A Bu ( Chinese: 阿布; born Dai Liang, 1999 in Beijing) [1] is a Chinese jazz pianist and composer.
A Bu studied classical piano and jazz piano at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing at the age of nine [2] and, from September 2014, at the Juilliard School in New York under Hung-Kuan Chen. [2] [3] After standing in for a performer at the 2012 Nine Gates festival, he was scouted by Sennheiser, later releasing multiple albums with their record label. [4]
In 2013, he performed an unplanned improvised with Chick Corea at the JZ Festival. [4] In 2015 he won first place in the Parmigiana Jazz Solo Piano Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. [5] [1] Also in 2015, A Bu was invited by Unesco to play at the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert. [1]
On November 21, 2016, he premiered Nikolai Kapustin's Nocturne in G major for piano and orchestra op. 16 in Moscow, accompanied by the Moscow Jazz Orchestra conducted by Igor Butman. [6] [7] [8]
A Bu ( Chinese: 阿布; born Dai Liang, 1999 in Beijing) [1] is a Chinese jazz pianist and composer.
A Bu studied classical piano and jazz piano at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing at the age of nine [2] and, from September 2014, at the Juilliard School in New York under Hung-Kuan Chen. [2] [3] After standing in for a performer at the 2012 Nine Gates festival, he was scouted by Sennheiser, later releasing multiple albums with their record label. [4]
In 2013, he performed an unplanned improvised with Chick Corea at the JZ Festival. [4] In 2015 he won first place in the Parmigiana Jazz Solo Piano Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. [5] [1] Also in 2015, A Bu was invited by Unesco to play at the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert. [1]
On November 21, 2016, he premiered Nikolai Kapustin's Nocturne in G major for piano and orchestra op. 16 in Moscow, accompanied by the Moscow Jazz Orchestra conducted by Igor Butman. [6] [7] [8]