KRISTJAN RANDALU, piano

Classical, jazz, crossover...

• born in 1978
• the son of two classical pianists of Estonian origin
• dubbed “a dazzling piano player” by Herbie Hancock
• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: “Kristjan Randalu establishes himself as part of an elite group of specifically European jazz musicians.”
• studies in Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Cologne, and at the Royal Academy of Music in London
• in 2003 moved to New York City, completed education at the Manhattan School of Music (Master of Music Degree)
• 2005 & 2006: Henry Mancini Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles
• performed on the two-time Grammy nominated album Elevation
• classical, jazz, and cross-over projects with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and the New Chamber Orchestra of Berlin, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
• performances in Europe, Israel, Turkey, Canada, the USA...
• co-operations with Alex Acuna, Jay Anderson, Quincy Jones, David Liebman, Christian McBride, Vince Mendoza, Bob Mintzer, the Modern String Quartet, Dennis Russell Davies, Maria Schneider
• 2007: the Jazz Award of Baden-Wuerttemberg, one of the most notable Jazz awards in Germany
• 2011: Elion Jazz Award, Estonia
• an official Steinway artist
• performances at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center
• 26 CDs and DVDs

Download: Kristjan Randalu (photo by Abraham Nowitz / NY, jpg, 300dpi, 2610 KB), Kristjan Randalu (photo by Abraham Nowitz / NY, jpg, 300dpi, 2650 KB), Kristjan Randalu in Antarctica (photo by P Vähi, jpg, 300 dpi, 2334 KB)

	DVD: ENTER DENTER Kristjan Randalu (piano) & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra 2010 ERP 2609 Watch on YouTube
	CD: ENTER DENTER Kristjan Randalu (piano) & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra 2010 ERP 3710 Each One’s Own Piano and Orchestra (trad / K Randalu), fragm, live, 3 min 17 sec, mp3
	CD: NONSTOP Music by Pärt, Schnyder, Randalu ao Performed by Martin Kuuskmann and Kristjan Randalu 2010 ERP 2209 #6, Pärt. Spiegel im Spiegel, fragm, 4 min 31 sec, mp3 #10, Schnyder. Sonata, Mov IV, fragm, 2 min 12 sec, mp3

Press resonance

Mõnikord mõjub üsna värskendavalt üks akadeemilise kavaga, kuid ettekandeliselt üldsegi mitte akadeemiline kontsert. /…/ Sisuliselt oli tegemist Kuuskmanni-Randalu plaadi esitluskontserdiga, kuna Estonian Record Productions üllitas just nüüd nende CD “Nonstop”… Mis puudutab ansamblikooslust Kristjan Randaluga, siis esituslikult oli kõige põnevam kahtlemata Šveitsi päritolu Daniel Schnyderi (1961) Sonaat fagotile ja klaverile. … Randalu on nii jõulise mängumaneeriga pianist, et kippus skertsos oma dünaamikaga fagotti lausa nurka suruma. Muuseas, Kuuskmanni-Randalu plaadil “Nonstop” mingit kõlatasakaalu nihet tolles skertsos ei tekkinud. (Igor Garšnek, Sirp, 07.05.10, Estonia, whole article)