We are pleased to announce a marvelous recital by award-winning pianist & composer Tamir Hendelman on Saturday, July 27 at 7:30pm in Sherman Oaks.

Tamir will be playing on the Purple Queen, one of our finest restorations, in a private home. Refreshments will be served afterwards. Seating is limited, so please make your reservations early!

Bring the whole family for a special evening of jazz piano in an artistic, intimate setting.

7pm doors open

7:30-9pm concert

9pm snacks and (non-alcoholic) refreshments

You will receive the address when you order your tickets.

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“I must [take] a moment to single out some wonderful and creative solo segments by a young pianist named of Tamir Hendelman. It was a satisfying but strange feeling to…hear a new young voice make some exhilarating and thoughtful solos in the spaces that I used to occupy in those pieces. …I look forward to hearing more from him.”

– Oscar Peterson’s Personal Journal

“Hendelman played with a fullness of content and intensity, bringing new presentations of tunes. Not a fixed position player, Hendelman wears off the ivory over the entire keyboard. The trio yielded a magnificent product, well worthy of repeated listening.”

– Harvey Barkan, LA Jazz Scene

“His playing… was so sensitive, introspective and captivating, that you could literally hear a pin drop in an audience of some 500 people.”

– Fred Eckstein, LA Jazz Scene (Oct 2000)

“Hendelman’s playing is firmly in the tradition of Peterson and Green, particularly in regard to its strength and swing, but his touch and use of dynamics… displayed an individual dimension of his talent that warrants greater exposure.”

– Doug Ramsey, JazzTimes.com

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About Tamir Hendelman:

Award-winning jazz pianist Tamir Hendelman is known for his dynamic playing and imaginative arranging on his own trio recordings and those of the Jeff Hamilton Trio and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra since 2000-2001, and his work with Natalie Cole, Barbra Streisand and Roberta Gambarini.

Tamir started his keyboard studies at age 6 in Tel Aviv, moved to the US at age 12 in 1984, and won Yamaha’s national keyboard competition 2 years later at age 14. Concerts in Japan and the Kennedy Center followed. He then studied at the Tanglewood Institute in 1988 and received a Bachelor of Music Composition degree from Eastman School of Music in 1993. He then became the youngest musical director for Lovewell Institute, a national arts education non-profit organization.

Since returning to LA in 1996, Tamir has been in steady demand as pianist and arranger, touring the US, Europe and Asia, and receiving awards from ASCAP and National Foundation In 2001 he became a member of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, with whom he premiered John Clayton’s new orchestration of Oscar Peterson’s Canadiana Suite in the Hollywood Bowl in 2001. He has since toured the US, Europe, Japan, and Israel with his own trio, the Jeff Hamilton Trio, Tierney Sutton, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and more.  Tamir musically directed Julia Migenes’ s “Alter Ego” and played/arranged on Roberta Gambarini’s “Easy To Love.”

With the CHJO, Tamir has recorded for John Pizzarelli, Gladys Knight and Diana Krall. He is also featured on Natalie Cole’s “Still Unforgettable” and Barbra Streisand’s “One Night Only” and “Love Is The Answer.”