Shai Maestro (born February 5, 1987) is an Israeli

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pianist.

Biography

Shai Maestro began playing classical piano aged five and graduated from the Thelma Yellin High School of Performing Arts in Givataim, Israel. After winning the National Jazz Ensembles Competition Jazz Signs in 2002 and 2003 and receiving scholarships (2004 to 2010) from the America-Israel Cultural Fund for jazz piano, he attended

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's Five-Week Summer Performance Program in Boston, where he was awarded a scholarship to attend Berklee, an offer he declined. A few weeks later, bassist Avishai Cohen invited him to join his trio with drummer

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. He recorded four albums with the Avishai Cohen Trio, including two for

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: ''Gently Disturbed'' (2008), ''Sensitive Hours'' (2008), ''Aurora'' (2009), and ''Seven Seas'' (2011). He toured with the trio. In July 2010, Maestro formed a trio and recorded ''Shai Maestro Trio'' for the French label Laborie Jazz. The trio toured around the world, playing up to 80 concerts a year and sharing stages with groups led by

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, and Diana Krall. In 2012, the trio released their second album, ''The Road to Ithaca'', for Laborie Jazz. This was followed by ''Untold Stories'' (2015) and ''The Stone Skipper'' (2016). The albums were praised by ''

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'' magazine, NPR,

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, and WBGO's The Checkout. He recorded ''The Dream Thief'' (

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) with Ofri Nehemya on drums and Jorge Roeder on bass. The album was recorded at Lugano's Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI in April 2018 and was produced by

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. Besides his trio, he contributed to an album by vocalist

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Discography

As leader

As sideman

* ''Gently Disturbed'' – Avishai Cohen (2008) * ''Aurora'' – Avishai Cohen (2009) * ''Seven Seas'' – Avishai Cohen (2011) * ''Like a Great River'' – Oded Tzur (2015) * ''Translator's Note'' – Oded Tzur (2017)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maestro, Shai 1987 births Living people Israeli jazz pianists Male jazz musicians 21st-century pianists 21st-century male musicians Motéma Music artists ECM Records artists