Jazz pianist Henrique Eisenmann effortlessly folds in influences, from world music to chants, October 27
The Sao Paulo-born, New York City-based musician and academic works across art forms and genres
Henrique Eisenmann is at BlueShore at CapU on October 27
Born in São Paulo and based in New York City, jazz pianist Henrique Eisenmann’s inspired playing reminds us of a delicious feijoada: he mixes in a rich blend of ingredients—fluidly translating and blending different musical styles and sounds to the piano.
He draws from a diverse array of world genres, folk-Latin melodies, chants, and poetry, as well as jazz and contemporary music.
Eisenmann has explored this terrain academically: he has a master's and a doctorate degree from the New England Conservatory—his doctoral thesis investigating the idea of free improvisation as a universal phenomenon. He is a faculty member at NYC’s Juilliard School and Boston’s New England Conservatory. But he’s also explored the possibilities of jazz by collaborating with artists outside his own field: his Notes for Pina Bausch suite has been performed and choreographed by several international dance companies.
Audiences at his concert at BlueShore at CapU may be able to sense the rhythmic pulses of Brazil finding their way into his work—on top of effortless technique that will leave you "breathless", according to JazzdaGama.
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