Pianist • Composer • Arranger
William Schwartzman is a graduate of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and a jazz performance major at The Juilliard School. Having studied under musicians Taylor Eigsti, Daniel Rotem, and the late Mike Lang, William has had the privilege of performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival, and the Vail Jazz Party within the last year. Inspired by a wide range of pianists from Art Tatum to Brad Mehldau, William’s study of jazz music has earned him early success, with multiple DownBeat Student Music Awards, the Grand Prize Winner in the Music Center’s Spotlight competition, and member of Gerald Clayton’s Next Generation Jazz Orchestra and Sean Jones’s NYO (National Youth Orchestra) Jazz ensemble. William performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City and toured Europe this summer with jazz master vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and trumpet player Sean Jones.
