world. He has worked on projects for the 2018 Asian Games, Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Libera, 88 Rising, Steinway & Sons, BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra. As a pianist, Elwin is currently working in a commercial piano duo project with British pianist/music producer Dominic Ferris known as The Piano Brothers supported by the international piano brand Steinway & Sons touring around the globe. He has performed in various prestigious venues including the Steinway Hall London, Kings Place London, Esplanade Sing apore, Abbey Road Studios, Vredenburg Utrecht, and many more. In 2019, The Piano Brothers was featured in the BBC Friday Night is Music Night.

Warren Hartman has worked with Kenny Rogers as music director and conductor for 23 years. Kenny, being one of the best-selling music artists of all time, had three albums co-produced by Warren together with Randy Travis producer Kyle Lehning, and another produced by Warren, Kyle, and Dann Huff. Since 2014, Warren is pursuing his own career as a composer/pianist, compiling music from several genres. He is currently involved in new piano/orchestral underscore for Spoken Word pieces by John David Teems, and several album projects.

Pianist, writer and producer Daniel Mandelman has performed and recorded with Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat, Natalia Lafourcade, Ziggy Marley, Paulina Rubio, Paul Simon, Robin Thicke, and many more.

Matt Rollings is a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboard player and record producer. He has worked with many successful artists including Eric Clapton, Lyle Lovett, Billy Joel, Johnny Cash, Queen, Metallica, The Dixie Chicks, Mavis Staples, Sheryl Crow, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. In the producer’s chair, his credits including Willie Nelson’s two most recent GRAMMY®-winning albums Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin, and My Way: Willie Nelson Sings Sinatra, Mary Chapin Carpenter’s GRAMMY®-nominated The Age of Miracles, Keith Urban’s multi-platinum self-titled breakthrough opus, and the Edwin McCain Band’s multi-platinum Misguided Roses. Matt is a Steinway Artist. He regularly does clinics and masterclasses for students and professionals and hosts the online video series AskMattRollings, willingly dispensing wisdom accrued from nearly four decades in the business.

Evan Shinners is the founder of the Bach Store and the host of the WTF Bach Podcast. He is a keyboardist and writer who studied at The Juilliard School. Devoted to spreading appreciation for Bach’s music, the Bach Store is a temporary concert venue that ‘pops up’ in various cities throughout the world. The WTF Bach Podcast (wtfbach.substack.com) breaks down sophisticated ideas about Bach in a way that's accessible to beginners or those with limited musical background.

Known in the industry as Wix, He has recorded and performed with many of the leading Artists in the business also having number one success as a record producer. He is musical director for Sir Paul McCartney with whom he has worked since 1989.

He was musical director at The Concert For Diana from Wembley Stadium and also for a multi-artist concert in The White House for President Obama. Not only has he has performed around the world to millions of people but also in his daughter's school playground for the summer fair.

Nashville based session keyboardist Steve Nathan is a 40 year veteran of the recording industry, who has played on hundreds of records spanning most genres of popular music. A list of artists with whom he’s recorded reads like a “Who’s Who” of American music. A frequent nominee and Winner of The Academy of Country Music’s 2005 Musician Award, he has also been named “Keyboardist of the Year” by Music Row Magazine for a record setting 13 consecutive years.

Jean-Michel Bernard is a pianist, composer, educator, orchestrator, and music producer. He has toured with Ray Charles Quartet and scored many movies, commercials and documentaries. Ray Charles once said about him: "I love him because he’s better than me! This guy is a genius, in my mind." He has collaborated with masters such as Lalo Schifrin and Ennio Morricone. Examples of movies he has scored are Chimères Absentes (starring Fanny Ardant and Gerard Depardieu), Hugo (directed by Martin Scorsese) and Love Punch (starring Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson). He is a Steinway Artist and teaches since 2014 film music classes at the Paris Conservatory and tours worldwide. His latest album "Sally Stevens sings, JMB plays" will be released at Lakeshore in 2021.

Giordano Mazzi is a keyboardist and programmer. Since the 1980's he has worked with some of the best Italian artists and producers, just to name a few: Vasco Rossi, Adriano Celentano, Mia Martini, Anna Oxa, Laura Pausini, Ivana Spagna, Gianni Morandi, Noemi, Il Volo. He is a frequent participant in popular Italian TV shows and music festivals.

Sven Martin is an in-demand performance keyboardist and studio producer/songwriter. He has been touring some of the most popular and most remote parts of the globe as musical director and keyboardist for Russia's No.1 export, t.A.T.u.. He has played to 100,000 people in Kazakhstan, shared the stage on Red Square with Shakira and the Black Eyed Peas, and turned a sold-out show in St. Petersburg into a live DVD. Add to that performances with Liz Phair on the Chicks with Attitude tour, and television appearances on several shows including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Sven's prowess and popularity as a musician become irrefutable. Sven currently works on the debut of Lena Katina's first solo album, starting with a release of the first single "Never forget", which reached #1 on the Billboard Club Charts as the Dave Aude Remix.

Carlos Gallardo is a distinguished pianist, composer, educator, and researcher, celebrated for his interpretations of Franz Liszt and Spanish composers. His training spans piano and violin studies in Spain, Canada, and Hungary. He has performed at major concert halls and festivals across Europe, Japan, the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Currently, he is working on six albums of Liszt's works, using Pianoteq, and will compete in the Liszt Ferenc International Grand Prix du Disque Competition. Gallardo serves as a music advisor and pianist for The Genesis Project AI, recording all results with Pianoteq, available on major streaming platforms.

Ilan Rubin is the youngest person to ever be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Widely known as the drummer for Nine Inch Nails and Angels and Airwaves, he’s also an expert guitarist, bassist, pianist, singer, composer and producer. In 2020, he started releasing grippingly timeless solo music — all of which he writes and performs himself. And with tour scheduling grinding to a halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Rubin finally had time to pursue his long-held passion of film scoring. He’s now working on his own music and three films, while also songwriting and producing for a wide variety of pop and alternative artists.

Steve Lindsey, starting as a top call LA studio musician songwriter and arranger. Made his way to producing artists including Leonard Cohen, Aaron Neville, Elton John, Celne Dion, Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, and Alice Cooper.
After taking a break from production Steve started the first Hip-Hop music publishing company on the west coast "Blotter Music" where he published Mike Elizondo, JR Rotem, and currently Brody Brown, Bruno Mars and Sasha Sloan, now selling over 250 million albums. Currently Steve is a partner with Hans Zimmer in there label, A Tone, distributed exclusively by Extreme Music.

Richard Maheux hails from Quebec, Canada. After making the move to New York City he performed with acts such as Rihanna, Cirque du Soleil (Delirium), Patty Smyth & Scandal and conducted on various Broadway productions including Rock Of Ages.

Richard also enjoys being in the studio and his production skills have led him to work on many successful recording projects such as Star Académie 2005 which won the Best Selling Album Award at the Gala de l'Adisq.

Richard joined Enrique Iglesias's band as keyboardist in early 2012.

David Baron is an internationally recognized composer, keyboardist, producer, arranger and engineer. He produced the upcoming artist Jade Bird, with the hit songs "Lottery" and "Uh Huh", and co-produced the Mercury nominated "The Bride" for Bat For Lashes. He also produced and co-wrote all the songs for goth-legend Peter Murphy’s "Ninth", and was one of the two musicians on Meghan Trainor’s "All About That Bass" for which he received an RIAA Diamond Award for his role (10 million+ in sales). He orchestrated on records such as Shawn Mendes’ "Illuminate Deluxe", "Shawn Mendes", Meghan Trainor’s "Title", and Lenny Kravitz’s "Raise Vibration", and is the keyboardist on The Lumineer’s "Cleopatra". He also has appeared on records with Michael Jackson, Lenny Kravitz, Vance Joy, Fifth Harmony, and Simone Felice. Recently, he finished the new Lumineers record and projects including Jade Bird and Conor Oberst. Currently, he is scoring the follow up to the feature film "Ashes and Snow" for Gregory Colbert and is releasing cinematic music under his own name on the UK based Here & Now Recordings label.

Best known for his 13 notes heard around the world that spawned Eminen's biggest hit "The Real Slim Shady", Tommy Coster isn't just a hip hop producer and composer. Yes, he co-wrote "The Real Slim Shady" with Dr. Dre and Eminem but he also co-wrote a song entitled, "Zulu", with Carlos Santana in 1977 at age 11. Coster has scored several films, and film trailers and continues to be a driving force in the development of upcoming artists. His musical compositions and performances have sold over 70 Million units and he continues to write and produce for artists and labels internationally.

Wang Leehom is a Chinese-American singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, and film director. Known as the "King of Chinese Pop", Leehom has repeatedly revolutionized the Chinese pop music scene with his evolving blend of pop, rock, jazz, hip-hop, R&B, classical, and traditional Chinese music ranging from aboriginal folk music to Beijing opera. The best-selling Mandarin-language musician of his generation, Leehom came to prominence as a teen idol at the age of 19 and has since released 15 solo studio albums and contributed to dozens more.

He has earned numerous prizes at Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards and the Chinese Music Awards, and is currently touring to sold-out venues in over 100 cities worldwide. In addition to his music career, Leehom has also starred in several movies, including Love in Disguise (2010), a romantic comedy which Leehom wrote, directed, and scored, setting the record for the highest-grossing film for a first-time director in Chinese history. As a native of both the eastern world and the western one, Leehom strives to serve as a cultural ambassador by bringing Chinese music and culture to English-speaking audiences.

The man on keys for London Ska legends Madness has been the driving force behind many of their 20 Hits over almost 30 years. Their debut album "One step beyond" catapulted them into the charts all over Europe, giving the teenagers multiple platinum status.

Every kid in the UK and Europe danced to Songs such as "Baggy Trousers" or "Night Boat To Cairo", their trademark 'nutty sound'. After their world smash "Our House", with which they entered the US charts for the first time in 1980 Madness became a household name all over the world. The string of hits continued until the band took a break in 1985. They returned with a bang when they organised the 1992 Madstock concerts in London's Finsbury Park, the only Live event to date to literally register on the Richter scale due to the enthusiastic pogo-ing of the 70.000 punters over the two days. Since then Madness have enjoyed continued success of the live circuit worldwide and are currently working on the follow up of the 2005 album "The Dangermen Sessions".

Mike's keyboard sound has, although intricately layered with strings, mallets and other, more synthetic colours of the sonic spectrum, always had a firm base in the piano. Since most Madness songs are essentially written around a piano part the quality of this instrument is crucial to band's overall sound.

Recently, Mike has changed his hardware rack for a computer set-up, and while a lot of the synthesizers and sample based natural sounds such as strings were relatively easy to port across, even some of the most high-end piano sample libraries ultimately disappointed him. Moving away from samples he discovered in PIANOTEQ the perfect tool, both in the studio and on the road. The moderate CPU load it puts on a system, combined with superb sonic performance and low inherent latency make it the ideal base for his key rig now. In a series of recent concerts PIANOTEQ has proven to be exactly what was called for, both musically and technically.

Singer, songwriter and pianist Jon Regen began his career as a sideman to jazz artists like Kyle Eastwood and Little Jimmy Scott. A protégé of the legendary pianist Kenny Barron, Regen made an abrupt left turn into singer/songwriter territory with a series of acclaimed solo albums including “Stop Time” (2015) and “Higher Ground” (2019), which featured musical legends like Andy Summers of The Police, Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Chuck Leavell of The Rolling Stones and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran. Regen also hit Number One on the Billboard Charts with his instrumental album “Change Your Mind.” The Associated Press said of Regen, “His sturdy songs, pleasing tenor and seven-foot grand are a captivating combination.” The Wall Street Journal called Regen “a confident, soulful singer,” and DownBeat said “Regen’s music shoots from - and directly into - the heart.” The Philadelphia Inquirer said, “The piano man has always exuded an impeccable stylishness, a blend of earthiness and sophistication that recalls such fellow masters of the 88s as Allen Toussaint and Bruce Hornsby.” Hornsby himself also chimed-in, saying “Regen has a rare combination of elements - virtuosic playing ability, soulful singing, and a strong songwriting talent, all developing more and more as he grows and grows as an artist through the years. Give him a freaking listen!”

Steinway Artist Nadia Shpachenko is a gifted and versatile pianist. She recently received a GRAMMY® award for her Reference Recording CD The Poetry of Places. She enjoys bringing into the world things that are outside the box – powerful pieces that often possess unusual sonic qualities or instrumentation. Nadia’s concert highlights include recitals at magnificent concert halls and with numerous orchestras in Europe and the Americas. An enthusiastic promoter of contemporary music, Nadia premiered more than 70 works by Elliott Carter, Paul Chihara, George Crumb, Tom Flaherty, and many others. Nadia is currently Professor of Music at Cal Poly Pomona University, where she leads the Piano Performance program and was awarded the 2017 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Scholarly and Creative Activities.

Gunnar Örn Tynes is a front member of the experimental Icelandic musical group múm. Their music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments. They are regularly touring worldwide and have released 7 albums.

Masaya Yamaguchi is not only a musician but also a conceptualist who established his own system to explore the imaginative formation of musical scales by The Complete Thesaurus of Musical Scales, which is a meta-contribution to music pedagogy of a high standard. Jazz Education Journal wrote, "It's worth mentioning that this book comprehensively covers all theoretical possibilities in constructing scales (July-August 2002)". The concept is revealed in many of his writings and compositions.

At the end of the 20th century, Masaya Yamaguchi became the first native Japanese to complete the master's program in Jazz Performance at the City College of New York (M.A. 1999). Because of the reference value of his outstanding achievements, Marquis Who's Who has selected his biographical profile for inclusion in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World and Who's Who of Emerging Leaders.

Grammy nominated arranger/composer Carl Marsh has been an integral part of the North American recording industry for over 3 decades. His ability to draw from pop, rhythm and blues and classical roots give Carl's work a richness and depth that is uncommon in music today. In the seventies he worked for R&B artists such as Steve Cropper, The Bar-Kays, The Temptations, Joe Cocker, James Brown and Isaac Hayes. Based in Nashville since 1986, Carl has expanded his client roster for his string and orchestra arrangements to include such country artists as Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Trisha Yearwood, Wynonna, Vince Gill and Willie Nelson. On the rock side, he has been an integral part of the success of ZZ Top in the late eighties and early nineties, and has contributed to projects of REM, Bonjovi and Bad Company.

At present, Carl is regularly writing for, and working with orchestras in Nashville, Montreal, Prague and London, and frequently conducts his arrangements for orchestra in the famous Abbey Road studios.

Tim Hinkley is one of the world's top session musicians. He has recorded and toured with Humble Pie, Van Morrison, George Harrison, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Tom Waits, Bad Company, Whitesnake, Tim Buckley, Al Stewart, Thin Lizzy, Roger Daltrey and many others.

From Jody Grind, Tim's Hammond organ trio that impressed audiences across Europe in the sixties to Hinkley's Heroes, the loose jamming band made up of seventies fugitives from the top British rock acts of the time, Tim has always been there playing his music. Beside his work as a musician, Tim produced records by the likes of Johnny Hallyday, Chris Farlowe and Steve Marriott. Tim continues to play in a duo with guitarist Andreas Werner and with his Tim Hinkley Trio featuring the mighty Hammond B3.

Hugh Sung is one of the most sought after collaborative pianists in the Classical Music field today, having worked with the likes of violinists Aaron Rosand, Hilary Hahn and Leila Josefowicz, flutists Julius Baker and Jeffrey Khaner, and leading composers such as Jennifer Higdon and Richard Danielpour. A graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music, Hugh joined the faculty in 1993 and currently serves as Director of Student Recitals and Instrumental Accompaniment.

Robert Martin is a talented multi-instrumental performer, producer and composer, with a background of intensive classical training on French horn at the prestigious Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. He performed on all of Frank Zappa's tours and live albums from 1981 on, and has also performed with Paul McCartney, Michael McDonald, Stevie Nicks, Boz Scaggs, Etta James, Patti LaBelle, Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Loggins, Prince, the Moody Blues, Lyle Lovett, Gladys Knight, Glenn Frey, Bobby Caldwell, Michael Bolton, David Sanborn, The Stylistics, The O'Jays, Sheila E, The Blues Brothers, and many others. Robert was also Musical Director for Bette Midler and co-produced a Grammy nominated album for Wilson Pickett on Motown. Since 1986, Robert has owned and operated his own studio and branched out into programming, engineering, mixing, mastering and producing music for advertising, film and television. He will feature Pianoteq on the upcoming Zappa Hologram tour beginning in December 2018.

William Lecomte is a French jazz pianist, composer and arranger. He studied the harpsichord, piano and harmony at Conservatoire de Poitiers, France, and continued his studies in jazz with Bernard Maury. He is currently touring with Jean-Luc Ponty and has toured and recorded with Vaya con Dios, Eric Séva, Ines Martinez and many others.

Sonya Belousova’s unique career presents a rare blend of contrasting genres and forms bringing her equal recognition as a composer and pianist. Through her Youtube channel PlayerPiano, in cooperation with director Tom Grey, she has gathered millions of fans across the globe. Belousova is known for frequently collaborating with 28-time Grammy nominated producer Jorge Calandrelli. Most recently, Belousova scored Lionsgate’s Reprisal starring Bruce Willis, SXSW hit M.F.A., which earned her a coveted spot on Taste of Cinema’s 10 Best Film Scores of 2017, produced & co-composed the critically acclaimed haunting soundtrack to Stephen King’s thriller-drama The Mist, composed three original ballets, starred and served as a music producer for Mitsubishi Luxury commercial.

With over 220 world premieres to his name, Sebastian Berweck is one of the most sought-after interpreters of experimental contemporary music. He is known for his energetic interpretations of unusual repertoire in- and outside the piano as well as working with electronics. Sebastian Berweck holds a PhD from the University of Huddersfield, is a member of stock11, and lives in Berlin.

Gino De Stefani is a composer, musician and singer. He has received multiple awards for his accomplishments over the years and has collaborated with many prominent Italian artists such as Laura Pausini, Al Bano, Romina Power, Loredana Bertè, Domenico Modugno, Dori Ghezzi. Some of his most famous songs are “Felicità”, performed by Al Bano and Romina Power at the San Remo festival in 1982, and “Le cose che vivi”, sung by Laura Pausini and featured in her debut album from 1998 with over 4 million copies sold worldwide.

Mike Gorman is the keyboard player with The Manfreds (original members of the 1960’s group Manfred Mann) and musical director of Kid Creole and the Coconuts (for 12 years). He has toured extensively worldwide with many artists including Boy George/Culture Club, Incognito, Us3, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marlena Shaw, China Moses, Trevor Horn. Currently, he runs a Patreon site dedicated to his approach to jazz piano playing and improvisation.

Elvio Fernandes is a Rochester, NY-based musician, songwriter and producer, best known for his work as a keyboardist, rhythm guitarist and vocalist for multi-platinum-selling artist Daughtry. Elvio’s writing credits include multiple Daughtry songs including the single "Witness" and "Crazy" from the band’s "Break The Spell" record. In addition to his work with Daughtry, Elvio has worked with national recording artists such as Richard Marx, Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down, Brian McKnight, Claude Kelly, Greg Howe, and American Idol finalist Ace Young whose Top 50-debut single "Scattered" was produced and co-written by Elvio.

Kevin McAlea played keyboards on the first Kate Bush tour and again in 2014 on Kate's "Before The Dawn" series of concerts at the Hammersmith Apollo. In 2015/16 he was on tour with David Gilmour in Europe including five concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. Then North and South America including New York’s Madison Square Garden and Radio City and the Hollywood Bowl and Forum in LA. He has toured / recorded with Kate Bush, Kirsty MacColl, Clannad, Seal, Roy Harper, Pino Danielle, Enya, Polystyrene, Richard O'Brien, Dr Feelgood, Bees Make Honey, Barbara Dixon, Barclay James Harvest, Kim Wilde and others. He has written music for film, TV and songs for Pearson education. He wrote the English lyrics for Nena's 99 Red Balloons.

Hannah Vasanth is a talented keyboard player, song writer and producer. She currently plays for Jessie J and has previously toured with many other successful artists: Rihanna, Anastacia, Sugababes, just to mention a few.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Nieve, has provided the signature sound to Elvis Costello from the first note of the Attractions right up to the present day Imposters. In addition to all the Costello Albums Steve has, Steve's remarkable keyboard stylings have accompanied Sting, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Madness, Squeeze, Burt Bacharach, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Morressey, Lou Reed, Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Vanessa Paradis, Robert Wyatt, Francois Hardy, Jane Birkin, Sandy Shaw, Allen Toussaint, Paul Weller, Kirsty Maccoll, Mick Jagger, Smokey Robinson, Barbara Bonney, Laurie Anderson, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and many others...

Steve resides in Paris, where he works as a film composer. A handful of solo albums the most recent ToGetHer features many of the artists Steve is associated with, singing Steve's compositions in duet. Always the piano remains at the center of his work. His hybrid-opera Welcome to the Voice, music by Steve Nieve and lyrics Muriel Teodori, (Deutsche Grammophon) fused together classical female singers like Barbara Bonney and Amanda Roocroft and rock male singers like Sting and Robert Wyatt, receiving sell out shows at the Chatelet Theater in Paris. Steve and Muriel are now creating a completely digital opera and Pianoteq software will be an important part of this creation.

Paul Haslinger is an Austrian musician and composer. He lives and works in Los Angeles. Paul began his career as a member of Electronic Music pioneers Tangerine Dream. His career in film composing began with the scoring of HBO’s Cheaters in 2000. He received an Emmy nomination for his work on the Showtime Series Sleeper Cell. Notable projects include Fear The Walking Dead, Halt And Catch Fire, Rainbow Six Siege, Underworld Awakening, and Minority Report. He is currently working with the score of the upcoming film Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, starring Milla Jovovich.

Led by childhood friends Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland, musicians originally identified as J and T, Jungle formed in early 2013. Their hypnotic and relaxed dance grooves with striking accompanying videos have racked up millions of plays. Their current touring schedule includes festivals and large venues throughout the UK, France, Germany, USA and Canada. Their latest album "Loving In Stereo" includes the hit single "Keep Moving".

Born blind in 1961, Jean-Philippe Rykiel taught himself piano from a very early age. His technical mastery of the instrument and his musical intuition brought him recognition by his contemporaries, which provided him many experiences and collaborations as programmer (from Vangelis to Vladimir Cosma), instrumentalist (Steve Hillage, Jon Hassell, Didier Malherbe and numerous African projects) or arranger (Xalam, Salif Keita, Leonard Cohen, Youssou N’Dour). During the last three decades, Jean-Philippe Rykiel has been involved in many pioneering projects - from Salif Keita's "Soro" to "The Lama's Chant" and has gained a reputation as one of the world's foremost keyboard players who also has impressive talents as a writer, arranger and producer.

Jonathon Long is the Keyboard player and Musical Director for the grammy awarded country music group Lady Antebellum. They have sold more than 10 million albums in the USA alone with nine number-one singles including 'I Run to You' and 'Need You Now'. Jonathon has also played for top country artists such as Kevin Sharp, Jamie O'Neal, George Canyon and Sara Evans. He has also enjoyed a world tour with Engelbert Humperdinck.

Born in Paris to American parents, "tremendously gifted" (LA Times) pianist-composer Dan Tepfer has translated his bi-cultural identity into an exploration of music that ignores stylistic bounds. His 2011 Goldberg Variations / Variations, which pairs his performance of Bach’s work with improvised variations of his own, has received broad praise as a "riveting, inspired, fresh musical exploration" (New York Times). He has worked with the leading lights in jazz, including extensively with saxophone luminary Lee Konitz, while releasing seven albums as a leader. As a composer, he is a recipient of the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for works. Awards include first prize and audience prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition, first prize at the East Coast Jazz Festival Competition, and the Cole Porter Fellowship from the American Pianists Association. His recent soundtrack for the independent feature Movement and Location was voted Best Original Score at the 2014 Brooklyn Film Festival.

Leon Pendarvis is the musical director of NBC's Saturday Night Live Band and is the longest standing musician in the show's history. Pendarvis has also written, produced and performed for artists like Eric Clapton, Marvin Gaye, Ike and Tina Turner, Roberta Flack, Quincy Jones and B.B. King. In addition, Pendarvis owns and operates Pinwheel Productions, a world-class recording facility that has hosted such talented artists as Pink and Avril Lavigne.

Grammy Award winner Jason Miles is a producer, arranger, composer, and keyboardist. Miles has worked over the years with a proverbial who’s who of contemporary music: Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Sting, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Michael Brecker, The Crusaders, Ruben Blades, Freddy Cole, George Benson, Joe Sample, Herb Alpert, Vanessa Williams, Grover Washington Jr., Lea Salonga and many others.

His 2015 album Kind of New has received great acclaim from the Global press and is one of the top reviewed albums. His latest album Black Magic is co-produced with Gene Lake, Reggie Washington, Jay Rodriguez and Philip Dizack. Jason has performed at top festivals and venues throughout the world, including Monterey Jazz Festival, Jazz Aspen, Umbria Jazz, North Sea, Jacksonville Jazz Fest, Jazz Fest NOLA and Tokyo Blue Note.

Richard Cardwell is a London based musical director, keyboard player and producer. He has performed, toured and recorded with many of the UK’s biggest artists including: Annie Lennox, Eurythmics, Take That, Rod Stewart, Robbie Williams, James Blunt, Imelda May, James Morrison, Dido, James Bay and Anastasia. Since 2018 he has also been the MD / keys player for Bryan Ferry and also took that role with Roxy Music who re-formed to perform at last years Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame where they were inducted.

Composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi has been described as minimalist, classical, ambient, contemporary and deeply touching the welcome sound of stillness in a hectic world. His hauntingly beautiful and evocative music has kept him among the best-selling and most requested recording artists in the UK and Italy in particular. Besides involved in many collaborative ventures in theatre and dance, he has scored many official movie soundtracks such as This Is England and The Intouchables.

Mark Kelly is the keyboard player with the Progressive rock band Marillion. He joined the band in 1981 and has co-written many of their songs and played on numerous tours all over the world. Marillion have made 19 studio albums, which together have sold in excess of 15 million copies worldwide. Marillion are widely acknowledged as one of the first bands to truly embrace the Internet and tap into its potential to interact with their fans by inventing Crowdfunding in 2001. In addition to his role with Marillion, Mark is an elected performer director of PPL (Phonographic Performance Ltd) and a founding member and CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition, an organisation set up to give artists a voice in the fast changing music industry.

Vahagn Stepanyan is a gifted Armenian-born keyboard player, songwriter, composer, arranger and producer. His talents have been recognized by Grammy Award-Winning artists and well-known musicians across the world, collaborating with many of them in the studio and on tour, including: Eric Marienthal, Nathan East, Eric Moore, Melvin Lee Davis, Wojtek Pilichowski, Anthony Crawford, Cleverson Silva, Adam Hawley, Feodor Dosumov and many more. He continues to collaborate, tour & produce music for world class musicians and artists around the globe.

Matthew Whitaker is a pianist and composer. Blind since birth, he has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and the Apollo Theater, where, at 10, he was the opening performer for Stevie Wonder induction into the Apollo Theater's Hall of Fame. At 13, he became the youngest artist to be endorsed by Hammond. He was also named a Yamaha Artist at 15, becoming the youngest musician to join the stellar group of jazz pianists. Matthew has performed with an array of outstanding musicians: Ray Chew, Christian McBride, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Rhoda Scott, Cameron Carpenter, Regina Carter, Jason Moran, Jon Batiste, and many more. In 2019 & 2020, Matthew was a winner of The ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award for his original compositions “Emotions & Underground!

Now established as a composer in the world of film music, John 'Rabbit' Bundrick divides the year between writing and world tours with world class artists. It all started at the age of seven when he received his first piano and began banging on it straight away. Soul music and sessions soon followed, most particularly work with Johnny Nash. Eventually he found his own unique instrumental voice on the Hammond Organ. He worked with Bob Marley, Free and finally, The Who.

Cyril Morin is an Academy member and a multi-faceted film composer, producer and musician. He has scored over 120 soundtracks, among these being the critically acclaimed “Samsara” (directed by Pan Nalin with Christy Chung) which won honors at AFI and fests in Santa Barbara and Melbourne. The soundtrack continues to sell internationally, garnering many dedicated fans, and has made Morin something of a cult composer. His works often combines various sources of instruments, a mix of orchestra, traditional instruments and electronics. He has collaborated as orchestrator with Madonna and with the multi-platinum French rapper Kerry James. Cyril Morin continues his musical journey, composing for production based in Indonesia, Africa, Germany, France and in the US.