Tom Oren (; born November 4, 1994) is an Israeli jazz pianist and winner of the 2018

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International Piano Competition. Oren was born in

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, Israel. He graduated from Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts, Givatayim and from the Arison Campus of the Arts, Tel Aviv. He is a graduate of the Israeli Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv, with honors. He studied for two years at the

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, finishing in 2015. Oren went to the United States to Boston's

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with a scholarship for four years of study starting in 2012. Oren has been a member of the

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Quartet since 2017. In 2018 Oren won the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition after competitive performances at the

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. The prize comes with a $25,000 scholarship and a recording contract with

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. The songs he played were " Just as Though You Were Here", and " Just One of Those Things".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oren, Tom 1994 births Living people Israeli jazz pianists Musicians from Tel Aviv Berklee College of Music alumni 21st-century Israeli pianists